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(Since YouTube user Geno Cuddy’s Public Domain VHS Archive has a copy of Superman: Magnetic Telescope from RSVP that appeared to be recorded on the LP mode and had at least twenty minutes of black screen at the end (according to the video description), I'm starting to think those were actually from the copies that used RVSA-style cassette designs.) |
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* 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 moaning sound. 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'', instead had the long black screen mentioned above.
* On some tapes duplicated at Northbrook from the late 80s to 90s, there are some dark red, green or white printings on the bottom middle side of the cassette. Tapes with these printings have the above mentioned white screen test pattern at the end.
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* Most 1981-2005 tapes have 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
**** Sometimes in 1989, 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 read "WHV 439" (as taken from one known copy of ''Batman''), it could mean the 43rd week of 1989.
**** On some tapes printed during the 1st week of a certain year, 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''). This can never happen in a year ending on a Saturday.
** Pre-1985 prints have the code engraved on the back of the tape.
*** Pre-1983 prints have the company abbreviation letters engraved next to the code in blue.
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* Tapes duplicated in Mexicali from 1987-1995 would have a visible blend sticker plastered over the back of the packaging that says "Made in Mexico." After 1995, the notation would be printed underneath the label on some sticker-label tapes.
* 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 de Video|Central Video]], a spinoff of RVSA, as well as [[3-G Videocassette Corporation]] and a different duplication company, also used the "BHCP" code until 1999.
* EP/SLP mode tapes duplicated at Deluxe (formerly Rank) from mid-1997 to 2001 (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 first three, four, five or six digits from the barcode on the tape (without the extra zeros in front of them) and five other digits. After those few seconds, the vertical blanking interval would change to either "RVSA" or "DELUXE" (see above). These tapes had the white screen test pattern only at the end.
* It is not yet known for certain how to differentiate tapes duplicated at Northbrook, Garden Grove, El Segundo, and North Little Rock.
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* 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)
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