Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (Duplicator)

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Former names

  • New Age Video, Inc. (1985-1990)

List of Customers

  • New Age Video, Inc./Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (1985-present)
    • The Chipmunk Library (1987-1989)
  • Goldstar Video (1992) (only some tapes under the Random House Home Video label)

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.
  • Numerous pre-1990 tapes have a silent red screen following the blank space at the very end.
  • From 1991-1993, tapes from this duplicator had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the very end.
  • Most copies from this duplicator have the static roll at the end.
  • Several tapes have the record tab intact.

Locations

  • South Plainfield, New Jersey
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