From Betamax to Blockbuster
Subtitle: Video Stores and the Invention of Movies on Video (Inside Technology)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: April 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780262072908
Subjects: Science: General Issues; Technology & Engineering; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; History; Industries - Media & Communications Industries; Television & Video; Technology / Television & Video
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Videophiles and betamania: hacking the VCR; title: "Hollywood in a box": reconstructing videotapes as transparent media; title: Retailers; title: Movie culture in the video store and at home; title: Retailers, employees, and consumers; title: Building closure around video (stores); title: The thin line between movie and technology; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix: Notes on the videostoreproject.com website