VHS

American

Trademark.

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

VHS British

abbreviation

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

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Justice Samuel Alito further argued that the law was “based on the technology of the 1980s,” when people had to “go to a Blockbuster store and get a VHS tape.”

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

I ping-ponged from soft cheeses to eggs and squash, then past a gelato cart and a table crowded with jams, pepper jellies and a milk carton filled with VHS tapes.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

For a while, everyone made money, with help from the secondary markets of VHS and DVD.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

It also featured prominently on Mr Blobby VHS home video releases.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

An old VHS cassette tape that his mom had bought at a garage sale.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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