Walt Disney Home Video (VHS) Official logo used for Walt Disney Home Video c.1980s Walt Disney Home Video is a discontinued video line launched to release Disney animated features on home video. This was done by a division of the same name under the parent Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company (WDTNT). Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released several titles to home video since 1978, as well as direct-to-video features.
They have been released on VHS, Beta, Laserdisc, CED Videodisc, CD Video, DVD, Universal Media Disc (UMD), Blu-ray Disc, and 4K UHD Disc. These are most of the notable releases that Disney put out on home video. This page will focus exclusively on Disney.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment History In 1978, Walt Disney Productions began licensing its titles to MCA Distributing Corporation for marketing and distribution on the DiscoVision format. These discs marked the first appearance of the Walt Disney Home Entertainment branding, signifying the license. The Walt Disney Home Video name was kept until 2001, when the division was once again renamed Walt Disney Home Entertainment.
In 1997, the company began producing DVDs, being one of the format's middle adopters among the major Hollywood studios alongside Universal Studios Home Video, and in 2006, they started to release Blu. The ultimate guide to Disney VHS Tapes. A history, notable series, value, eBay purchasing, a collectors list, storage and the rarer collectibles.
The Walt Disney Classics was a series of VHS releases of Disney animated features that spanned from 1984, with its very first release being Robin Hood, to 1994, with The Fox and the Hound; VCDs of this series were released from 1998 to 2003. Many Disney animated features made their home video debuts through this series. It is often referred to by fans as the Black Diamond collection.
For the first time, Disney releases a film from their animated canon to video less than a year after its theatrical release with the 1990 VHS release of The Little Mermaid. The era of VHS tapes is one that brings a wave of nostalgia to many who grew up in the late 20th century. For decades, Disney dominated the home entertainment industry with its iconic VHS releases, bringing beloved animated classics and new theatrical hits into living rooms worldwide.
These tapes, o. 1 Walt Disney Home Video 1.1 1980 1.2 1981 1.3 1982 1.4 1983 1.5 1984 1.6 1985 1.7 1986 1.8 1987 1.9 1988 1.10 1989 1.11 1990 1.12 1991 1.13 1992 1.14 1993 1.15 1994 1.16 1995 1.17 1996 1.18 1997 1.19 1998 1.20 1999 1.21 2000 2 Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2.1 2001 2.2 2002 2.3 2003 2.4 2004 2.5 2005 2.6 2006 3 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 3.1 2007 3.2 2008 3.3 2009 3.4 2010 3.5. The Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection (Walt Disney Colección Maestra in Spanish and Collection Chefs-d'œuvre de Walt Disney in Canadian French) was a line of VHS tapes and Laserdiscs released by Walt Disney Home Video from 1994 to 1999 in the U.S.
and Canada. Similar to the Walt Disney Classics line that preceded it, it consisted mainly of Disney animated features (excluding the Pixar films.