Fading Rainbow
This appears at the end of tapes by some duplication companies, after the blank space before the tape reaches the very end. It is not yet known what this was officially called in the duplication industry; the title of this page is just a nickname. The look of it sometimes varied by tape. When it goes all the way down, a low, rumbling sound is heard in the linear track. Some tapes with this ending may not have static preceding it at all.
Known duplicators that used this ending
[edit]- Cassette Productions (seen on most tapes)
- Centercom Inc.
- Duplication Factory (seen on one known pressing each of The Buttercream Gang (by Feature Films for Families), Hometime How-To Clinic (Quick-Reference Video Guide): Underground Sprinklers, and Hometime "How-To" Video Guide: Finish Carpentry - Installation and Finishing)
- MediaCopy (seen on several tapes with "TMDSP" or "TMDEP" in the printings)
- Mirror Image Duplication Services (seen on some tapes, mainly at the beginning of the tape)
- New Age Video/Alpha Video Distributors (seen on some tapes, usually over a red screen)
- Premiere Video (seen mostly on EP/SLP mode tapes, but it also sometimes appeared on SP mode tapes)
- Promotional Video Duplicators (seen on one known pressing of Charlton Heston Celebrity Shoot)
- Resolution Video Production and Duplication (seen on a few tapes)
- Simitar Entertainment (seen on numerous tapes)
- Vaughn Communications Inc. (seen on some tapes by Simitar Entertainment, as well as one known copy of Music Magic Video Library: Rhythm, by Silver Burdett Ginn)
Known specimens from duplicators that have yet to be confirmed, but said specimens had this ending
[edit]- Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave (Platinum Disc Corporation, 2001)
- Collision Course (screening copy) (HBO Video, 1992)
- Golden Grahams Classic Book Videos!: Treasure Island (Children's Video of America, Inc.)
- It's a Wonderful Life (Video Communications Inc.)
- Live Action: Quarterly Hunting & Fishing Video Magazine - Premier '95 Issue
- The Little Princess (METACOM, 1994) (likely Duplication Factory)
- The Little Princess (Platinum Disc Corporation, 1999)
- Love Crimes (screening copy) (HBO Video, 1992)
- Lovers and Liars (Platinum Disc Corporation, 2001)
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin (METACOM, 1994) (likely Duplication Factory)
- The Real Bruce Lee (Platinum Disc Corporation, 1998)
- Ronald Reagan: An American President (Edmond Associates, 1989)
- Rudolph's Lessons for Life (Montgomery Ward)
- Treasure Island (METACOM, 1994) (likely Duplication Factory)
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