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* White screen, 1000 Hz tone (90 seconds)
* White screen, 1000 Hz tone (100 seconds)
* White screen, 1000 Hz tone (150 seconds)
* White screen, 1000 Hz tone (300 seconds)
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* Yellow screen, 967 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* Yellow screen, 1033 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* From 1986 to
* During the 1990s, some tapes had shuffling color/black-and-white bars (usually 1-2 seconds at the end of the tape)
== Notes ==
* If the white screen test pattern does not appear on a tape at all, preceding the moaning sound, or it does appear but is followed by static before the moaning sound, the moaning sound will only be audible in the linear track and not the hi-fi track, even if the tape was encoded with a hi-fi track. The moaning sound is audible in
==Pre-1984 test patterns==
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* ''The China Syndrome'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980)
* ''Chinatown'' (Fotomat Video, 1979) - White screen, 1167 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Chinatown'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (140 seconds)
* ''A Christmas Carol'' (Fotomat Video, 1979) - Blue screen, 1033 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Citizens Band'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)
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* ''The Conversation'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 867 Hz tone (slow clicking, 60 seconds)
* ''The Country Girl'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1982)
* ''The Creeping Flesh'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 400 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Crystal Gayle in Concert'' (Prism Entertainment, 1984)
* ''Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'' (Fotomat Video, 1980)
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* ''Gimme Shelter'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980)
* ''[[The Godfather]]'' (Fotomat Video, 1979) - White screen, 1167 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''[[The Godfather]]'' (Paramount Home Video, 1979)▼
* ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)
* ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (Paramount Home Video, 1979)
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* ''Hot Lead and Cold Feet'' (Fotomat Video, 1980)
* ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (Allied Artists Video, 1980)
* ''How to Watch Pro Football'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 867 Hz tone (fast clicking, 60 seconds)
* ''Hud'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)
* ''Hud'' (Paramount Home Video, 1982)
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* ''Lost and Found'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1982) - White screen, 400 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Love Story'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)
* ''Love Story'' (Paramount Home Video, 1979) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Mahogany'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)
* ''Mahogany'' (Paramount Home Video, 1982)
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* ''Obsession'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983)
* ''An Officer and a Gentleman'' (Paramount Home Video, 1983) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''The Oklahoman'' (Allied Artists Video, 1979)<!-- Result pending -->
* ''Oliver's Story'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)<!-- Result pending -->
* ''On Vacation'' (Fotomat Video, 1980)
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* ''Outrageous'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982)
* ''The Owl and the Pussycat'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980)
* ''Panic Button'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978)<!-- Result pending -->
* ''Paper Moon'' (Paramount Home Video, 1979)
* ''Paternity'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 867 Hz tone (slow clicking, 60 seconds)
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* ''Shane'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)
* ''Shane'' (Paramount Home Video, 1983)
* ''Shogun'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 1133 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Shogun'' (Paramount Home Video, 1983)
* ''The Shootist'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)
* ''The Shootist'' (Paramount Home Video, 1979) - Black screen, 500 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Silent Rage'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 400 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''A Simple Story'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Six Weeks'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
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* ''Death Wish'' (Paramount Home Video, 1979)
* ''The Electric Horseman'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980)
* ''Foul Play'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980)
▲* ''[[The Godfather]]'' (Paramount Home Video, 1979)
* ''Grease'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980)
* ''The Greatest Show on Earth'' (Paramount Home Video, 1982)
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* ''The Harder They Fall'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1979)
* ''Heaven Can Wait'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980)
* ''Hell to Eternity'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978)
* ''In Cold Blood'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982)
* ''The King and I'' (FoxVideo, 1991)
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==Post-1995 SP mode tapes with test patterns==
* ''Blue's Clues: Arts and Crafts'' (Paramount Home Video, 1998)
* ''Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday'' (Paramount Home Video, 1998 and 1999)
* ''Blue's Clues: Blue's Discoveries'' (Paramount Home Video, 1999)
* ''Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Pajama Party'' (Paramount Home Video, 1999)
* ''Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night'' (Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1998)
* ''
==EP/SLP tapes without the white screen test pattern==
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* ''The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas'' (Family Home Entertainment, 1989)
* ''Little Sister Rabbit'' (Family Home Entertainment, 1993)
* ''Richard Scarry's Best ABC Video Ever!'' (Random House Home Video, 1989)
* ''Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video Ever!'' (Random House Home Video, 1989)
* ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' (Family Home Entertainment, 1991)
* ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' (Family Home Entertainment, 1997)
* ''A Very Merry Cricket'' (Family Home Entertainment, 1989)
* ''We Wish You a Turtle Christmas'' (Family Home Entertainment, 1994)
==Other duplicators that used these test patterns==
▲* [[Central Video]] (White screen, 1000 Hz tone)
* [[Scenewise Inc.|Custom Duplication, Inc.]] (Black screen, 1133 Hz tone) (some RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video tapes duplicated by the company)
* [[GTK Duplicating Co.]] (Black screen, 1000 Hz tone)
* TBD (Black screen, 400 Hz tone) (one known copy of ''Doctor De Soto and other stories'', by Children's Circle)
* [[Osborn Video Productions]] (White screen, 1000 Hz tone)▼
* [[Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions|Technicolor Video/CD/DVD Services]] (
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==Other duplicators that used a silent white screen==
* [[
* [[CMI Media Management Solutions|Cine Magnetics Video & Digital Laboratories]] (seen on a WLIW VHS of ''New York The Way It Was: The Bronx'')
* [[Full Perspective Video Services, Inc.]] (seen on a PBS VHS of ''The Hidden Child'')
* [[Hauppauge Video Manufacturing]]
* [[MediaCopy
* [[Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation]]
* [[Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions|Technicolor Canada]] (one known copy of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Universal Studios Home Video)
* [[VCR Active Media]] (one known copy of Elmo's World Family Feature)
* [[VTR Video]] (one known copy of Wayne's World, by Paramount Home Video)
* TBD (one known copy of Wide-Eyed Learning - The Treasure Chest: Toys & Signs)
* TBD (some demo tapes by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
* TBD (one known copy of The Fighting Sullivans, by VCI Entertainment)
* TBD (one known copy of Willie Nelson: My Life, by Hallway Entertainment & Distribution)
* TBD (one known copy of Starkweather, by Velocity Home Entertainment)
* TBD (one known copy of A Man Called Hero, by The Asylum)
* TBD (one known copy of Pretty Devils, by Terra Entertainment)
* TBD (one known copy of Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror, by Media Blasters)
* TBD (one known copy of Faithless, by MTI Home Video)
==Honorable mentions==
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* ''Airplane!'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - The last few seconds of the test pattern abruptly switch back to black while the tone continues.
* ''From Here to Eternity'' (Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1992) - After 1995, the final stretch of black screen showed a couple of seconds of the standard test pattern from when this release was first mastered.
* ''The Oklahoman'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978) - A two-second 1000 Hz test tone can be heard at the very start of the video master, during the black screen.
* ''Rosemary's Baby'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - The last second of the test pattern is silent.
* ''The Sleeping Beauty'' (Thorn EMI/HBO Video, 1985) - Copies duplicated at VCA/Technicolor still retain the first minute or so of the original test pattern at the end before cutting back to a black screen.
* Copies of certain SP mode VHS tapes that were pressed in the early 2000s that reuse older pre-1995 masters may retain the first couple of seconds or so of the test pattern at the end before cutting to static (or in some cases, back to a black screen, then to static).
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