VHS

Trademark.

1. a format for recording and playing VCR tape, incompatible with other formats. Compare Beta ( def 8 ).

VHS

abbreviation for

1. video home system: a video cassette recording system using 1 2 ″ magnetic tape

Example Sentences

In the age of VHS and DVD, piracy was less of a concern—it took enough effort to keep the threat level low.

From Slate

Daydreaming, after all, is powerful, and as “Great Gold Bird” gets weirder — we’re soon canvassing the trailer looking for hidden rooms, hunting for VHS tapes and trying to decipher maps of Los Angeles — “Great Gold Bird” becomes a tale of magical realism.

From Los Angeles Times

As the New Wave brand grew, along with VHS tape sales, so did California’s Little Saigon entertainment and cultural hub behind it.

From Los Angeles Times

“It was the hip-hop community that embraced it and were able to see the story in there,” he says, pointing out that the film broke VHS sales records.

From BBC

The current exhibit, “Nostalgic Nights in Haddonfield,” features a cozy VHS corner that invites viewers to curl up with an ’80s/’90s-kid memory of experiencing these life-changing classics for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times