Meanings
VHS1
plural VHSes
- countableuncountableA type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC.
There is, it turns out, much demand for these old VHS tapes, price tags notwithstanding, and despite post-2006 advancements in technology.
2021 February 20, Hannah Selinger, “Who Is Still Buying VHS Tapes?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Mar 20221 more example
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.
2009, Jacques Boyreau, Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box, page 5
VHs2
- pluralplural of VH
Origin
Initialism of Vertical Helical Scan, later reinterpreted as Video Home System.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French VHS
- VHSvideotape developed by JVC
German VHS
- VHSvideotape developed by JVC
Italian VHS
- VHSvideotape developed by JVC
Spanish VHS, videocasete
- VHSvideotape developed by JVC
- videocasetevideotape developed by JVC
- videocintavideotape developed by JVC
- videocassette (videokaset)videotape developed by JVC
Cite this entry
VHS. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VHS
“VHS.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VHS. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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