VHS

Also known as Video Home System

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Storage medium.title: Video Home System
Storage medium.name: Video Home System
Storage medium.logo: class=skin-invert|180px|alt=VHS logo
Storage medium.image: VHS-Video-Tape-Top-Flat (cropped).jpg
Storage medium.caption: Top view of a VHS videocassette
Storage medium.type: Magnetic cassette tape, ½-inch (12.7mm)
Storage medium.encoding: FM on magnetic tape; NTSC, PAL, SECAM, MESECAM; 525 lines; 625 lines
Storage medium.capacity: In minutes. Common for PAL: 120, 180, 240. Common for NTSC: 120, 160.
Storage medium.read: Helical scan
Storage medium.write: Helical scan
Storage medium.dimensions: 18.7 × 10.2 × 2.5 cm(7 × 4 × 1 inch)
Storage medium.owner: JVC
Storage medium.use: Home video and home movies (replaced by DVD and Blu-ray), TV recordings (replaced by DVR)(successor to cassette tape)
Storage medium.extended from: Compact Cassette
Storage medium.extended to: S-VHSVHS-CW-VHS
Storage medium.released: (Japan) (United States)
Storage medium.discontinued: 2006 (pre-recorded VHS tapes)2016 (players officially, some VHS still occasionally made)2019 (blank VHS tapes)

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Commons category: VHS
inception: 1974-00-00
equivalent class: bibliograph.net/VHS
name: Video Home System
short name: VHS

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Contents

History
Before VHS
VHS development
Competition with Betamax
Initial releases of VHS-based devices
Technical details
Cassette and tape design
Tape loading technique
Recording capacity
Tape lengths
Copy protection
Recording process
Erase head
Video recording
Audio recording
Original linear audio system
Tracking adjustment and index marking
Hi-Fi audio system
Issues with Hi-Fi audio
Variations
Super-VHS / ADAT / SVHS-ET
VHS-C / Super VHS-C
W-VHS / Digital-VHS (high-definition)
D9
V-Lite
Accessories
Signal standards
Uses in marketing
Comparison to Betamax
Decline
Modern use
Successors
VCD
DVD
High-capacity digital recording technologies
Legacy
See also
Notes
References
External links

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VHS (Video Home System) is a discontinued standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes, introduced in 1976 by JVC. It was the dominant home video format throughout the tape media period of the 1980s and 1990s.