In the United States, while there have been plenty of direct-to-video films and such since the advent of home video, they were usually things that were considered financially unsound to release in theaters, like instructional videos, specialized documentaries, foreign films, films with controversial or niche subject matter, Z-grade low budget horror films, cartoon compilations, concert films, longform music videos, and pornography. This is generally not a good sign in terms of quality (especially if it was originally going to be released theatrically, but was consigned to video)-the term "direct-to-video" or "straight-to-video" often gets used as slang for "cheaply made, rushed, low quality", and in extreme cases, " complete bucket of crap". This is the practice of skipping theaters/ television and just going straight to home video as the first release.
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