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* Green screen, 967 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* Green screen, 1033 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* Green screen, silent (60 seconds)
* Red screen, 367 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* White screen, 400 Hz tone (60 seconds)
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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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* White screen, 1133 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* White screen, 1167 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* White screen, silent (60 seconds)
* 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
==Pre-1984 test patterns==
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* ''[[Animal House]]'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Annie'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1982)
* ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (mono, double tape) (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (stereo, single tape) (Paramount Home Video, 1981)
* ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (stereo, single tape) (Paramount Home Video, 1983) - White screen, 933 Hz tone (30 seconds)
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* ''Can't Stop the Music'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Carry On Nurse'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)
* ''[[Casey's Shadow]]'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 400 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''[[The Cat and the Canary]]'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 400 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''[[Cat Ballou]]'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1981)
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* ''The China Syndrome'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980)
* ''Chinatown'' (Fotomat Video, 1979) - White screen, 1167 Hz tone (60 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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* ''Dragonslayer'' (Paramount Home Video, 1982)
* ''Drum Beat'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)
* ''The Duellists'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''The Dresser'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1984) - White screen, 967 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Earthquake'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
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* ''The Freedom Force'' (Prism Entertainment, 1984)
* ''Fun with Dick and Jane'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1979)
* ''The Funhouse'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1982) - White screen, silent (60 seconds)
* ''Funny Girl'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983) - White screen, 967 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Galaxina'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981)
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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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* ''Going Ape!'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981)
* ''Golden Boy'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983)
* ''Goodbye Columbus'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 867 Hz tone (slow clicking, 60 seconds)
* ''Goodbye Emmanuelle'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1982)
* ''Goodbye Norma Jean'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1982)
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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)
* ''Once Upon a Brothers Grimm'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)
* ''The One and Only'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 867 Hz tone (slow clicking, 60 seconds)
* ''One-Eyed Jacks'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981)
* ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1982) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
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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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* ''[[The Psychic]]'' (Fotomat Video, 1979) - Green screen, 967 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''[[Pumping Iron]]'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1980)
* ''QB VII Vol. 1'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''QB VII Vol. 2'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''QB VII Vol. 3'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 400 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Quadrophenia'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983)
* ''Queen: Greatest Flix'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
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* ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown'' (Paramount Home Video, 1983)
* ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (Paramount Home Video, 1983)
* ''A Raisin in the Sun'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 400 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Return of the Secaucus Seven'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 400 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Robin Hood of Monterey'' (Fotomat Video, 1979)
* ''Rockshow'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1982) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (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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* ''Smokey and the Bandit'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1980) - Black screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Smokey and the Bandit II'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981)
* ''Somewhere in Time'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 867 Hz tone (
* ''Sophia Loren: Her Own Story'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Spaced Out'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1982)
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* ''To Catch a Thief'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 867 Hz tone (slow clicking, 60 seconds)
* ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' (MCA Videocassette, Inc., 1981) - White screen, 867 Hz tone (slow clicking, 60 seconds)
* ''Tommy'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, silent (60 seconds)
* ''The Trial of the Catonsville Nine'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983)
* ''The Trouble with Angels'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983)
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* ''True Grit'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - White screen, 1133 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''The Tubes Video'' (Thorn EMI Video, 1981)
* ''UFO's Are Real'' (Fotomat Video, 1979) - Green screen, silent (60 seconds)
* ''Uncommon Valor'' (Paramount Home Video, 1984) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''[[Union City]]'' (Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1982) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Up in Smoke'' (Paramount Home Video, 1980) - White screen, 1000 Hz tone (60 seconds)
* ''Up in Smoke'' (Paramount Home Video, 1983)
* ''Urban Cowboy'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981) - White screen, 1133 Hz tone (30 seconds)
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Even after the white screen with the 1000 Hz tone became the standard in Q4 1984, a few tapes still used different tones and/or colors.
* ''Airplane!'' (Paramount Home Video, 1985) - White screen, 933 Hz (medium clicking, 15 seconds)
* ''The Delicate Delinquent'' (Paramount Home Video, 1990) - White screen, 1033 Hz (15 seconds)
▲* ''Airplane'' (Paramount Home Video, 1985) - White screen, 933 Hz (medium clicking, 15 seconds)
* ''Nick and Noel'' (Family Home Entertainment, 1995) - White screen, 1133 Hz (30 seconds)
* ''On the Waterfront'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
* ''Toy Story'' (Walt Disney Home Video, 1996, Mexican release) - White screen, 1033 Hz (60 seconds)
* ''True Lies'' (FoxVideo, 1995) - White screen, 933 Hz (medium clicking, 15 seconds)
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This covers any program lasting more than 60 minutes that ends in such a manner.
'''NOTICE: EP/SLP mode tapes, for which this was standard until
* ''Drugstore Cowboy'' (
* ''Madonna: Truth or Dare'' (
* ''The Palermo Connection'' (
==Pre-1995 Rank tapes without test patterns==
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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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* ''Popeye'' (Paramount Home Video, 1981, post-1984 printings)
* ''Quantrill's Raiders'' (Allied Artists Video, 1978)
* ''Reservoir Dogs'' (LIVE Home Video, 1994)
* ''Runaway'' (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1985)
* ''Saturday Night Fever'' (Paramount Home Video, 1979)
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* ''The Woman in Green'' (Allied Artists Video, 1980)
==Post-1995
* ''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==
These tapes instead closed with the long black screen, which plays until just before the quarter-minute black screen with the moaning sound.
* ''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)
* [[
** [[
* [[WRS Motion Picture & Video
==Other duplicators that used a silent white screen==
* [[Allied Vaughn]] (seen on a few Manga Entertainment VHS tapes)
* [[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]] (seen on a Pioneer English-subtitled VHS of ''Sailor Moon S: The Movie'')
* [[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.
* ''Bloodbrothers'' (WCI Home Video, 1981) - Opens with a five-second 1000 Hz test tone despite having nothing to do with Bell & Howell.
* ''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
* ''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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