VHS

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VHS^¹

Where it comes from

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

noun VHSes

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

VHs^²

noun

plural plural of VH

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sbs, hsv, hpv, hwc, shv, tapes, panasonic, catv, ntsc, cctv, jcah, qvga, avvid, atsc, scart, sacd

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noun videotape developed by JVC

Español	VHS, videocasete, videocinta, videocassette (videokaset)
Français	VHS
Deutsch	VHS
Italiano	VHS

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VHS. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vhs

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"VHS." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vhs.

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@misc{vhs_2026,
  title = {VHS},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vhs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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