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

After releasing the song, the singer shared a home video of herself as a young child marching in a red cowgirl hat and reflected on what the project meant to her. —Bryan West, USA Today, 5 June 2026

The star accompanied her message with a sweet home video that featured her dressed as a cowgirl as a child à la Jessie, a cowgirl doll character in the films voiced by Joan Cusack. —Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan, the documentary features exclusive home video footage and interviews with Short, alongside friends and colleagues like Steve Martin, John Mulaney, Eugene Levy, and the late Catherine O’Hara. —Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026

Shot by Fernando Hernández García in Super 16mm, the film has both the cozy feel of old home videos and the grandeur of an opulent golden-age melodrama. —Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 25 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at sense 2