From BetaMax to Blockbuster : video stores and the invention of movies on video / / Joshua M. Greenberg
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Greenberg Joshua M
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| Titolo: |
From BetaMax to Blockbuster : video stores and the invention of movies on video / / Joshua M. Greenberg
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, c2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | ix, 214 p. : ill., map |
| Disciplina: | 384.55/8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Videocassette recorders |
| Video recordings industry - History | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | How the VCR was transformed from a machine that records television into a medium for movies. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | From BetaMax to Blockbuster |
| ISBN: | 0-262-26076-X |
| 1-282-09951-5 | |
| 9786612099519 | |
| 0-262-27428-0 | |
| 1-4356-3524-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824430403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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