video stores and the invention of movies on video /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Joshua M. Greenberg.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
MIT,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (214 pages) :
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illustrations.
SERIES
Series Title
Inside technology
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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How the VCR was transformed from a machine that records television into a medium for movies.