VHS

American  

Trademark.

1. a format for recording and playing VCR tape, incompatible with other formats.

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VHS British  

abbreviation

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

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Example Sentences

So much so that at around age 8, I rented a VHS tape of the Broadway production and watched it over and over.

From The Wall Street Journal

He usually carried a Sharpie, knowing fans would show up with DVDs or VHS tapes of their favorite Reiner flicks to be signed.

From Los Angeles Times

Every few days, Ronald Reagan would appear on screen at a podium, declaring how much he admired Afghanistan, and my father would frantically press “RECORD” on the remote to capture Rather’s latest report on VHS tape.

From Salon

IC: I just want people to understand that there are literally floor-to-ceiling bookcases where there are hundreds of VHS tapes and hundreds of Betacams.

From Los Angeles Times

The judges praised Kalu's brightly-coloured sculptures - which are haphazardly wrapped in layers of ribbon, string, card and shiny VHS tape - and her drawings of swirling, tornado-like shapes.

From BBC