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VHS

Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:58 pm

Short for Video Home System it is a universal and widely used method of recording audio and video onto magnetic tape. The VHS standard was developed by the Japan Victor Company (JVC) and was made available to the public market in 1976. The newest form of the VHS standard is Digital VHS (D-VHS).

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