Video Home System
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Video Home System is an analog videocassette recording standard widely used from the late 1970s through the 1990s for home video playback and recording.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Video Home System canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10973685 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Video Home System Context triple: [VHS, fullName, Video Home System]
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A.
Betamax
Betamax is an analog videocassette tape format introduced by Sony in the 1970s that became known for its high-quality recording and its famous format war with VHS.
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B.
Sony color video tape recorder
The Sony color video tape recorder is an early professional-grade videotape recording system that played a key role in the development and popularization of color television broadcasting.
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C.
JVC Wondermega
The JVC Wondermega is a hybrid video game console and multimedia system that combines Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Sega CD functionality with enhanced audio-visual features.
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D.
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit home video game console released in the 1980s that popularized modern console gaming with iconic titles like Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda.
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E.
PlayStation TV
PlayStation TV is a compact microconsole by Sony that allows users to play PlayStation Vita, PSP, and select PS4 games on a television using a DualShock controller.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Video Home System Target entity description: Video Home System is an analog videocassette recording standard widely used from the late 1970s through the 1990s for home video playback and recording.
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A.
Betamax
Betamax is an analog videocassette tape format introduced by Sony in the 1970s that became known for its high-quality recording and its famous format war with VHS.
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B.
Sony color video tape recorder
The Sony color video tape recorder is an early professional-grade videotape recording system that played a key role in the development and popularization of color television broadcasting.
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C.
JVC Wondermega
The JVC Wondermega is a hybrid video game console and multimedia system that combines Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Sega CD functionality with enhanced audio-visual features.
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D.
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit home video game console released in the 1980s that popularized modern console gaming with iconic titles like Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda.
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E.
PlayStation TV
PlayStation TV is a compact microconsole by Sony that allows users to play PlayStation Vita, PSP, and select PS4 games on a television using a DualShock controller.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
analog video format
ⓘ
consumer electronics standard ⓘ videocassette recording standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | VHS ⓘ |
| alsoUsedIn |
educational video distribution
ⓘ
professional low-end video production ⓘ video rental industry ⓘ |
| audioTrackType |
Hi-Fi audio
ⓘ
linear mono audio ⓘ linear stereo audio ⓘ |
| cassetteHeight | 104 mm ⓘ |
| cassetteThickness | 25 mm ⓘ |
| cassetteType | VHS cassette ⓘ |
| cassetteWidth | 188 mm ⓘ |
| colorSystemsSupported |
NTSC
ⓘ
linked to:
NTSC color television standard
PAL ⓘ SECAM ⓘ |
| competition |
Betamax
ⓘ
Video 2000 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| declineDueTo |
DVD
ⓘ
digital video recorders ⓘ |
| declinePeriod |
2000s
ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ |
| developedBy |
JVC
ⓘ
Victor Company of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Victor Company of Japan, Limited
|
| hasVariant |
D-VHS
ⓘ
S-VHS ⓘ
linked to:
VHS
W-VHS ⓘ
linked to:
VHS
|
| introduced | 1976 ⓘ |
| introducedInCountry |
Japan
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| marketSegment | home video ⓘ |
| mediaType | magnetic tape cassette ⓘ |
| peakPopularity |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ |
| recordingMethod | helical scan ⓘ |
| signalType |
analog audio
ⓘ
analog video ⓘ |
| standardPlaySpeed | 33.35 mm/s ⓘ |
| successorFormat |
Blu-ray Disc
ⓘ
linked to:
Blu-ray Disc format
DVD ⓘ |
| tapeWidth |
1/2 inch
ⓘ
12.65 mm ⓘ |
| typicalRecordingTimeEP | 360 minutes ⓘ |
| typicalRecordingTimeLP | 240 minutes ⓘ |
| typicalRecordingTimeSP | 120 minutes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
home video playback
ⓘ
home video recording ⓘ time-shifting television programs ⓘ |
| videoEncoding | composite video ⓘ |
| wonFormatWarAgainst | Betamax ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Video Home System Description of subject: Video Home System is an analog videocassette recording standard widely used from the late 1970s through the 1990s for home video playback and recording.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.