Definition, synonyms and related words
A type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC.
"The old box set contained several classic movies recorded on VHS tapes that were once popular before digital formats took over."
In plain English: A VHS is an old magnetic tape format used to store and play movies on home video players before DVDs became popular.
"I found my old high school yearbook inside the box of vintage VHS tapes in the attic."
VHS is an initialism that originally stood for the technical term vertical helical scan but was later rebranded to mean video home system when it became a popular format for recording television shows at home. The name shifted from describing its internal magnetic tape mechanism to identifying the consumer product itself as households adopted this technology for personal entertainment.