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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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*** 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 on the 28th week of 1982, 1992 or 2002.
**** 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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* 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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