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== List of Known Customers ==
== List of Customers ==
* DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2008)
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000s; DVD)
* Paramount Home Entertainment (2007-2008)
* Anchor Bay Entertainment (2000s; DVD)
* Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2000s; DVD)
** Artisan Entertainment (Late 1990s-Early 2000s; DVD)
** Trimark Home Video (Late 1990s-Early 2000s; DVD)
* Paramount Home Entertainment (2007-2008; VHS)
** DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2008; VHS)
* Pentrex (1995-1998)
* Veemon Vision (2000s; DVD)
* Viz Video (2000s; DVD)
* Walport USA (2002) (a military screener cassette of The Princess Diaries)
* Warner Home Video (2000s; DVD)
** New Line Home Entertainment (2000s; DVD)


== How to Tell ==
== How to Tell ==
* Some tapes duplicated by this company had the number 105 stamped in dark red ink on the right side of the cassette.
* Some 1995-1998 tapes duplicated by this company had the tape length and "3M" printed in white ink on the right side of the cassette.
** Some 2007-2008 tapes by Paramount and DreamWorks instead had the number 105 stamped in dark ink in the same spot.
* Tapes duplicated by this company also had a sticker on the right side of the cassette. The information on the sticker was usually like this for example:
* Tapes duplicated by this company also had a sticker on the right side of the cassette. The information on the sticker was usually like this for example:


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'''PARAMOUNT HV 332852 CREST 02/12'''
'''PARAMOUNT HV 332852 CREST 02/12'''


* However, on some tapes, the sticker said "DELUXE MEDIA" instead of "PARAMOUNT."
* However, on some Paramount tapes, the sticker said "DELUXE MEDIA" instead of "PARAMOUNT."
* Some DVDs authored, encoded and/or replicated by this company have a special bumper with the Crest National logo at the end of the program material.
** On some DVDs, it's in the form of a globe, with two arrows and the word "DVD" in-between them and the words "It's Digital" underneath.
** On most variants of the bumper, the company was credited for the encoding, authoring and menu design, although some DVDs authored and encoded by the company that used menus possibly designed by another company may contain a variant of the globe bumper that credits the company for the authoring and encoding only.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Continental Divide - A Winter’s Journey (1995 Pentrex, eBay Photo).jpg
File:Historic Hot Spots Railfanning California in the 1950s (1995 Pentrex, eBay Photo).jpg
File:Marc Railroading Summer 1994 (1996 Pentrex, eBay Photo).jpg
File:Union Pacific’s Mighty Turbines (1998 Pentrex, eBay Photo).jpg
File:Year of the Dog.jpg
File:Next.png
File:Stardust.png
File:How She Move.jpg
</gallery>

== Locations ==
* Hollywood, California

== Website ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/http://www.crestnational.com/ crestnational.com] (via the WayBack Machine)

[[Category:Duplicators]]
[[Category:S-VHS duplicators]]
[[Category:Videodisc replicators]]

Latest revision as of 17:50, 13 April 2024

List of Customers[edit]

  • 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000s; DVD)
  • Anchor Bay Entertainment (2000s; DVD)
  • Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2000s; DVD)
    • Artisan Entertainment (Late 1990s-Early 2000s; DVD)
    • Trimark Home Video (Late 1990s-Early 2000s; DVD)
  • Paramount Home Entertainment (2007-2008; VHS)
    • DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2008; VHS)
  • Pentrex (1995-1998)
  • Veemon Vision (2000s; DVD)
  • Viz Video (2000s; DVD)
  • Walport USA (2002) (a military screener cassette of The Princess Diaries)
  • Warner Home Video (2000s; DVD)
    • New Line Home Entertainment (2000s; DVD)

How to Tell[edit]

  • Some 1995-1998 tapes duplicated by this company had the tape length and "3M" printed in white ink on the right side of the cassette.
    • Some 2007-2008 tapes by Paramount and DreamWorks instead had the number 105 stamped in dark ink in the same spot.
  • Tapes duplicated by this company also had a sticker on the right side of the cassette. The information on the sticker was usually like this for example:

HOW SHE MOVE THEAT FEB

ENGLISH

PARAMOUNT HV 332852 CREST 02/12

  • However, on some Paramount tapes, the sticker said "DELUXE MEDIA" instead of "PARAMOUNT."
  • Some DVDs authored, encoded and/or replicated by this company have a special bumper with the Crest National logo at the end of the program material.
    • On some DVDs, it's in the form of a globe, with two arrows and the word "DVD" in-between them and the words "It's Digital" underneath.
    • On most variants of the bumper, the company was credited for the encoding, authoring and menu design, although some DVDs authored and encoded by the company that used menus possibly designed by another company may contain a variant of the globe bumper that credits the company for the authoring and encoding only.

Gallery[edit]

Locations[edit]

  • Hollywood, California

Website[edit]