Deluxe Digital Studios

Former names

• Bell & Howell Video Services (19??-1979)
• Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services (1979-1982)
• Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services (1982-1988)
  • BHCP Video (shorthand form)
  • Bell & Howell/Columbia Paramount Video
• Rank Video Services America (1988-1998)
• Ritek Global Media (1988-2002)
• Deluxe Global Media Services LLC (2002-2007)
  • Deluxe Video Services, Inc. (1998-2003)
  • Deluxe Media Services, Inc. (2003-2007)

List of Customers

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1990-2000)
• A&M Video (tapes distributed by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video)
• Atlantic Video (1985) (one known copy of Phil Collins: No Jacket Required EP)
• Academy Home Entertainment (1985)
• Alaska Video Postcards, Inc. (1995)
• Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (1991-199?) (Christmas Classics line)
• American Zoetrope
• AnimEigo (Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer, released in association with Central Park Media)
• Best Film and Video Corporation
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1987-1990, 1998-1999)
  • ABC Video Enterprises (1980, 1987-1992) (in 1980, The Miracle of Lake Placid; between 1987-1992, Schoolhouse Rock! tapes released in association with Golden Book Video and Game Player's GameTape videos released in association with Signal Research)
  • Walt Disney Home Video (1987, 1998)
  • Touchstone Home Video (1989, 1998-1999)
• Capcom U.S.A., Inc.
• Castle Communications PLC
• Central Park Media
• Classic World Productions Inc. (2001) (one known copy of The Four Tops 40th Anniversary Special: Live From the MGM Grand in Las Vegas)
• Columbia House (19??-2005)
• Concord Video (198?-199?)
• Continental Video/Cinema Group Home Video/Palisades Home Video
• Creative Light Video (2002)
• DiC Home Entertainment (2003-2004) (tapes distributed by Sterling Entertainment Group)
• DK Vision
• East Texas Distributors (mainly Paramount titles)
• Embassy Home Entertainment (some copies of Victory at Sea)
• Feature Films for Families (some tapes)
• Fotomat Video
• The Frank Zappa Company
• Front Row Entertainment (one known EP/SLP mode copy of Mooch Goes to Hollywood)
• Geneon Entertainment (2000-2007)
• Golden Books Family Entertainment/ClassicMedia (1985-2005)
• Goldstar Video (some tapes sub-licensed by Random House Home Video, including two known copies of Hop on Pop)
• Hallmark Home Entertainment
• Hart Sharp Video (2003-2004)
• Hemdale Home Video (1992) (some copies of The Terminator as included in The Terminator Collection from LIVE Home Video)
• Independent United Distributors
• Kit Parker Films (tapes distributed by Central Park Media)
• Kodak Video Programs
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • Prism Entertainment (1984-1991) (including tapes distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment)
  • Artisan Entertainment (1988-2000) (plus PGA Tour Golf: Tips from the Tour, the release of which predated the duplicator's purchase of the company's duplication facilities)
    • Vista Home Video
  • Vidmark Entertainment (1988-1991)
• Mattel
• McDonald's (1998-1999) (the first three The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald releases)
• Media Home Entertainment (some 1984 tapes)
• METACOM (1992) (some copies of Pavarotti, Domingo and Friends Present a Christmas Celebration)
• MGM/UA Home Video (1982) (First Run Home Video Theatre releases)
• Milton Bradley (1986)
• Miramax Films (2001-2002) (academy screener tapes)
• National Geographic Video (tapes distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Video)
• NC Video (1988)
• New Yorker Video
• Pacific Arts Video (198?-1991)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (1979-2009)
  • CBS Video (1990-2009) (including tapes distributed by FoxVideo/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment prior to 2000)
  • Nickelodeon Home Entertainment (1996-2009)
  • Republic Pictures Home Video (1988-1992)
  • Simon & Schuster Video
• Parker Brothers (1985)
• Passage Home Communications (1989)
• PBS Video (1980-1982)
• Program Hunters, Inc./World Video Pictures
• Razor & Tie (2002)
• Something Weird Video (some copies of Death Curse of Tartu)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (1982-2005) (for screener tapes, 1992-2004)
• Sony Music Entertainment (1999-2005)
  • Sony Wonder (1999-2005)
    • Random House Home Video (1986-2005)
• TV Cassette Corporation of America
• Tyndale House Publishers
• Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (1980-1983, 1986-present)
  • DreamWorks Home Entertainment (D-Theater tapes)
• VCI Home Video (some 1981 tapes)
• VideoVisa S.A. (1985-1994)
• View-Master Video
• Viz Video (2000-200?) (Pokémon tapes distributed by Pioneer)
• Warner Reprise Video (1985) (one known copy of Madonna)
• Warner Home Video (1989) (some copies of Batman)
  • Allied Artists Video
  • Thorn EMI/HBO Video (1981-1986)
• World Wide Pictures Home Video (1984)
• Zenith Electronics (1984-1992)

How to Tell

• Pre-August 1985 pressings would have an orange or green sticker on the supply reel.
  • Pre-September 1981 pressings would have either "Q.C. WHS" or "Q.C. WHSE" on the sticker.
  • The stickers would always have numbers on them.
  • Since 1988, the sticker has been moved to below the face label, if it was used at all. Its only known uses since 1989 have been on selected EP/SLP tapes duplicated at Northbrook. Known VBI suffixes include 9, 31, and 32, all of which also used the barcode sticker described later below.
  • Tapes duplicated in El Segundo and Mexicali from 1985 to 1987 would instead use a simpler white sticker, either on the supply reel or under the face label, like the following examples:

Example 1:

 34 1823 
02I614 12

Example 2:

 90 1903
4725   1

Known VBI suffixes include 11, 12, 13, 14, 40, 41, and 42.

Beginning around 1988, the white sticker was formatted like the following examples:

Example 1:

 33         615
BIG BIRDS PARTY
02PB01        8

Example 2:

 85        1260
JUVENTUD SIN LEY
03L901        1

The last Mexicali/Calexico tapes to use the sticker had it colored blue and formatted like this for example:

T-19     88 11
CHRISTMAS CELE
45J305   AU-TD

Known VBI suffixes for post-1987 Mexicali/Calexico tapes include 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46.

• From mid-February 1986 to sometime in 1996, there was a convex sticker under the face label with a bar code, a set of 8 numbers, a six-digit code starting with M, and the tape nominal length (e.g. T-120). Such tapes have the white screen test pattern with a 1000 hz tone, usually for half a minute, followed by a black screen for 20 seconds before the tape ended. Starting in late 1986, a loud 5-second blare, known internally as a "cut tone", plays in the last few seconds.
  • On some tapes with the cut tone, the last two seconds of the tone are cut off.
  • Known VBI suffixes for such tapes include 21, 22, 23, and 24.
  • The earliest tapes with these credentials instead had the white rectangular sticker from El Segundo and Mexicali on the left tape window, except the printings were formatted like the following examples:

Example 1:

C2611P
    30

Example 2:

M16749
    30

• • Known VBI suffixes for such tapes include 21 and 22.
• Sometime in mid-1985, an early form of the rectangular sticker was introduced for tapes duplicated in Garden Grove. It consisted of a medium-sized bar code and a set of 11 numbers. Known VBI suffixes for tapes with this initial barcode include 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
  • The sticker evolved over the years. Its first major change came in early 1988: a bigger barcode with an 18-digit ITF code. Sometimes, the code was much harder to see, and a smaller sticker was visible underneath. Colored sides were introduced in July 1989; red was the first. Green came next, in early July 1991. Then came yellow in mid-August 1991, cyan in early October 1991, and magenta in mid-April 1992. Blue was the last to show up, sometime in 1996. From Q4 1995, the bar code was smaller in height. Occasionally in the early '90s, the numbers were smaller. All tapes with this sticker and the following credentials were duplicated in Northbrook. Known VBI suffixes include 9, 10, 31, 32, 33, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 68. Tapes with the first five VBI suffixes were duplicated on Otari TMD equipment and typically had the white screen test pattern followed by blank tape and the cut tone, while tapes with the 6X VBI suffixes simply had the cut tone. Garden Grove tapes with this sticker simply closed with the white screen test pattern with clicking; known VBI suffixes for such tapes include 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
  • The next step in evolution, in mid-August 1991, used the same size bar code, but four sequences of numbers: a six-digit code (the ITF prefix), a single digit, another six-digit code, and a five-digit code. Only tapes before mid-August 1995 used the white screen test pattern. These tapes were normally duplicated in Garden Grove. Some early tapes with this sticker had the red colored sides, while one known Northbrook-duplicated EP/SLP mode tape with this sticker had the magenta sides. Known VBI suffixes for the Garden Grove tapes include 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, while the Northbrook tape used the VBI suffix 31.
  • The next incarnation was in late June 1993, and a smaller bar code was used, with the following number sequence: a six-digit code(the ITF prefix), a single digit, a three-digit code, two four-digit codes, and a two-digit code. Not a single tape that utilized this sticker had the white screen test pattern mentioned above or the cut tone; however, some tapes with this sticker had the green colored sides. All tapes with this sticker were duplicated in Northbrook. Known VBI suffixes include 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66.
  • The last incarnation of the sticker started in late July 1995, with a slightly smaller bar code and a more random sequence of numbers (always beginning with an ITF prefix). Usually, only EP/SLP mode tapes and some carryovers from pre-1995 printings use the white screen test pattern mentioned above if you see this sticker. This sticker was not used on EP/SLP mode tapes until May 1997. It was first used on tapes duplicated at the company's North Little Rock facilities and was the only sticker in use at all of its locations by May 1997. An early version of this sticker appeared on some tapes from late 1994 to mid-1995.
• Sometimes, the cut tone has a slightly different pitch.
• Some EP/SLP mode tapes by Random House Home Video and Family Home Entertainment did not have the white screen test pattern at all, instead having an extended black screen that played until just before the quarter-minute black screen closing with the cut tone. However, one known copy of The Velveteen Rabbit with this credential still had the white screen test pattern before it.
• Most EP/SLP mode tapes printed in mid-1989, such as tapes in IVE's August blockbuster promotion and September horror promotion, had the white screen test pattern in widescreen with red letterbox bars at the top and bottom; this may have also been the case with some SP mode tapes printed between 1988-1989 such as tapes released by Golden Book Video, Random House Home Video, and View-Master Video. However, other tapes, such as some copies of The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas and A Very Merry Cricket, both from IVE's Family Home Entertainment division, instead had the long black screen mentioned above.
• EP/SLP mode tapes duplicated in Mexicali/Calexico had a short white screen test pattern followed by the static roll of death.
• On some tapes from the late 80s to 90s, there are some dark red, green or white printings on the bottom spine of the cassette. Tapes with these printings have the above mentioned white screen test pattern at the end. Known VBI suffixes include 23, 24, and 25.

Example 1:

X0102 T-100 P-2 25048

REPOSSESED SCR.

Example 2:

44041 T-100 P-2 13112

ROCK N ROLL HIGH

• • Tapes duplicated in Mexicali/Calexico beginning in mid-1992 would use a different set of white printings.

Example:

T-140 02F201 158 1936

TA RA TDK TERMINATOR II

• • On tapes printed in Newbury Park, different white printings appear on the bottom middle side of the tape. These do not have the above mentioned white screen test pattern at the end. The last known appearance of this printing occurred December 15, 1988.

Example:

KING BEE ADV CHARLE CHAN 3 01103

9/15/88 P1D#0766 WO6043 T85 RVSA

• Some 1986-1992 tapes printed in Garden Grove may have an ink print date above the record tab spot on the bottom spine, with the tape nominal length above the date.
• Some 1986-1995 tapes printed in Garden Grove have the white screen test pattern with the 1000 hz tone at the end; this is usually only the case with tapes that have printings on the bottom side.
• Most 1981-2005 tapes have a print date in the form of a year-week code.
  • The first number is the last number of the year the tape was printed. The last two numbers indicate the week (usually 01 through 52).
    • E.G. if the code reads "PAR228", "PAR 228", "RVS 228" or "DLX 228", then depending on the age of the tape, it could mean the tape was printed during the 28th week of 1982, 1992 or 2002.
      • On some tapes, particularly duplicated in Mexicali/Calexico, the code was printed backwards, in which the week is the first two numbers and the year is the third and last number. If the code reads "WHV 439" (as taken from some RVSA-duplicated of Batman), it could mean the 43rd week of 1989.
      • On some tapes printed during the 1st week of a certain year, between 1982-1983, 1985-1988, 1990-1994 and 1996-2004 the code may be misprinted as the 53rd week of the previous year. For example, a tape printed during the 1st week of 1994 may have the code misprinted as "PAR 353" (this example taken from one known copy of Charlotte's Web), rather than "PAR 401" (this example taken from another known copy of Charlotte's Web).
  • Pre-1985 pressings have the code engraved on the back of the tape.
    • Pre-1983 pressings have the company abbreviation letters engraved next to the code in blue.
    • 1983-1985 pressings have the company abbreviation letters engraved on the top of the code.
  • Post-1985 pressings have the code engraved on the tape guard.
  • Several 2003-2005 tapes printed here, particularly those by Paramount Home Entertainment, have the code engraved on the right side of the tape. In 2004, a few tapes by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment printed here had this as well.
    • One known copy of Rugrats: Halloween, printed here during the 33rd week of 2003, has the code mirrored.
• Some tapes printed here between the 1990s and 2005 had a blue or white Film Reel watermark on the plastic wrap, in place of the label/distributor watermark logo. The logo is usually on the back of the packaging, although some tapes may have it on one of the spines of the packaging. Some DVDs printed here between the late 1990s and late 2000s had the white variant of this credential.
• Tapes duplicated in Mexicali/Calexico from 1987-1994 would have a sticker plastered over the back of the packaging that says "Made in Mexico."
• Tapes duplicated from 1982 to early 1986 would have a code on the left of the vertical blanking interval that begins with "B+H." From mid-1986 to very early 1987, this was moved to the right of the VBI.
• Tapes duplicated in 1987 or later would have a code on the right of the vertical blanking interval that begins with either "BHCP" (1987-early 1996), "RVSA" (late 1995-1998) or "DELUXE" (post-1998) and ends with a one or two digit number. Central Video, a spinoff of RVSA, as well as 3-G Videocassette Corporation, also used the "BHCP" code until late 1999.
• EP/SLP mode tapes duplicated in Northbrook from mid-1997 to the early 2000s (as well as SP mode tapes from the time with the white screen test pattern) have a code on the vertical-blanking interval during the first few seconds of the black screen at the beginning, consisting of the ITF prefix from the tape (without the extra zeros at the beginning) and five other digits, with the first of these digits always being 1. After those few seconds, the vertical blanking interval would change to either "RVSA"31, 32, 33 or 34, or "DELUXE"31, 32, 33 or 34 (see above). These tapes had the white screen test pattern only at the end.
• Tapes duplicated in Newbury Park and Ciudad de Mexico did not have anything in the vertical blanking interval, nor did many early tapes.

Fun Facts

• Paramount Pictures acquired the first 30% of Bell & Howell's duplication arm in 1979.
• Bell & Howell sold the other 30% of its duplication arm to Columbia Pictures in 1982. Shortly after, the arm was merged with Columbia Pictures' duplication arm, forming Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services.
• The arm's El Segundo operations were sold to Andrew McIntyre Enterprises (which was eventually merged with All Post) in March 1988. The arm itself was later sold to Rank Organisation in the summer of 1988. Shortly after, the arm was renamed from Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services to Rank Video Services America.
• In March 1990, Rank Organization bought out Deluxe Laboratories from 20th Century Fox Film Corporation.
• Unlike the CBS/Fox Company and VCA/Technicolor, which did its film-to-tape transfers in-house, BHCP traditionally outsourced film-to-tape transfers to post houses such as Modern Videofilm.

Known abbreviation letter codes

• ATV - Atlantic Video (1985)
• CHC - Columbia House Video Club (1992-1998)
• CTV - Columbia TriStar Home Video (1992-1998)
• DLX (1998-2005)*
• MCA - MCA Home Video/MCA/Universal Home Video (1981-1997)
• PAR - Paramount Home Video (1981-1999; except Spanish-language tapes distributed by East Texas Distributors)
• PSM - Prism Entertainment (1984-198?)
• RCA - RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video/Columbia TriStar Home Video (1988-1992)
• RCP - RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1982-1988)
• RVS - CBS/Fox Video/FoxVideo/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1990-1998), Software Sculptors (distributed by Central Park Media; 199?-199?), International Video Entertainment/Live Entertainment/Artisan Entertainment (1989-1998), East Texas Distributors (19??-19??), Paramount Home Video (some tapes; 199?-199?)
• TEV - Thorn EMI/HBO Video (1981-1986)
• UHV - Universal Studios Home Video (1997-1998)
• VV - VideoVisa (1985-1994)
• WBR - Warner Bros. Records (1985)
• WHV - Warner Home Video (1989)

NOTE: *While this abbreviation letter code was introduced in June 1998 upon the name change, it would not be officially used by Columbia TriStar Home Video/Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment until late 1998, nor Paramount Home Video/Paramount Home Entertainment until mid-1999.

Known VBI code suffixes

• [0]1 (Garden Grove unit)
• [0]2 (Garden Grove unit)
• [0]3 (Garden Grove unit)
• [0]4 (Garden Grove unit)
• [0]5 (Garden Grove unit)
• [0]6 (Garden Grove unit)
• [0]7 (Garden Grove unit)
• [0]8 (Garden Grove unit)
• [0]9 (Northbrook unit, Otari TMD, later reassigned to a Garden Grove unit)
• 10 (Northbrook unit, Otari TMD)
• 11 (El Segundo and North Little Rock units)
• 12 (El Segundo and North Little Rock units)
• 13
• 14 (El Segundo and North Little Rock units)
• 15 (North Little Rock unit)
• 16 (North Little Rock unit)
• 21 (Northbrook unit)
• 22 (Northbrook unit)
• 23 (Northbrook unit)
• 24 (Northbrook unit)
• 25 (Northbrook unit, inked printings on bottom spine)
• 26 (Northbrook unit)
• 31 (Northbrook unit, Otari TMD)
• 32 (Northbrook unit, Otari TMD)
• 33 (Northbrook unit, Otari TMD)
• 34 (Northbrook unit, Otari TMD)
• 40 (Mexico unit)
• 41 (Mexico unit, later reassigned to a North Little Rock unit)
• 42 (Mexico unit, later reassigned to a North Little Rock unit)
• 43 (Mexico unit)
• 44 (Mexico unit)
• 45 (Mexico unit)
• 46 (Mexico unit)
• 51 (North Little Rock unit)
• 52 (North Little Rock unit)
• 53 (North Little Rock unit)
• 54 (North Little Rock unit)
• 55 (North Little Rock unit)
• 56 (North Little Rock unit)
• 57 (North Little Rock unit)
• 58 (North Little Rock unit)
• 61 (Northbrook unit)
• 62 (Northbrook unit)
• 63 (Northbrook unit)
• 64 (Northbrook unit)
• 65 (Northbrook unit)
• 66 (Northbrook unit)
• 67 (Northbrook unit)
• 68 (Northbrook unit)
• 69 (Northbrook unit)
• 70 (Northbrook unit)
• 71 (Northbrook unit)
• 72 (Northbrook unit)
• 81 (North Little Rock unit)
• 82 (North Little Rock unit)
• 83 (North Little Rock unit)
• 84 (North Little Rock unit)
• 85 (North Little Rock unit)
• 86 (North Little Rock unit)
• 87 (North Little Rock unit)
• 88 (North Little Rock unit)
• 89 (North Little Rock unit)
• 90 (North Little Rock unit)

Gallery

Bell & Howell

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  An ad from 1986
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  An example of the pre-August 1985 sticker sans the letters.
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  Same example as picture #1.
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  Same example as pictures #1 and #2.
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  An example of the simpler white sticker found on tapes printed in Mexicali from 1985 to 1987.
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  A year-week code etched on the back of a tape. The engraving on the tape shown in the above picture reads "PAR140," which means it was printed during the 40th week of 1981. Around this time, this was only found on tapes released by Paramount Home Video and MCA Videocassette Inc.
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  A year-week code printed on a sticker on the back of a tape. The sticker on the tape shown in the above picture reads "TCA221," which means it was printed during the 21st week of 1982.
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  An example of the barcode sticker that was introduced in 1985.
  First used: TBD
  Last used: TBD
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Rank Video Services America

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  An ad for Rank's "Master Sharp" duplication program, circa 1992
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  Another "Master Sharp" ad, circa 1994
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  An ad from 1994
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  Same style barcode as the second picture, but with red sides.
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  An example of a barcode used on a few tapes. This picture shows red sides on the barcode.
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  An example of the barcode used from 1991-1996.
  First used: TBD
  Last used: TBD
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  An example of the barcode sticker used on EP/SLP mode (and sometimes SP mode) tapes from 1993-1995. This picture shows light blue sides on the barcode.
  First used: TBD
  Last used: 44th week of 1995 (Between October 29-November 4, 1995)
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  An example of another barcode that was used on some EP/SLP mode tapes. This picture shows purple sides on the barcode.
  First used: 41st week of 1995 (Between October 8-October 14, 1995)
  Last used: TBD
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  An example of the prototype version of the 1994 barcode sticker.
  First used: TBD
  Last used: TBD
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  An example of the barcode sticker used on EP/SLP mode (and sometimes SP mode) tapes from October 1995-May 1997. This is the final evolution of the 1988 sticker.
  First used: 40th week of 1995 (Between October 1-October 7, 1995)
  Last used: TBD
  Latest known use: 18th week of 1997 (Between April 27-May 3, 1997)
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  An example of the barcode used from 1994-2005 (beginning in May 1997 on EP/SLP mode tapes).
  First used: TBD
  Last used: TBD
  First used on EP/SLP mode tapes: TBD
  Earliest known use on EP/SLP mode tapes: 20th week of 1997 (Between May 11-May 17, 1997)
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  Same as the previous example, but with purple sides.
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  This example shows dark blue sides on the barcode. This is the final evolution of the 1994 sticker.
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  An example of the final incarnation of the Mexicali sticker.

Deluxe Video Services

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Deluxe Media Services

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VBIs

Bell & Howell

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  An example of the VBI code on tapes from 1982 to early 1986. The number at the end varied by tape.
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  An example of the VBI code on tapes from 1987 to early 1996. Once again, the number at the end varied by tape.

Rank Video Services America

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  An example of the VBI code used on tapes duplicated in Mexicali, later inherited by Central Video.
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  An example of the VBI code used on tapes from late 1995 to early June 1998.
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  Example #1 of the VBI that was used mostly on EP/SLP mode tapes from mid-1997 to the early 2000s.
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  Example #2 of the VBI that was used mostly on EP/SLP mode tapes from mid-1997 to the early 2000s. This specific example is actually from an SP mode tape.
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  Example #3 of the VBI that was used mostly on EP/SLP mode tapes from mid-1997 to the early 2000s.
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  Example #4 of the VBI that was used mostly on EP/SLP mode tapes from mid-1997 to the early 2000s.

Deluxe

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  An example of the VBI code used on tapes from early June 1998 to mid-August 2005.

Other photos

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Locations

United States

• Calexico, California (1991-1994) (co-owned with Videovisa S.A., spun off as Central Video)
• Carson, California (2000-2004) (acquired from Pioneer)
• El Segundo, California (19??-1988) (ultimately sold to Andrew McIntyre Enterprises)
• Elk Grove Village, Illinois (1981-1982) (acquired from Columbia and ultimately consolidated into B&H's Northbrook operations)
• Evanston, Illinois (1976-1979)
• Garden Grove, California (1984-1999)
• Los Angeles, California (1988) (acquired from Republic and ultimately consolidated into Rank's Garden Grove operations)
• Newbury Park, California (1988) (acquired from IVE and ultimately consolidated into Rank's Garden Grove operations)
• North Little Rock, Arkansas (1995-2006) (ultimately sold to Optical Disc Services, currently used by Caterpillar for motor grader assembly)
• Northbrook, Illinois (1979-present)
• Ontario, California (2002-2004) (acquired from Ritek)
• Southfield, Michigan (1967-1980) (acquired in Wilding merger and ultimately sold to Maritz Communications)

France

• Albi, Occitanie (2003-????) (acquired from Disctronics)

Italy

• Milano, Lombardia (2003-????) (acquired from Disctronics)

Mexico

• Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal (19??-1994) (co-owned with Videovisa S.A., spun off as Central Video)
• Mexicali, Baja California (1985-1991) (co-owned with Videovisa S.A., moved to Calexico)

United Kingdom

• Blackburn, Lancashire, England (2003-2006) (acquired from Disctronics and ultimately sold to Entertainment Distribution Company LLC)
• Southwater, West Sussex, England (2003-2006) (acquired from Disctronics and ultimately sold to Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation)

Trivia

• Some tapes with either the company's RVS initialism engraved on the left or right side of the tape and/or its RNK or RK initialisms in the printings on the bottom spine were instead duplicated at Technicolor Video Services.
• Some tapes with the company's initialism in the printings on the left side of the tape were instead duplicated at Premiere Video.
• Some tapes with the name "DELUXE MEDIA" on the sticker on the right side of the tape, specifically Paramount Home Entertainment and DreamWorks Home Entertainment demo tapes from 2007-2008, were instead duplicated at Crest National.
• The first tape to roll off the assembly line at the company's North Little Rock location was Legends of the Fall.
• The company had used EP/SLP as early as Q1 1988 when it demonstrated a test VHS pressing of Top Gun from Paramount Home Video.
• In late 1997 and late 1998, some copies of the following Nickelodeon tapes from Paramount Home Video printed here were duplicated in SP mode instead of EP/SLP:
  • Rugrats: Tales from the Crib (December 1997 printings)
  • Rugrats: Chuckie the Brave (December 1997 printings)
  • Rugrats: Phil and Lil: Double Trouble (December 1997 printings)
  • Rugrats: Tommy Troubles (December 1997 printings)
  • Rugrats: Return of Reptar (December 1997 printings)
  • A Rugrats Vacation (December 1997 and late 1998 printings)
  • Rugrats: Diapered Duo (December 1997 printings)
  • Rugrats on the Loose (late 1998 printings)
• Several copies of "Rugrats: I Think I Like You" from Paramount Home Entertainment printed here, at least until mid-2000, were distributed with a rebate offer card advertising three Nickelodeon CD-ROMs from Mattel Media, one of Mattel's now former divisions.
• By mid-August 2001, the company had phased out orange cassettes in favor of the standard black cassettes for newer printings of Nickelodeon VHS releases marketed by Paramount Home Entertainment. Despite this, beginning in mid-2003, many newer printings of such VHS releases, then-upcoming or otherwise, would be duplicated on unsold batches of recycled orange cassette copies of Harriet the Spy and/or The Rugrats Movie. Such tapes in this manner include most copies of the VHS release of Rugrats Go Wild and certain SpongeBob SquarePants and Nick Jr. VHS releases.
• As seen in a 1986 ad, BHCP's preferred computer appeared to be the IBM PC/AT.
• In 1999, the company's Northbrook plant sent a then-unsold batch of copies of Paramount Home Video's A Rugrats Passover to Cinram International Inc. in Montreal, which packaged such copies inside several copies of the Rugrats: A Rugrats Passover / A Rugrats Chanukah box set.
• Back in the early-to-mid-1990s when Johnny Fontane was employed at the Northbrook plant, his experience was horrible and the plant reminded him of a Soviet-era production plant. He described his co-workers there as the "uneducated dregs of the greater Chicago area".
• Ann Lippert was employed at the Northbrook plant between 1981-1991. She appeared in the 1990 RVSA training video, It's a Matter of Pride.

Website

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Older revisions of the site can be viewed via the Wayback Machine.

See also

• Comprehensive catalog of Deluxe ITF prefixes
• Deluxe printings by VBI suffix
• Deluxe test patterns
• Memorex outside of B&H