Unknown duplicators

The following is a list of unknown duplicators. Once a duplicator in this list is identified, it should be removed from the list and a page should be created for it.

List of Known Customers

 * Atlantic Releasing Co. (1992)
 * Feature Films for Families (some copies of On Our Own)
 * LaserLight Digital (1998)
 * New World Video (1989) (some copies of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark)
 * Penton Kids/Cowles Syndicate, Inc. (1993)
 * Price/Stern/Sloan Video (1990-1992)
 * RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1987) (some copies of Holiday and Blind Date)
 * Rhino Home Video (1991)
 * Streamline Pictures (1991-1994?)
 * Trinity Broadcasting Network (1989-1999)
 * York Home Video (1991)

How to Tell

 * Beginning around late 1989, one or two rows of letters and numbers were engraved above the recording tab, like this for example:

T70PX2

LY7102

Starting around 1998, tapes from this duplicator only had one row of letters and numbers engraved. In addition, the font was changed (e.g. T82PX1). While this happened a few times before 1998, this is when it became permanent.


 * Tapes by this duplicator have printings on the tape guard, or sometimes the bottom middle side. It would appear like this for example:

W.O.8504

SILLYVILLE

PASS 3 SLAVE 976


 * A few earlier tapes instead had a sticker with similar information on it on the bottom middle side, like this for example:

W.O.#18441W

HOLIDAY

Slave #V SP Pass 3


 * Some RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video tapes duplicated by this company had a black screen test pattern with a 1133hz tone at the end.

List of Known Customers

 * AnimEigo (1997)
 * Arrow Video Inc.
 * Colgate
 * Media Education Foundation (2000)
 * New River Media (1999)
 * New Yorker Video
 * The Baby School Company, Inc. (1998)
 * Zeitgeist Video (2002)

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had dark red printings like this for example:

T-105 21647 CELESTE

List of Known Customers

 * First Look Home Entertainment (2003-2005)
 * Funimation Entertainment (2001-2004)
 * Gym-Mark/The Gymboree Corporation (2001)
 * Maverick Entertainment (2002)
 * Showtime Entertainment (2001-2004)
 * Sundance Channel Home Entertainment (2002-2004)
 * The Gold Label (2003)
 * The Professional Education Institute (2002)
 * Two Left Shoes (2002) (some copies of Lush)

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had printings like this:

Example #1:

TITLE: EVIL BUU (UNCUT) B2450

04/02 T-70

Example #2:

TITLE: VISITOR

10-03 T-96 PASS 001

Example #3:

TITLE: CYBERMUTT

02/04 T-88 192 PASS 001

Example #4:

TITLE: EMPOWERMENT #5

02/02 365 T-80 192 PASS 001

Example #5:

TITLE: SCOTLAND PA

09/02 318 T-104 PASS 001

Example #6:

TITLE: AMY'S O

11/02 T-88

List of Known Customers

 * ADV Films
 * Cabin Fever Entertainment (1990)
 * Cartoon Network (some copies of the promotional "Rainy Day Survival Kit" tape)
 * First Look Pictures (2000-2001)
 * Full Moon Entertainment
 * Madacy Music Group
 * Questar Home Video
 * Scholastic (1998)
 * Strand Home Video
 * The Baby Einstein Company (1998)
 * TLC (1993)
 * Xenon Video (1997)

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had blue printings like the following examples:

Example 1:

1X65630S105511 RAINY DAY 44155LR T46

Example 2:

21415435 VHSHH/001D H/4222GEO 51


 * Some tapes from this company had a black screen test pattern with a 400hz tone at the end, while some others had the static roll of death. Some had nothing.

List of Known Customers

 * Price/Stern/Sloan Video (1991-1992)

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had a white number 75 or 80 above the recording tab spot (possibly indicating tape length).
 * There is no other known form of printing on tapes from this duplicator, aside from the number above the recording tab spot.

List of Known Customers

 * Simitar Entertainment

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had dark red printings (e.g. 3286 15900).
 * Numerous tapes from this duplicator also had a few extra seconds of black screen after the blank space at the end.

List of Known Customers

 * Montgomery Ward

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had dark red printings in dark red ink (e.g. 10962138 29572 RUDOLPHS LESSONS).

List of Known Customers

 * Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (as confirmed by one copy of a Really Wild Animals screening cassette)

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had a print date, with the printings being laid out like this for example:

PAL-200          MMM   17:25   04/25/94

T-140

List of Known Customers

 * Sony Wonder (Canada)

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like this for example:

VCR         70809131 T-35 HG

List of Known Customers

 * Sony Wonder (Canada)

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like the following examples:

Example 1:

'''VCR         MFG. IN CANADA VCR ACTIVE MEDIA''' T-120 HG    30908150

Example 2:

'''VCR      MFG. IN CANADA VCR ACTIVE MEDIA''' DT-52    40106200

List of Known Customers

 * Frantz Productions (2001)
 * Homespun Video
 * Kino Video
 * Proscenium Entertainment

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had white or dark printings, which were laid out like the following examples:

Example 1:

T-90        YAXYY     T

Example 2:

T-75        IAXYE     F-3

Example 3:

T-160        AYLMYL     F-2

Example 4:

T-93 MLOYA 1

List of Known Customers

 * Disney Institute (1997)

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like this for example:

4457-5   IP

List of Known Customers

 * Word Entertainment

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had dark printings above where the recording tab would be, and they were laid out like this for example:

T-30

A245F

List of Known Customers

 * The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like this for example:

T-17 VM HKK VM MR PD-7612

List of Known Customers

 * Hometime

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had a print date, and the printings looked like this for example:

HTC-UNDERGROUND 106243.11 2ND 4/23/01

List of Known Customers

 * Itsy Bitsy Home Video
 * Platinum Disc Corporation

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had yellow printings, which were laid out like the following examples:

Example 1:

T-20 VD       0706992357

Example 2:

T-20 VD       0503011411   RSB   A

List of Known Customers

 * TBD, but it was the distributor of First Fun with French in North America

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like this for example:

PT-45 EMT/HG 306 A102 0627 P.B.

List of Known Customers

 * Teaching Tolerance (2005)

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had a print date, with the printings being laid out like this for example:

0905 T-40 2453

092205 13:34 3M AIM

List of Known Customers

 * Cascom Home Video (2004)
 * Questar Home Video
 * World Wrestling Entertainment Home Video (2005)

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like this for example:

C SPR 111-05 W.O.69474

List of Known Customers

 * A&E Home Video
 * Discovery Channel School
 * New Video
 * WGBH Boston Video

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator do not have any printings of any kind on the cassette.
 * A few tapes by this duplicator have a few extra seconds of black screen after the static at the tail end.