videocassette
Magnetic film housing
A videocassette is a plastic cartridge containing magnetic tape for recording and playing video, used with a VCR.
The format dominated home video from the late 1970s through the 1990s, when DVDs and streaming made it obsolete: We found a box of old videocassettes in the attic.
Also called a video tape or simply a tape.
Return to beginning
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- playRecreation or staged drama
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- stopCease all motion
eject · insert · tracking · heads · VCR · remote · static · snow
Portable video recording device
- VCRTape-based video recorder
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- dubAdd replacement audio
copy · footage · capture · time-lapse · overwrite · erase · label
Analog tape format
Paid temporary use
- eightiesYears from eighty-nine backward
- nineties1990-1999
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- memoriesStored past experiences
cartoons · popcorn · drop-box · collectors
No longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- outdatedNo longer in use
- relicPreserved ancient object
- vintageQuality from past eras
retro · defunct · replaced · DVD · phased-out · landfill · attic · garage-sale
rewind
Return to beginning
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- playRecreation or staged drama
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
stop · eject · insert · tracking · heads · VCR · remote · static · snow · fuzzy
camcorder
Portable video recording device
dub · copy · footage · capture · time-lapse · overwrite · erase · label
VHS
Analog tape format
clamshell · sleeve · LP · EP · NTSC · PAL · hi-fi · stereo · mono · screener
rental
Paid temporary use
memories · cartoons · popcorn · drop-box · collectors
discontinued
No longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- outdatedNo longer in use
- relicPreserved ancient object
vintage · retro · defunct · replaced · DVD · phased-out · landfill · attic · garage-sale · e-waste
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, floppy disks, Betamax
- tape recordingtape, audio tape, magnetic tape, tape reel, tape player
videocassettestreaming
Real-time digital delivery
digital download · cloud storage · video on demand · digital content · DVD
- videocassette recorderTape-based video playback device