VHS

Trademark.

a format for recording and playing VCR tape, incompatible with other formats.Compare Beta(def 7).

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Contemporary Examples of vhs

Growing up in the 1990s, I watched Free to Be on VHS and listened to the songs on a cassette tape over and over again.
‘Free to Be…You and Me’ Did Not Emasculate Men
Emily Shire
March 11, 2014
VHS kicks Beta off the island, CDs make cassette tapes obsolete, and so it goes.
New Pew Poll Finds That E-Books Are Booming but Print Holds Its Own
Malcolm Jones
January 19, 2014
VHS and the revolutionary ability to fast forward to the scene you want to see birthed the gonzo shooting style.
Video Killed the Porn Star: The VHS and Fast Forwarding Revolution
Aurora Snow
October 19, 2013
And you probably watched it so many times your VHS tape got too worn out to play.
‘Free Willy’ Turns 20: Catching Up With Star Jason James Richter
Kevin Fallon
July 16, 2013
Many millennials grew up with the image of Wilson smiling at them from the VHS box.
‘Matilda’ Star Mara Wilson Reviews ‘Matilda the Musical’
Ramin Setoodeh
April 16, 2013

British Dictionary definitions for vhs

VHS

abbreviation for

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

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Word Origin and History for vhs

VHS

1982, initialism of Video Home System.

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