I-VHS, eyaziwa ngokuba "ngumbulali weBeta", usweleke ngenxa yokuguga. Kule nqaku, sifuna ukukhumbula ukuba i-cartridge yeplastiki eneteyiphu yamagnetic asinike yona amaxesha amaninzi amnandi. I-VHS ikubhengeze ngokusesikweni ukusweleka kwayo kwezi ntsuku ngokunyamalala kwenkampani yokugqibela eyaqhubeka nokuvelisa ezi zixhobo zokuzala zintle Ngubani ongenawo ekhaya nangaphezulu? Yayiyinkqubo eyonwabisayo yemultimedia ngelo xesha, kwaye kwakungekho kunqongophala kweemovie zokuthenga. Nangona kunjalo, iminyaka yedijithali (iDVD kuqala) kunye nokusasaza kuye kwaphela ukuyibulala. Phumla ngoxolo i-VHS.
IFunai Electronics yinkampani ebithengisa ezi zixhobo ukusukela ngo-1983, kwaye iyekile ngokusemthethweni ukwenza njalo. Akuseyiyo inkampani yokugqibela emhlabeni eyaqhubeka nokwenza ezi zixhobo, iphelile. Iwebsite Nikkei uxele ukuba i-Funai Electronics igqibile ngokusemthethweni ukwenza i-VHS yamva nje kwintengiso. Le nkampani ayenziwanga kuphela ngabadlali, kodwa ikwarekhoda. Ukhutshelwe ngaphandle ngu Sharp, Tosiba, Denon kunye no Sanyo ngokwabo, Iimpawu ezithandwayo zeVHS zexesha elidlulileyo. Le fomathi ye-audiovisual ithathelwe ingqalelo ukuba iphelelwe lixesha, kodwa esi sithuba sincinci besisekhona kwiFunai Electronics, inkampani yaseJapan egqibezele lo msebenzi.
Le nkampani ivelise i-VHS yezigidi ezili-15 zabadlali minyaka le kwelona xesha libandakanyayo, nangona eli nani lancitshiswa kakhulu laya kwiiyunithi ezingama-750.000 ngo-2015 (engeyiyo kangako, iWindows Phone ithengisa ngokufanayo okanye nangaphantsi). Esona sizathu sokuyeka ukuvelisa kukungabikho kwezinto zokwakha. Asiphiki ukuba kuseza kubakho ukufunwa kwezi zixhobo, kodwa kuya kuba kuthi ukulungisa ezo zinesiphene ukuba sifuna ukuqhubeka nokudlala i-VHS kungekudala. Ifomathi yeVHS (yeNkqubo yeKhaya yeVidiyo) yasungulwa ngo-1976, yeyabanini be-JVC, iphikisana ne-Sony's Betamax, kwaye yamiselwa njengefomathi yorhwebo ngokuzimela.