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

That's like having a really solid home video vault for us. —Angela Andaloro, People.com, 2 May 2025

Kino Lorber will release the film theatrically on August 1, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release. —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025

What About Bob? had a long afterlife on cable and home video, and is generally seen as one of Murray’s greatest onscreen achievements, just one notch below Groundhog Day and Rushmore. —Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025

Throughout the short film, released Friday morning, Grande’s Peaches looks back at her life through clips of memories, including what appear to be real childhood home videos of the chart-topping pop star. —Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at sense 2