# From Betamax to Blockbuster

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- Authors: [Joshua M. Greenberg](https://www.bookquiver.com/joshua-m-greenberg)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6251-499-6
- Pages: 228
- Published: 2010-09-24
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...