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VHS

VHS stands for Video Home System and is the name of a type of videotape cassette. It entered the format war alongside Betamax in the late 70s–early 80s and ultimately won before DVD and Blu-ray came onto the scene in the 90s and 00s.

This is the tag page for VHS where you’ll read about VHS technology including videotapes and VHS culture.

CBC interviewed the Betamax King

TechnologyAugust 30, 2024August 30
Betamax / Canada / collections / interviews / VHS

Phil Edwards on why VHS won

TechnologyJuly 16, 2023January 15
Phil Edwards / VHS / video

'The Games Children Play'

Cool LinksJune 3, 2023October 2
Canada / come in God / kids / VHS

Handcrafted lamps made from VHS tapes

Design, TechnologySeptember 24, 2022September 24
horror / UK / VHS
the thing vhs lamp

It's Diet Coke, sir. It's supposed to be cold.

Film, Food & DrinkJuly 12, 2022December 31
advertising / Batman / Coca-Cola / product placement / soft drinks / VHS / video

VHS Poster Collection by Xavier Esclusa Trias

DesignJanuary 23, 2021August 30
collections / nostalgia / posters / VHS

The history of Walt Disney Home Video

History, TelevisionJanuary 1, 2021January 7
Disney / VHS / video / Yesterworld
An illustration of Mickey Mouse opening the Walt Disney vault and letting lots of cash out

Farside: the Toronto bar turning into a VHS rental store

TravelNovember 19, 2020November 7
Canada / nostalgia / VHS

20th Century Flicks: the last video rental shop

FilmSeptember 24, 2020February 2
documentary / nostalgia / UK / VHS / video

5 retro videos from The VHS Vault

CultureSeptember 23, 2020August 30
1990s / collections / nostalgia / VHS
xena: warrior princess

The Guy Who Built A Video Store In His Basement

CultureAugust 14, 2020February 20
1990s / VHS / video
Nostalgia Video basement

The rise and demise of Betamax

TechnologyMay 10, 2020July 16
Betamax / Japan / nostalgia / VHS / video
betamax-video-cassettes

Marion Stokes: the Black woman who preserved over 30 years of TV history

Television, Black Cultures, HistoryJune 24, 2019December 8
Atlas Obscura / Black women / nostalgia / VHS / women / women of colour
A still from Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

What if Game of Thrones was aired in the 80s?

The InternetMay 25, 2019May 14
1980s / Game of Thrones / VHS / video

Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are The VHS Guys

Culture, Pop Culture, TechnologyFebruary 7, 2019August 30
Atlas Obscura / collections / nostalgia / VHS / video
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