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For the US-based subsidiary of this company, see [[Central Video]].
== List of Customers ==
== List of Customers ==
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Diamond Entertainment Corporation (some copies of ''50 Classics: 6 Hours of Color Cartoons'')
* D.E.J. Productions
* D.E.J. Productions
** Square Dog Pictures (1999)
** Square Dog Pictures (1999)
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* Feature Films for Families
* Feature Films for Families
* Front Row Entertainment (some EP/SLP mode copies of ''Mooch Goes to Hollywood'')
* Front Row Entertainment (some EP/SLP mode copies of ''Mooch Goes to Hollywood'')
* Goldstar Video Corp. (some tapes under the Random House Home Video label)
* Impact Television International, Inc. (1999)
* Impact Television International, Inc. (1999)
* MGM/UA Home Video (1996) (MGM/UA Sings: All Dogs Go to Heaven 2)
* MGM/UA Home Video (1996) (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'')
* 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!'')
* Nintendo of America (''N64: Change the System'' and ''Hey You, Pikachu!'')
* SISU Home Entertainment (some copies of ''Shalom Sesame: Passover'')
* Paramount Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Tycoon Home Video [Mexican]
* Universal Studios Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* VideoVisa S.A.
* VideoVisa S.A.
* Walt Disney Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Warner Home Video (some copies of ''City of Angels'', ''Wrongfully Accused'' and ''The Avengers'')
* Warner Home Video (some copies of ''City of Angels'', ''Wrongfully Accused'' and ''The Avengers'')
* Warner Home Video [Mexican]
* Warren Miller Home Video (1997)
* Warren Miller Home Video (1997)


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Example 1:
Example 1:

'''T-09 87D502 181 067'''

'''DR. SEUSS HOP ON POP'''


Example 2:


'''T-047 107K519 12 2974'''
'''T-047 107K519 12 2974'''
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Example 2:
Example 3:


'''116 20000050906 90 4414'''
'''116 20000050906 90 4414'''
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Example 3:
Example 4:


'''092 292S8001S 06 6052'''
'''092 292S8001S 06 6052'''
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Example 4:
Example 5:


'''100 292S8003-S 04 1974'''
'''100 292S8003-S 04 1974'''
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'''D26 T H E A V E N G E R S'''
'''D26 T H E A V E N G E R S'''



However, on some tapes, such as ''N64: Change the System'', ''Against a Crooked Sky'', and ''A Girl of the Limberlost'', the printings just said the title.
* Tapes by this company until late 1999 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 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, Plus 3 More Berenstain Bears Stories'', the printings just said the title.
* Tapes by this company 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'', as well as tapes from Goldstar Video, it was followed by the static roll of death.
* 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.
* On copies of ''City of Angels'', ''Wrongfully Accused'', ''The Avengers'', ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'', and tapes from Goldstar Video 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 Technicolor, the printings became similar to those of the latter.
* Starting around mid-1999, when the duplicator was fully acquired by 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 like the ones used by Deluxe from 1987 to 1996.
* Until late 1999, shortly after its acquisition by Technicolor, tapes by this duplicator also had the '''BHCP''' codes like the ones used by Deluxe from 1987 to 1996.
* Several tapes printed in Mexico also had a silent white screen at the beginning.
* Several tapes printed in Mexico also had a silent white screen at the beginning.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Central Video.jpg|Logo for the company's US-based subsidiary from 1996 to 1998
File:Central Video (A Technicolor Company).jpg|Logo for the company's US-based subsidiary from when Technicolor acquired the company in 1999
File:Mooch Goes to Hollywood.jpg
File:City of Angels.jpg
File:Wrongfully Accused.jpg
File:The Avengers.jpg|Sometimes, in the printings, the letters in the title were spaced out.
File:The Spy Who Shagged Me (081699).jpg|An example of what the printings and print date looked like shortly after Technicolor's purchase of the company.
File:Game Day (082699).jpg
File:Don't Sweat the Small Stuff (090299).jpg
File:Made in Mexico (Game Day).jpg
File:022400 (Vanquished).jpg
</gallery>


== Locations ==
== Locations ==
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* Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
* Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
* Garden Grove, California
* Garden Grove, California

[[Category:Duplicators from Baja California]]
[[Category:Sony Sprinter customers]]
[[Category:Televisa divisions]]
[[Category:Vantiva subsidiaries]]

Revision as of 18:08, 10 October 2023

For the US-based subsidiary of this company, see Central Video.

List of Customers

  • 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [Mexican]
  • Diamond Entertainment Corporation (some copies of 50 Classics: 6 Hours of Color Cartoons)
  • D.E.J. Productions
    • Square Dog Pictures (1999)
    • Two Left Shoes Films (1999)
  • Feature Films for Families
  • Front Row Entertainment (some EP/SLP mode copies of Mooch Goes to Hollywood)
  • Goldstar Video Corp. (some tapes under the Random House Home Video label)
  • Impact Television International, Inc. (1999)
  • MGM/UA Home Video (1996) (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]
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [Mexican]
  • Tycoon Home Video [Mexican]
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment [Mexican]
  • VideoVisa S.A.
  • Walt Disney Home Entertainment [Mexican]
  • Warner Home Video (some copies of City of Angels, Wrongfully Accused and The Avengers)
  • Warner Home Video [Mexican]
  • Warren Miller Home Video (1997)

How to Tell

  • Tapes by this duplicator until mid-1999 had white, dark or yellow printings like this for example:

Example 1:

T-09 87D502 181 067

DR. SEUSS HOP ON POP


Example 2:

T-047 107K519 12 2974

THE BERENSTAIN BEARS


Example 3:

116 20000050906 90 4414

SO1 CITY OF ANGELS


Example 4:

092 292S8001S 06 6052

C26 WRONGFULLY ACCUSED


Example 5:

100 292S8003-S 04 1974

D26 T H E A V E N G E R S


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, Plus 3 More Berenstain Bears Stories, the printings just said the title.

  • Tapes by this company 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, as well as tapes from Goldstar Video, it was followed by the static roll of death.
  • On copies of City of Angels, Wrongfully Accused, The Avengers, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, and tapes from Goldstar Video 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 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 like the ones used by Deluxe from 1987 to 1996.
  • Several tapes printed in Mexico also had a silent white screen at the beginning.

Locations

  • Calexico, California
  • Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
  • Garden Grove, California
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