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
Karen Bussone… make a home video, using a cell phone or camera, of yourself performing your selection.—The Brunswick Beacon (Shallotte, North Carolina)
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
Mike SpringIt'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
Business Insider USExamples of home video in a Sentence
the latest releases in home video
We watched a home video of their wedding.
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The original home video of the incident seems to have been uploaded to YouTube back in 2013, and has continued to resurface every Thanksgiving since.
—John Russell, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Not that the past was a far happier place, as haunting, inadvertently prescient home videos by the young Carten show her and her friends parodying the drinking and dysfunctional behavior of their elders.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
This is the Zodiac Speaking includes interviews with the Seawater children, Allen’s former pupils—plus their home videos and letters from him—along with background on the case from Robert Graysmith, the journalist whose book Zodiac inspired the 2007 film by the same title.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
Panned by critics upon its release, the film would eventually attain cult status, exceeding expectations at the box office and further proliferating upon its home video release.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2024
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John Russell, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Not that the past was a far happier place, as haunting, inadvertently prescient home videos by the young Carten show her and her friends parodying the drinking and dysfunctional behavior of their elders.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
This is the Zodiac Speaking includes interviews with the Seawater children, Allen’s former pupils—plus their home videos and letters from him—along with background on the case from Robert Graysmith, the journalist whose book Zodiac inspired the 2007 film by the same title.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
Panned by critics upon its release, the film would eventually attain cult status, exceeding expectations at the box office and further proliferating upon its home video release.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Home video.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20video. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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