Allied Digital

Other Names

• Allied Film & Video
• Allied Digital Technologies
• Allied Vaughn

List of Customers

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995-2000)
  • Video Treasures (1995-1998)
    • Burbank Video (1995)
    • MNTex Entertainment (1995-1998)
    • Starmaker Entertainment (1995-1998)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1996-1997)
  • Disney Educational Productions (1989-2006)
  • Walt Disney Attractions (1989-2003)
  • ABC Video (199?-1996)
• Feature Films for Families
• Golden Book Video (1991-1993)
• Group Productions
• Hanna-Barbera Home Video (1989-1992)
• Kultur Video
• Lyrick Studios (1991-1997)
• Monarch Home Video
• MPI Home Video
• Palm Pictures
  • Manga Entertainment
• Sony Music Entertainment (1997-2001)
  • Random House Home Video (1997-2001)
• Wood Knapp Video

How to Tell

• Most tapes duplicated at Allied Digital have a numeric code on the vertical-blanking interval of the screen at the beginning of it, akin to how tapes duplicated at Technicolor in the West Coast area begin. On tapes from 1992 to 1995, the vertical blanking interval has a date in the code, and begins with either "AFV TN," "AFV," "AFVTN" or "@FVTN". Starting around mid-late 1995, this same code started with "ADT." In late 1995, the code changed to a different code like this for example: "ADT8011161:07." However, on tapes encoded with Macrovision, the Macrovision signal blocks all but the top of the code.
• Several tapes use oversized reels, while some use regular reels.
• 1992 tapes have a print date and time.
• Post-1993 tapes duplicated at Allied Digital have a day-year code, as well as a print time. In addition, there would also be a name of the release, a nominal length, and/or a serial code. Sometimes, the day-year code is on the side, implying when the tape was assembled.

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  An example of the kind of printing on the side of the tape, used on some tapes assembled after 1993. The color of the printing may vary, as may the color of the cassette.

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  The kind of printing used on some tapes printed after 1993, with the print time on it.

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  Same example as picture #2, but without the print time.

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  An example of what the numeric code on the vertical blanking interval at the beginning of the tape looks like.

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  Same example as picture #19, rather beginning with "ADT."

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  An example of what the code on the vertical-blanking interval looks like with a date, beginning with "ADT".

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  Same example as picture #22, but rather with the second part saying "S3".

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  An example of what the AFV incarnation of the numeric code on the vertical blanking interval looks like when blocked by the Macrovision encoding signal.

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  Same example as picture #24, this time being the one that begins with "AFVTN."

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  An example of the ADT numeric code being blocked by the Macrovision encoding signal.