I-VHS, eyaziwa ngelika "Beta Killer", ishone ngokuguga. Kuleli nothi, sifuna ukukhumbula ukuthi igobolondo lepulasitiki eline-tape kazibuthe esinikezwe izikhathi eziningi ezinhle. I-VHS isimemezele ngokusemthethweni ukufa kwayo kulezi zinsuku ngokunyamalala kwenkampani yokugcina eyaqhubeka nokukhiqiza lawa madivayisi amahle wokuzala Ngubani ongakaze abe neyodwa noma ngaphezulu ekhaya? Kwakuyisistimu yokuzijabulisa ye-multimedia eyayithandwa kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi, futhi kwakungekho ukushoda kwama-movie wokuthenga. Kodwa-ke, ubudala bedijithali (i-DVD kuqala) nokusakazwa kugcine ngokukubulala. Phumula ngokuthula i-VHS.
IFunai Electronics kwakuyinkampani eyayimaketha lawa madivayisi kusukela ngo-1983, futhi iyekile ngokusemthethweni ukwenza kanjalo. Akuseyona inkampani yokugcina emhlabeni eyaqhubeka nokwenza le mishini, sekuphelile. Iwebhusayithi Nikkei ibike ukuthi iFunai Electronics isanda kuqeda ngokusemthethweni ukukhiqiza i-VHS yakamuva emakethe. Le nkampani ayikhiqizanga abadlali kuphela, kodwa futhi nabaqophi. Ukukhishwa nguSharp, uTosiba, uDenon noSanyo uqobo, izinhlobo ezidumile ze-VHS zesikhathi esidlule. Le fomethi ye-audiovisual ibhekwe njengengasebenzi isikhathi eside, kepha leli thuba elincane belisekhona kuFunai Electronics, inkampani yaseJapan eqede lo msebenzi.
Le nkampani ikhiqize abadlali be-VHS abayizigidi eziyi-15 minyaka yonke esikhathini esifakwe kakhulu, yize leli nani lehliswe kakhulu laba amayunithi angama-750.000 ngonyaka ka-2015 (okungekuncane kangako, iWindows Phone ithengisa okufanayo noma ngaphansi). Isizathu esikhulu sokuyeka ukuzenza kube ngukushoda kwezakhi zokwakhiwa kwazo. Asikuphiki ukuthi kusazodingeka lawa madivayisi, kepha kuzofanele silungise lezo ezinesici uma sifuna ukuqhubeka nokudlala i-VHS kungekudala. Ifomethi ye-VHS (Video Home System) yethulwa ngo-1976, eyayiphethwe yi-JVC, iphikisana ne-Sony's Betamax, futhi yamiswa njengefomethi yezohwebo ngokuzimela.