The American version was released on VHS by GoodTimes Entertainment ( which acquired the license of some of Universal's film catalogue ) in 1987, and then on DVD to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the film's U. S release in 1998.

The international version, entitled THE RETURN OF GODZILLA, was released on VHS ( dubbed in English ) in the UK in 1998.

All Gundam Wing episodes have been released on VHS and DVD in the U. S. Differences between the two video systems is that the episodes on VHS contain the edited version while the episodes on DVD contain the uncut version.

While not featuring the censoring mosaics of the original Japanese version, the US release of La Blue Girl was edited during the initial VHS release and all scenes featuring Miko's companion Nin-Nin engaged in a sexual act were removed, probably to avoid the charge of pedophilia, in spite of the fact that the character is not a minor but a dwarf ninja.

Steven Spielberg initially refused to release a pan-and-scan version of Raiders of the Lost Ark but eventually gave in ( although he successfully ordered the letterboxed format for the home video releases of The Color Purple and Always ); Woody Allen refused altogether to release one of Manhattan, the letterbox version is therefore the only version available on VHS and DVD.

Bandai began releasing the dubbed version to VHS in 2000, discontinuing the releases in February 2001 after only four volumes had been released.

This version was subsequently released on laserdisc and VHS, but has not been released on DVD or Blu-ray.

* A Spanish language dubbed version was released onto VHS under the title El Mago De La Velocidad Y El Tiempo.

Big Black covered Wire's " Heartbeat " twice, once as a studio version which was released as a single ( also included on The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape compilation ), and also as a live version, featuring Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis, that was included on the VHS version of its live album Pigpile.

The DVD version has also been relabeled as Episode I. II, has a slightly different podrace from the VHS version, and contains more extensive editing to individual images and sounds that have not been entirely cut.

Numan also launched a Jagged website to showcase the new album, and made plans to have his 1981 farewell concert ( previously released as Micromusic on VHS ) issued on DVD by November 2006 as well as releasing the DVD version of the Jagged album launch gig.

This re-released version is the only version now available on DVD or VHS.

This version was only available on VHS and Laserdisc in the United States ( both with 4x3 pan and scan transfers ) and is currently out of print.

The video quality of the Avid / 1 ( and later Media Composer systems from the late 1980s ) was somewhat low ( about VHS quality ), due to the use of a very early version of a Motion JPEG ( M-JPEG ) codec.

The first, featuring the 1990 restored theatrical version, was released on VHS and laser disc on November 1, 1991 as part of the " Walt Disney Classics " line.

This created marketing confusion very similar to the Beta versus VHS battle of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The series was released on three VHS tapes in the UK in the 1980s.

During the 1980s, revival houses, universities, and film festivals began to honor Edgar G. Ulmer with retrospective tributes to his work, and public interest in noir films and crime dramas increased with the rise of cable TV screenings and availability on VHS and Laserdisc in home video.

HBO video released a collection of single-episode VHS tapes during the 1980s.

When MGM ( which acquired the rights to United Artists's catalog after its demise ) released Heaven's Gate on VHS and videodisc in the 1980s, it released Cimino's 219-minute cut with the tagline " Heaven's Gate … The Legendary Uncut Version.

The program was broadcast as a TV special many times during the Christmas season from the 1960s through the 1980s — though not always on NBC — before being released on VHS in 1994 and on DVD in 2001.

As part of a restoration project initiated by the Toscanini family in the late 1980s, the kinescopes were fully restored and issued by RCA on VHS and laser disc beginning in 1989.

Sony, which had introduced the Betamax home videocassette tape a year earlier, became the main competitor for JVC's VHS format into the 1980s, creating the videotape format war.

Numerous episodes of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and other series were also edited together ( sometimes with the addition of new narration ) to form movie-length features for VHS release and TV syndication in the 1980s.

By the late 1980s it was rarely seen but returned to PBS stations after the release of select episodes on VHS by CBS / Fox Video in 1998.

Although there were official releases in the late 1980s of Betty Boop compilation VHS and LaserDisc box sets by Live Entertainment, and select Superman cartoons by Warner Home Video ( as part of separate VHS and LaserDisc collections of episodes from The Adventures of Superman TV series of the 1950s ), it would take longer for any official DVD releases of the Fleischer cartoons due to Republic's ownership and video license changes, the potential film and / or digital restoration costs, and the financial viability as the result of releasing restored versions.

A handful of non-comprehensive Woody Woodpecker VHS tapes were issued by Universal in the 1980s and 1990s, usually including Andy Panda and Chilly Willy cartoons as bonuses.

The last-minute adoption of the hybrid DVD format was agreed to by all three companies in an effort to avoid a damaging format war, similar to that between Beta and VHS in the 1970s and 1980s.

Though linear stereo sound was available on some models, both VHS and Betamax were offering hifi stereo sound with near-CD quality by the mid 1980s.

Several episodes of the series were released under Karl-Lorimar's " Kideo Video " branding on VHS in the 1980s, with two episodes per tape.

VHS compilations of Maple Town appeared in North America, Europe and Japan during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

VHS Video compilations of these films were released in the 1980s as Festival of Claymation and Son of Combo II.

Powell's films continue to be broadcast on television regularly by Turner Classic Movies, with most released in the VHS video format in 1980s and 1990s.

It was originally released as a three-tape VHS edition in the early 1980s.

The film was released on VHS in the late 1980s and on DVD by Fantoma in 2004 for Region 1 viewers, and in 2006 for Region 2 by Arrow Film Distributors Ltd. with a region-free Blu-ray release by Arrow in 2012

Technologically Sanyo has had good ties with Sony, supporting the Betamax video format from invention until the mid 1980s ( the best selling video recorder in the UK in 1983 was the Sanyo VTC5000 ), while producing the VHS video format at the same time for the Fisher brand during the early-1980s, and later being an early adopter of the highly successful Video8 camcorder format.

Various episodes were released on VHS videotapes throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and the early 2000s.

While Betamax was believed to be the superior format in the minds of the public and press ( due to excellent marketing by Sony ), consumers really wanted an affordable VCR ( a VHS often cost hundreds of dollars less than a Betamax ); Sony believed that having better quality recordings was the key to success, and that consumers would be willing to pay a higher retail price for this, whereas it soon became clear that consumer desire was focused more intently on recording time, lower retail price, compatibility with other machines for sharing ( as VHS was becoming the format in the majority of homes ), brand loyalty to companies who licensed VHS ( RCA, Magnavox, Zenith, Quasar, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, even JVC itself, et al.

However, many VHS and DVD copies have circulated, and the documentary is available on the internet, via peer-to-peer networks and video sharing websites such as YouTube and Google Video ( where it was watched almost 600, 000 times ).

The film has yet to receive an American DVD or Blu-ray release, the only available copy being an import of the film on DVD from Spain, occasional VHS copies or on file sharing sites.

However, the Combat Zone, while still in existence, almost disappeared by the 1990s, due to many different reasons including ; city pressure, the rise of the marketing of pornography on VHS home video, the move of strip-clubs to the suburbs where they became more upscale, and a general increase in property values, which encouraged building sales and the removal of former tenants.