1984 in home video

Industry milestones

• 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.

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video:

• All The Right Moves
• Becket
• The Dirty Dozen
• The Empire Strikes Back
• The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic (reissues)
• The Happiest Millionaire
• The Last Starfighter
• Mickey's Christmas Carol - December 6, 1984
• Mr. Mom
• National Lampoon's Vacation
• The Natural - November 1984
• The NeverEnding Story - December 1984
• The Omen and its sequels (reissued but not in a box set)
• Porky's and its first sequel, Porky's II: The Next Day
• Return From Witch Mountain
• Robin Hood - December 6, 1984
• Splash - August 1984
• Sudden Impact
• Taps (1981) (reissued)
• Terms of Endearment - June 1984
• This is Spinal Tap - October 1984
• WarGames
• Yentl

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