home video

American  

noun

1. a videotape recorded by camcorder generally for noncommercial use, especially for viewing at home.

2. the business of renting or selling prerecorded videocassettes for viewing especially at home.

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Example Sentences

“Every time a disruption hits — whether the introduction of television, the rise of cable, home video, the arrival of the internet — Hollywood always reacts like it’s an extinction-level event,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Many fans of Acorn — which started out as a direct marketer of British TV series on home video and was acquired by AMC in 2018 — are what Thomasma calls “armchair travelers” who want to take in a French vineyard or the cobblestone streets of Chelsea.

From Los Angeles Times

The seeds of “South Park” were planted when college buddies Parker and Stone created a crudely animated short film called “The Spirit of Christmas,” made with paper cutouts, which took the country by storm on home video and became an early viral sensation.

From Los Angeles Times

Not since the debut of its original Nintendo Entertainment System has the Japanese company released a home video game console with as much potential to shake up how we play as the Nintendo Switch, which is out Friday.

From Los Angeles Times

He pioneered the “Movie of the Week” at ABC, instituted the miniseries, embraced home video and propelled reality TV with the inception of “Cops” at Fox.

From Los Angeles Times