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
Summary
How the VCR was transformed from a machine that records television into a medium for movies
