Home Video
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| In one sentence | Watching a movie by buying or renting a physical copy, like a DVD, instead of seeing it in a theater or streaming it. |
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| Category | Film and Television |
| Related | DVD, Home Video Royalty, Release Window |
Before movies could be streamed instantly, watching one at home usually meant buying or renting an actual physical copy first.
Home video refers to exactly that: any way of watching a movie through the sale or rental of tangible personal property, meaning something physical you can hold, like a cassette, a DVD, a memory chip, or a USB flash drive.
Fun facts
- Home video used to be one of the biggest release windows for a movie's earnings, right after its time in theaters.
- Streaming has replaced a lot of home video's popularity, though physical discs are still sold and collected today.
- Special contract rules, called home video royalties, often only count a portion of home video earnings toward what talent are paid on.