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The '''Video Home System (VHS | The '''Video Home System''' ('''VHS''') is a standard for analogue [[VCR|video cassette recording]]. | ||
It was developed by [[JVCKenwood|JVC]] and was first released in Japan on September 9, 1976, and in North America on August 23, 1977. | It was developed by [[JVCKenwood|JVC]] and was first released in Japan on September 9, [[1976]], and in North America on August 23, [[1977]]. | ||
==Competition== | ==Competition== | ||
Revision as of 08:07, 25 September 2023
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| VHS | |
| Developer | JVC |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Various |
| Systems | Action Max Battlevision Captain Power Interactive Vision Video Challenger Video Driver |
| Released | JP: September 9, 1976 NA: August 23, 1977 |
| Added to Museum | December 25, 1995 |
The Video Home System (VHS) is a standard for analogue video cassette recording.
It was developed by JVC and was first released in Japan on September 9, 1976, and in North America on August 23, 1977.
Competition
It largely became the most popular format against the competing analogue tape format, Betamax.
Outside of Asia and Japan, it also was the dominant format against the competing digital optical formats, Laserdisc and Video CD.
It remained the dominant worldwide format until the release of the DVD in the late 1990s.
