From Betamax to Blockbuster
Video Stores and the Invention of Movies on Video
$70.86
- Paperback
228 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2010
Summary
How the VCR was transformed from a machine that records television into a medium for movies.The first video cassette recorders were promoted in the 1970s as an extension of broadcast television technology-a time-shifting device, a way to tape TV shows. Early advertising for Sony’s Betamax told potential purchasers “You don’t have to miss Kojak because you’re watching Columbo.” But within a few years, the VCR had been transformed from a machine that recorded television into an extension of the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262514996 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262514990 |
| Author: | Joshua M. Greenberg |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 228 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2010 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Inside Technology |
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Critics Review
Greenberg effectively re-creates the excitement that was in the air at the dawn of the video age.– Booklist –
Greenberg effectively re-creates the excitement that was in the air at the dawn of the video age.
—BooklistAbout The Author
Joshua M. Greenberg
Joshua M. Greenberg is Director of Digital Strategy and Scholarship at the New York Public Library.
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