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1983 in home video:
1983 was a time when home video players were becoming affordable for use in homes, the price of them having dropped by half in a few years to around US$500. [1] Pre-recorded tapes remained expensive, creating the video rental industry and with rentals sometimes including the player. [2]
It was also a time known as the "format wars" with two major standards Sony's Betamax and JVC's VHS competing for dominance. Consumer camcorders were also gaining popularity with prices dropping below $1000. [3]
The following films were released on video in 1983:
| U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Studio | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | |||||
| J A N U A R Y | Unknown | The Secret of NIMH | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| April–June | |||||
| A P R I L | 3 | Pink Floyd The Wall | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 8 | Ringing Bell | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| J U N E | 10 | Creepshow | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Tex | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| July–September | |||||
| J U L Y | 7 | A Boy Named Charlie Brown | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Black Stallion Returns | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| S E P T E M B E R | 8 | Flashdance | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| October–December | |||||
| O C T O B E R | 7 | Tron | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| D E C E M B E R | 4 | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 9 | Tootsie | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 15 | Risky Business | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 20 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Unknown | Annie (1982) | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | VHS release | ||
| The Beastmaster | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | MCA Videocassette Inc. | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Blade Runner | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Dark Crystal | Thorn EMI Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | MCA Videocassette Inc. | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| First Blood | Orion Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Gandhi | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Howling | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Jaws 3-D | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release (3-D was removed for videos) | |||
| Mad Max | American International Pictures | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | MCA Videocassette Inc. | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Outsiders | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Porky's | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Rodan | King Brothers Productions | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Victor Victoria | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Videodrome | MCA Videocassette Inc. | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Evil Dead | Thorn/EMI Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
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