home entertainment

noun

Electronics.

1. the aggregate of appliances, as stereo systems, televisions, DVRs, game consoles, or computers, used for diversion in the home.

Word History and Origins

Origin of home entertainment¹

First recorded in 1895–1900 (in reference to a Graphophone, i.e., a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on a wax record)

Example Sentences

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a Steelbook 4K Ultra HD package containing hours of extras.

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The boss of one of the UK's biggest cinema chains says he does not see streaming services and home entertainment as competition.

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The streaming service will be featured on TV screens in the home entertainment sections in 4,000 Walmart stores across the country.

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In the 1960s and ’70s, television replaced the radio as the primary form of home entertainment, and evangelical Christianity was on the rise.

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Le Goy has been running the studio’s combined television and home entertainment distribution and marketing units.

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