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

The clip, filmed to look like a classic VHS home video and set at a chaotically bizarre Christmas party, features a cameo from Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin. —Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024

For his film, Ree was able to draw from home videos of Mats Steen and from digital logs that tracked all of Mats’s interactions within the World of Warcraft environment. —Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024

Rezvan and Sana watch home videos of him for comfort. —Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024

The Beatles in the USA (later re-edited for a home video release, which has gone out of print). —Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at sense 2