Title From BetaMax to Blockbuster : video stores and the invention of movies on video / by Joshua M. Greenberg.

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Description	1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Inside technology
	Inside technology.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	How the VCR was transformed from a machine that records television into a medium for movies.
Contents	Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Videophiles and Betamania: Hacking the VCR; 2 "Hollywood in a Box": Reconstructing Videotapes as Transparent Media; 3 Retailers; 4 Movie Culture in the Video Store and at Home; 5 Retailers, Employees, and Consumers; 6 Building Closure Around Video (Stores); 7 The Thin Line Between Movie and Technology; Epilogue; Appendix: Notes on the videostoreproject.com Website; Notes; Index
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Videocassette recorders.
	Videocassette recorders.
	Video recordings industry -- History.
	Video recordings industry.
	History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Greenberg, Joshua M. From BetaMax to Blockbuster. Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, 2008 9780262072908 0262072904 (OCoLC)181142529
ISBN	9780262274289 (electronic book)
	0262274280 (electronic book)
	1435635248 (electronic book)
	9781435635241 (electronic book)
	1282099515
	9781282099517
	9780262072908
	0262072904