Vhs

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC. countable, uncountable

    "The curt take on VHS is that it is a dead format, a quaint and sham way to watch a movie. Regardless, to date, there are quantities of VHS titles not available on DVD, and that may never be."

  2. 2
    plural of VH form-of, plural

Example

More examples

"Once upon a time, there was a video format called VHS."

Etymology

Initialism of Vertical Helical Scan, later reinterpreted as Video Home System.

Related phrases

D-VHSD-VHS-CS-VHSS-VHS-CVHS-Cdigital video recordervideo cd

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