home video

noun

plural home videos

1

: a homemade video (see video entry 1 sense 1) that is not usually intended for commercial release or distribution

We showed our friends home videos of our vacation in the Caribbean.

People are consuming millions of hours of shaky, selfie-quality home video on their phones every day.

—Karen Bussone

… make a home video, using a cell phone or camera, of yourself performing your selection.

—The Brunswick Beacon (Shallotte, North Carolina)

2

: prerecorded video (see video entry 1 sense 1a) marketed for home viewing

The popular TV series … returns to home video with the DVD and Blu-ray releases of … Season Three.

—Mike Spring

It's not clear when other [streaming] platforms will add season four, but it usually takes several months for new seasons to receive a home video release …

—Business Insider US

Examples of home video in a Sentence

the latest releases in home video

We watched a home video of their wedding.

Recent Examples on the Web

Foley used his love of video editing to make several home videos of the kids that Sondi shared on social media. —Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025

The shooting was captured on home video, and the image of her being shot in her wedding gown jarred her Dominican American community in New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood. —Anna Schecter, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025

GKids handles North American distribution for the famed Studio Ghibli library of films across all theatrical, home video, digital, and streaming platforms. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025

The Sword in the Stone Not expecting the military police to show up and take their daughter away, the Miller family is enjoying a quiet night watching The Sword in the Stone, a 1963 Disney film that had just hit home video in 1986. —Keith Phipps, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at sense 2