VHS

E259313
consumer electronics standard videotape format

VHS is an analog videocassette tape format that became the dominant standard for home video recording and movie playback from the late 1970s through the 1990s.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
VHS canonical 13
S-VHS 1
VHS-C 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf consumer electronics standard ⓘ
videotape format ⓘ
abbreviationOf Video Home System ⓘ
analogOrDigital analog ⓘ
audioSignalType hi-fi audio track ⓘ
linear audio track ⓘ
becameDominantStandard late 1970s ⓘ
cassetteHeight about 104 mm ⓘ
cassetteThickness about 25 mm ⓘ
cassetteWidth about 188 mm ⓘ
colorEncodingSystemsSupported NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: NTSC

PAL ⓘ
SECAM ⓘ
commercialRelease 1976 ⓘ
competedWith Betamax ⓘ
Video 2000 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
declineBegan late 1990s ⓘ
declineCause DVD adoption ⓘ
developedBy JVC ⓘ
Victor Company of Japan, Limited ⓘ
surface form: Victor Company of Japan
fullName Video Home System ⓘ
hasVariant D-VHS ⓘ
VHS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: S-VHS

VHS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: VHS-C

VHS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: W-VHS
introduced 1976 ⓘ
introducedInCountry Japan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
largelyObsoleteBy 2010s ⓘ
market educational video distribution ⓘ
home video ⓘ
video rental ⓘ
mediaType magnetic tape ⓘ
peakPopularity 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
primaryUse home video recording ⓘ
movie playback ⓘ
time-shifting television programs ⓘ
recordingMedium videocassette ⓘ
standardizedBy JVC ⓘ
standardPlayTimeAtSP about 2 hours ⓘ
tapeWidth 1/2 inch ⓘ
12.65 mm ⓘ
typicalRecordingSpeeds EP ⓘ
LP ⓘ
SP ⓘ
usedWithDevice VCR ⓘ
VHS camcorder ⓘ
VHS player ⓘ
videoSignalType composite video ⓘ
wonFormatWarAgainst Betamax ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Tate in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later → homeMediaDebut → VHS ⓘ
subject surface form: John Tate
Peter Pan → homeMediaFormat → VHS ⓘ
Life in the Freezer → homeMediaRelease → VHS ⓘ
Jailhouse Rock (film) → hasHomeMediaRelease → VHS ⓘ
1968 Comeback Special → hasHomeVideoRelease → VHS ⓘ
Iron Eagle → homeMedia → VHS ⓘ
The Siege → hasHomeMediaFormat → VHS ⓘ
DVD → predecessor → VHS ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) → hasHomeMediaRelease → VHS ⓘ
VHS → hasVariant → VHS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: S-VHS
VHS → hasVariant → VHS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: W-VHS
VHS → hasVariant → VHS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: VHS-C
Ghoulies → homeMediaFormat → VHS ⓘ
White Wilderness → homeMediaFormat → VHS ⓘ
The Demolitionist → homeVideoReleaseFormat → VHS ⓘ
Wishmaster → homeMediaFormat → VHS ⓘ