videocassette
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of videocassette
Example Sentences
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Receiving a single episode was common before the streaming era, when network series had short lead times and making and mailing videocassettes and DVDs was expensive.
From New York Times
By the end of that decade, he realized there was money to be made selling used videocassettes to libraries, and he started a distribution business called Midwest Tape.
From Seattle Times
The last actors’ strike was in 1980 back when the union sought profit sharing from studios over videocassettes and premium television like HBO.
From Los Angeles Times
The last time actors went on strike against the studios was in 1980 in a three-month walkout over profits from home videocassettes and pay television.
From Los Angeles Times
He continued to publish into the 1980s, when he realized that people were more likely to watch a film on videocassette than experience it through a book-length, frame-by-frame reconstruction.
From New York Times
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