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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]
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [Mexican]
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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 copies of ''Hop on Pop'')
* Goldstar Video Corp. (some copies of Dr. Seuss Hop on Pop)
* Hemdale Home Video (some copies of ''The Princess and the Goblin'')
* 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)
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* Nintendo of America (''N64: Change the System'' and ''Hey You, Pikachu!'')
* Nintendo of America (''N64: Change the System'' and ''Hey You, Pikachu!'')
* Paramount Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Paramount Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Plaza Entertainment (1998)
* SISU Home Entertainment (some copies of ''Shalom Sesame: Passover'')
* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Tycoon Home Video
* Tycoon Home Video [Mexican]
* Universal Studios Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Universal Studios Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* VideoVisa S.A.
* VideoVisa S.A.
* Walt Disney Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Walt Disney Home Entertainment [Mexican]
* Warner Home Video (some copies of ''City of Angels'', ''Wrongfully Accused'' and ''The Avengers'', and Mexican tapes)
* Warner Home Video (some copies of ''City of Angels'', ''Wrongfully Accused'' and ''The Avengers'')
* Warner Home Video [Mexican]
** HBO 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'''


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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'', the printings just said the title. On VideoVisa tapes where this happens, the VideoVisa catalog number appears to the left.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* Starting around mid-1999, when the duplicator was fully acquired by Technicolor, the printings became similar to those of the latter.
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* 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 from 1987 to 1996.
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* Several tapes printed in Mexico also had a silent white screen at the beginning.


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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.
== Gallery ==
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* Tapes by this company until late 1999 have 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.
<gallery>
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* 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.
File:Central Video.jpg|Logo for the company's US-based subsidiary from 1996 to 1998
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* Starting around mid-1999, when the duplicator was fully acquired by [[Technicolor Video Services|Technicolor]], the printings became similar to those of the latter.
File:Central Video (A Technicolor Company).jpg|Logo for the company's US-based subsidiary from when Technicolor acquired the company in 1999
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* 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.
File:Mooch Goes to Hollywood.jpg
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* Several tapes printed in Mexico also had a silent white screen at the beginning.
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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* Beverly Hills, California
* Calexico, California
* Calexico, California
* Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
* Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
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* Garden Grove, California

[[Category:Duplicators]]
[[Category:Deluxe subsidiaries]]
[[Category:Duplicators founded in 1994]]
[[Category:Duplicators from Baja California]]
[[Category:Sony Sprinter customers]]
[[Category:Televisa divisions]]
[[Category:Vantiva subsidiaries]]

Revision as of 22:01, 27 February 2024

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

List of Customers

  • 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [Mexican]
  • 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 copies of Dr. Seuss Hop on Pop)
  • 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]
    • HBO 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 until late 1999 have 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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