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== Former names ==
* Duplivideo, S.A. de C.V. (1985-199?)
== History ==
== List of Customers ==
All had their tapes duplicated here following the RVSA spinoff c. 1994.
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (199?-1994) (''Christmas Classics'' line)
* Bill of Wrights Entertainment, Inc. (1997)
* D.E.J. Productions
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* Diamond Entertainment Corporation
* Feature Films for Families
* Front Row Entertainment (
* Genesis Media Group, Inc. (1996)
* Hemdale Home Video (
* Impact Television International, Inc. (1999)
*
* MGM/UA Home Video (1996) (one known copy of ''MGM/UA Sings: All Dogs Go to Heaven 2'')
* New Line Home Video (some copies of ''Blade'' and ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'')
* Nintendo of America (''N64: Change the System'' and ''Hey You, Pikachu!'')
* Paramount Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Plaza Entertainment (1998)
* Random House Home Video (as confirmed by two known copies of ''Hop on Pop'', each sold through Goldstar Video, as well as ''The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room'', sold through Feature Films for Families)
* SISU Home Entertainment (
* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Tycoon Home Video
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* VideoVisa S.A.
* Walt Disney Home Entertainment [Mexican]
** Disney Videos [Mexican]
** Walt Disney Home Video [Mexican]
* Warner Home Video (some copies of ''City of Angels'', ''Wrongfully Accused'' and ''The Avengers'', and Mexican tapes)
* Warren Miller Home Video (1997)
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'''D26 T H E A V E N G E R S'''
Example 5:
'''T-087 118G601 296 0776'''
''' V-4770 TOY STORY'''
However, on some tapes, such as ''N64: Change the System'', ''Against a Crooked Sky'', ''A Girl of the Limberlost'', and ''The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room'', as well as some Diamond Entertainment Corporation tapes, the printings just said the title. On VideoVisa tapes where this happens, the VideoVisa catalog number appears to the left.
* Tapes duplicated in Mexico City had a white number stamped onto the spine indicating the tape length, as well as a sticker under the label with printings like this for example:
* Tapes by this company (until 1999 for USA tapes) had the white screen test pattern with a 1000hz tone at the end. On some copies of ''N64: Change the System'', ''City of Angels'', ''Wrongfully Accused'', and ''The Avengers'', it was followed by the static roll of death. However, on copies of ''N64: Change the System'' by this company, the white screen test pattern at the end had a 1010hz tone.▼
''' 01 454'''
'''T055 B7'''
▲* Tapes by this company (until 1999 for USA tapes) had the white screen test pattern with a
* On copies of ''City of Angels'', ''Wrongfully Accused'', ''The Avengers'', and ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' duplicated by this company, there is a notation printed underneath the label that says "MADE IN MEXICO." On a few other tapes, it was printed on the side of the tape.
* Starting around mid-1999, when the duplicator was fully acquired by [[Vantiva Supply Chain Services|Technicolor]], the printings became similar to those of the latter.
* Until late 1999, shortly after its acquisition by Technicolor, tapes by this duplicator also had the '''BHCP''' codes in the vertical blanking interval like the ones used by [[Deluxe Digital Studios|Deluxe]] from 1987 to 1996.
* Several tapes printed in Mexico during the mid to late '90s also had a silent white screen at the beginning.
* Tapes from Alpha Video Distributors, Inc.'s Christmas Classics line had the cassette shell in green.
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Central Video.jpg|Logo for the company's US-based subsidiary from 1996 to 1998
File:Mooch Goes to Hollywood.jpg
File:Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus - Cycles of Intimacy (Men Are Like Rubber Bands) (1996 Genesis Media Group, Inc.).jpg
File:City of Angels.jpg
File:Wrongfully Accused.jpg
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== Locations ==
* Beverly Hills, California
* Calexico, California (1991-????)
* Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
* Mexicali, Baja California (1985-1991)
== Trivia ==
* It's believed that RVSA's spinoff of this duplicator c. 1994 resulted from the expiration of a tariff exemption.
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[[Category:Deluxe subsidiaries]]
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[[Category:Duplicators from Baja California]]
[[Category:Macrovision customers]]
[[Category:Sony Sprinter customers]]
[[Category:Televisa divisions]]
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