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* New Age Video, Inc. (1985-1990)
* New Age Video, Inc. (1985-1990)
== List of Customers ==
== List of Customers ==
* Aztlan Media (some copies of Dos Camionetas Blindadas)
* Best Film and Video Corp. (some tapes)
* Brass Eagle, Inc. (some tapes)
* The Bridgestone Group (????-????)
** Agapeland Home Video (????-????)
* Goldstar Video (1992) (some copies of ''The Berenstain Bears First Time Videos'', ''Sesame Street Start-to-Read Videos'' and ''Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Videos'')
* Goldstar Video (1992) (some copies of ''The Berenstain Bears First Time Videos'', ''Sesame Street Start-to-Read Videos'' and ''Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Videos'')
* GRB Entertainment (some copies of War Dogs: America's Forgotten Heroes)
* Manhattan Entertainment (some tapes)
* New Age Video, Inc./Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (1985-present)
* New Age Video, Inc./Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (1985-present)
** The Chipmunk Library (1987-1989)
** The Chipmunk Library (1987-1989)
* Raven Video (some copies of Scream the Wolf)
* Shadow Entertainment (some copies of Birthrite)
* UAV Corporation (some copies of Where the Red Fern Grows, released under license from Vestron Video)
* Avon (some copies of Where the Red Fern Grows, released under license from Vestron Video)
* Vision Factory (some copies of Embalmer)


== How to Tell ==
== How to Tell ==

Revision as of 19:16, 23 March 2024

Former names

  • New Age Video, Inc. (1985-1990)

List of Customers

  • Goldstar Video (1992) (some copies of The Berenstain Bears First Time Videos, Sesame Street Start-to-Read Videos and Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Videos)
  • New Age Video, Inc./Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (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, 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 sound. However, some tapes 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 following the blank space at the very end.
  • From 1991-1993, several tapes from this duplicator had a few extra seconds of black screen 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

  • South Plainfield, New Jersey