Alpha Home Entertainment (Duplicator)

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This page is about the duplication unit of the distributor. For the distributor itself, click here.

Former names[edit]

  • Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (1990-20??)
    • Alpha Video (shorthand form) (199?-present)
  • New Age Video, Inc. (1985-1990)

List of Customers[edit]

  • New Age Video, Inc./Alpha Video Distributors, Inc./Alpha Home Entertainment (1985-present)
    • The Chipmunk Library (1987-1992)
  • Random House Home Video (1991-1992) (tapes sold through Goldstar Video)
  • Saturn Productions (one known copy of Rivals of the Dragon)

How to Tell[edit]

  • Not a single tape from this duplicator has any form of printing on the cassette, nor anything in the vertical blanking interval.
  • Several tapes use oversized reels, while some of them use regular reels.
  • Most tapes from this duplicator were duplicated in EP/SLP mode and lack hi-fi audio, though some tapes, namely those released by Alpha under the Chipmunk Library label, were duplicated in SP mode, and certain tapes after 1993 did use hi-fi audio.
  • Numerous pre-1990 tapes have a silent red screen along with the "fading rainbow" following the blank space at the very end.
  • From 1991-1993, several tapes from this duplicator had a few extra seconds of black screen along with the "fading rainbow" following the blank space at the very end.
  • Several tapes after 1993 have the static roll of death at the end.
  • Several tapes have the record tab intact.

Locations[edit]

  • South Plainfield, New Jersey