Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (Duplicator)

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Revision as of 03:31, 23 March 2024 by Videolover1999 (talk | contribs) (Taking some of these out for now until we get some official confirmation from a reliable source.)

Former names

  • New Age Video, Inc. (1985-1990)

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)
  • 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)
    • 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

  • 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