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== How to Tell ==
== How to Tell ==
* Not a single tape from this duplicator has any form of printing on the cassette.
* Not a single tape from this duplicator has any form of printing on the cassette.
* Several tapes use oversized reels.
* Several tapes use oversized reels, while some of them use regular reels.

* Numerous tapes from this duplicator are duplicated in EP/SLP mode and lack hi-fi sound.
* Numerous tapes from this duplicator are duplicated in EP/SLP mode and lack hi-fi sound.
* Numerous pre-1990 tapes have a silent red screen following the blank space at the very end.
* Numerous pre-1990 tapes have a silent red screen following the blank space at the very end.
* Starting 1991 until 1993, tapes from this duplicator had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the very end.
* Some tapes have the record tab intact.
* Some tapes have the record tab intact.



Revision as of 03:43, 27 October 2023

List of Customers

  • New Age Video/Alpha Video Distributors (1985-present)
  • The Chipmunk Library (1987-1989)

How to Tell

  • Not a single tape from this duplicator has any form of printing on the cassette.
  • Several tapes use oversized reels, while some of them use regular reels.
  • Numerous tapes from this duplicator are duplicated in EP/SLP mode and lack hi-fi sound.
  • Numerous pre-1990 tapes have a silent red screen following the blank space at the very end.
  • Starting 1991 until 1993, tapes from this duplicator had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the very end.
  • Some tapes have the record tab intact.

Locations

  • Piscataway, New Jersey