Home video is a blanket term used for pre-recorded media that is either sold or hired for home entertainment. The term originates from the VHS/Betamax era but has carried over into current optical disc formats like DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The first company to duplicate and distribute home video was Magnetic Video, established in 1968.

The home video business distributes films, telemovies and television series in the form of videos in various formats to the public. These are either bought or rented, then watched privately from the comfort of home by consumers. Most theatrically released films are now released on DVD-Video, replacing the largely obsolete VHS (Video Home System) medium. The VCD format remains popular in Asia, though DVDs are gradually gaining popularity. Prior to the advent of home video in the late 1970s, most feature films were inaccessible after their theatrical runs, only viewable in re-releases and television broadcasts. Home video release usually follows five or six months after the theatrical release, although recently more films have been arriving on video after three or four months. (Christmas and other holiday-related movies are generally not released on home video until the following year when that holiday is celebrated again.) A time period is often allowed to elapse between the end of theatrical release and the DVD/VHS release, as an effort to discourage piracy, or at least minimize the effect of piracy on the profitability of the theatrical release.

Many TV programs are now also available in complete seasons on DVD. It has become popular practice for defunct TV shows to be released to DVD one season at a time every few months, and active shows to be released on DVD after the end of each season. Prior to the television DVDs, most television shows were only viewable in syndication, or on limited 'best of' VHS releases of selected episodes. These copyrighted movies and programs generally have legal restrictions on them preventing them from (amongst other things) being shown in public venues, shown to other people for money, or copied for other than fair use purposes (although such ability is limited by some jurisdictionas and media formats: see below).

There is great controversy about recent attempts to increase protections for rights owners using technical means such as Macrovision and CSS, and by the enactment of laws such as the DMCA, potentially hindering otherwise-lawful "fair-use" rights.

Major United States players in the home video business include Blockbuster Video and Netflix.

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How can I make a dvd of my home videos?
Q. Is there a reasonable (or free!) program that enables me to make a DVD with music and such of my wedding and home videos? Thanks for your help! K.
Asked by Kandice - Fri May 7 15:27:03 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Make a dvd of your home videos, I know an inexpensive software RZ DVD Creator which can does this well, you just need to try it, it can make a video DVD from any videos or photos, it can burn multiple videos or photos into one video DVD, it can add background music for photos, it can make 5.1 surround sound video DVD from any videos, it can personalize a nice DVD menu, and it can directly convert any videos or photos to video DVD and burn to any DVD disc(DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, etc), you can play the burned video DVD on dvd player well. You can yahoo or google search RZ DVD Creator and download it, easy to use, good quality, hope it can help you.
Answered by Jonathan - Sat May 8 06:54:44 2010

I love to look at old pictures and watch old home videos...is there something wrong with me?
Q. I like to look at old pictures of family and watch our old home videos...and I like to do this when I am bored or when I'm sad or when I just want to do it...I also like to look up like random stuff from the 80's and 90's on the internet and am very interested in Genealogy and I love VH1's I Love the 80s and 90s. What is wrong with me?
Asked by JLF - Thu Nov 20 22:36:26 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. nope i do the same thing
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How do i tranfer a video ( home videos from a dvd ) to my computer?
Q. How do i tranfer a video ( home videos from a dvd ) to my computer? Additional Details 3 minutes ago ok thanks you guys... now how do i make it into an .avi or .mpg format? is there some kind of program i need to download? if so then what?
Asked by me - Mon Dec 25 17:44:53 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. if you have windows media player play the dvd thu that then click at to library and select add currently playing then go to your library and move that file to another folder. But if you recorded your movies onto a dvd your vidoe recorder should have a plug for your usb
Answered by zerocool_lll - Mon Dec 25 17:49:10 2006

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