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

Even with the Internet, myriad television channels, home videos and DVDs, with texting and Twitter, and all the rest of technology, people — the most successful people it could be argued — still make time to read. —Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2025

Throughout her career, the elder Austin released over 50 home video workouts and served as chairperson of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition from 2002 to 2009. —Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025

The documentary features home videos, some of which demonstrate the emotional and physical abuse the siblings endured, as well as interviews with those who know the family. —Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 15 Apr. 2025

This is, the story reports, the first time the original print has been publicly screened since December 1978 (there have been copies that have made the rounds on home video). —James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at sense 2