Some stalls selling videocassettes of recent films proudly advertise that they sell "laser prints," the highest quality a bootleg outfit can offer.
In the last four months, at least 10 stores that specialize in selling pornographic videocassettes have opened in Manhattan.
This inflamed many local stores that sell videocassettes of films.
One way around the technical limits of the Internet is to use it to sell videocassettes.
NBC is also selling videocassettes of the film.
Because rental growth has slowed, some video stores, including Blockbuster, the nation's largest chain, have increased their emphasis on selling videocassettes.
Reader's Digest, which sells books and videocassettes in addition to its magazine, also said today that its profit rose 27 percent in the latest quarter.
Selling low-priced videocassettes after they have had a high-priced "rental window" has always been the most profitable practice and will continue to be so.
The company sold computers, software, games, videocassettes, audio equipment, music, and other items.
In the other room, he sells videocassettes of hundreds of movies, which are known here as home videos.