1984 in home video

1984 in home video:

Industry milestones

January

• January - JVC introduces the VHD in the UK.^[1]
• January 17 - In Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., popularly known as the "Betamax case", the Supreme Court of the United States rules that the practice of "time shifting" constitutes fair use and that the manufacturers of home video recording devices cannot be held liable for copyright infringement by consumers.

July

• July 12 - The Video Recordings Act 1984 is adopted by the UK.^[2]

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video:

• Against All Odds - September 1984
• All the Right Moves - May 1984
• Becket
• The Big Chill - July 1984
• Children of the Corn - July 1984
• Christine - May 1984
• A Christmas Story - November 1984
• Conan the Destroyer - November 1984
• D.C. Cab - April 1984
• The Dead Zone - April 1984
• The Dirty Dozen
• Dreamscape - November 1984
• The Empire Strikes Back - November 1984
• The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic (reissues)
• Firestarter - November 1984
• Footloose - September 1984
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (reissue)
• Moscow on the Hudson
• The Incredible Journey (film)-September 1984
• The Keep - May 1984
• The Last Starfighter - November 1984
• Mickey's Christmas Carol - December 6, 1984
• Misunderstood
• Mr. Mom - February 1984
• National Lampoon's Vacation
• The Natural - November 1984
• The NeverEnding Story - December 1984
• Octopussy - April 1984
• The Omen and its sequels (reissued but not in a box set)
• Police Academy - December 1984
• Porky's and its first sequel, Porky's II: The Next Day - February 1984
• Purple Rain - November 1984
• Repo Man - August 1984
• The Right Stuff - June 1984
• Robin Hood - December 6, 1984
• Romancing the Stone - August 1984
• Scarface - May 1984
• Silkwood - May 1984
• Sixteen Candles - November 1984
• Son of Flubber - July 3, 1984
• SS Experiment Camp - October 22, 1984
• Star 80 - April 1984
• Staying Alive - February 1984
• Strange Brew - March 1984
• Streets of Fire - December 1984
• Sudden Impact - April 1984
• Taps
• Terms of Endearment - June 1984
• This is Spinal Tap - October 1984
• Top Secret! - November 7, 1984
• Trading Places - March 1984
• Uncommon Valor - April 1984
• Under Fire - April 1984
• WarGames - March 1984
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - December 1984
• Yentl

Australia

The following tapes were released in Australia in 1984:

• Basket Case - April 1984
• Fire and Ice - April 1984
• Hysterical - April 1984
• Jaguar Lives! - April 1984
• Rolling Thunder - April 1984

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