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

During that period, the WGA West negotiated contracts for content distribution platforms like basic cable and home video, agreements that later underpinned bargaining over new media and other emerging digital platforms. —Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024

The killers’ photos, personal journals and home videos fueled discussions in internet forums and chat rooms. —USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024

During her interview, Jimmy Fallon displayed a throwback home video of Dakota and Elle, 25, as children preparing for Halloween one year. —Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024

Smith was a young enthusiast who was ahead of the home video curve by nearly a decade, investing in some of the first generally available videotape cameras and equipment to capture both official and candid moments of SDCC and other comic, science fiction and fan events in the San Diego area. —Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

Yet the film, unintentionally hilarious and consistently entertaining, built a loyal following over the years through home video releases and midnight screenings. —Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2024

Digitizing photographs and home videos is one way to preserve memorabilia without having to find places in a smaller house, apartment or nursing home room to store them. —Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024

Much like the trio’s unsavory home videos, Kinetta feels like the stuff of student filmmaking, with experimental swings and unfocused execution. —Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024

Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release later this year, followed by a home video, educational and digital release on all major platforms. —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at sense 2