This is a list of home video-related events in 1979. The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...
This page indexes the individual year in film pages. ... // Events February 1 - Bob Dylans film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour premieres in Los Angeles, California March 1 - Charlie Chaplins coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery 3 months after burial March - Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for Star Wars Episode... // Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... // Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. ... This page indexes the individual year in home video pages. ... Movie releases The following movies were released on video on the following dates: This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... This page indexes the individual year in television pages. ...
Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... Magnetic Video was a home video/audio duplication service established by Andre Blay in 1968 and based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1977. ... Bottom view of VHS videotape cassette with magnetic tape exposed Videotape is a means of recording television pictures and accompanying sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used since 2003. ... Columbia Pictures current logo. ... Video 2000 (or V2000; also known as Video Compact Cassette, or VCC) was a consumer VCR system and videotape standard developed by Philips and Grundig AG to compete with JVCs VHS and Sonys Betamax video technologies. ...
Movie releases
The following movies were released on video on the following dates:
These formats had been developed with homevideo in mind, and although they were either too crude, complex, cumbersome or costly to catch on with consumers, both were successes in educational and industrial markets, allowing Sony to continue development work.
What homevideo has enabled is the phenomenon of "cocooning," the ability to participate in cultural consumption without going out in public.
In all, the history of homevideo indicates that technology does not so much change society as better enable people to pursue their existing interests, be it the few who experiment with media alternatives, or the many who seek Hollywood thrills and romance from the comfort of their living room sofas.
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