Talk:Tape manufacturers

Which duplication companies were responsible for duplicating the Scotch VHS VCR Head Cleaner tapes?

I currently own the 2002 High Performance VCR Head Cleaner tape, which is professionally endorsed by the National Electronics Service Dealers Association (NESDA). The labels were already attached to the tape itself when the tape was being pressed. However, at some point, I peeled the spine label off to see if there was any printing underneath, but the label was very hard to peel off so I did a terrible job. As it turned out, there was indeed a printing underneath the label but I could barely see it. Plus, the spine label was the one where you would have to mark the boxes after you rewound the tape back to the beginning. And the sticker label on the front literally said to mark the boxes, so I peeled that label off too.

Anyhow, my copy of this tape has a code on the left of the VBI which is similar to that of some tapes duplicated at Allied Digital Technologies. The code was at the beginning of the tape, a few seconds after the duplication started, and right before the copyright notice. However, I am not entirely sure whether my copy was duplicated at Allied Digital Technologies or another company.

I have also seen the 1995 and 1996 VCR Head Cleaner Plus, 1997 Professional VCR Head Cleaner and 2001 and 2004 High Performance VCR Head Cleaner tapes. The 1995 and 1997 tapes appear to begin directly with the copyright notice just as the duplication starts, leading me to believe that 3M used several duplication companies. Besides this, I have no idea if the 1997 Professional VCR Head Cleaner tape is actually "professional"; the back of the cover for that one states that it's what many professionals use. I also tried to look up the difference between the terms "Professional" and "High Performance" but I can't really tell. I have also noticed that beginning with the 1997 tape, the back of the cover would state that the cassette was made in China, but the tape filmstrip was made in the U.S.A. (United States of America). The back of the cover for the 1995 and 1996 releases just say "Made in U.S.A.". 69.85.235.224 16:15, 15 September 2023 (UTC)