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(After a closer look under my Appleseed tape's label which was still too argumentative, as it were, to reveal anything more concrete about the printings, I can officially rule out FPVS.)
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* Early '90s tapes simply had the tape length in white over the recording tab, sometimes followed by an F.
* Early '90s tapes simply had the tape length in white over the recording tab, sometimes followed by an F.
* Until 1995, the tape length was displayed with or without the hyphen between the T and the length. By 1995, the hyphen was a permanent fixture.


== Locations ==
== Locations ==
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[[Category:Duplicators]]
[[Category:Duplicators]]
[[Category:Anime duplicators]]
[[Category:Duplicators from Indiana]]
[[Category:Duplicators from Indiana]]
[[Category:Macrovision customers]]
[[Category:Macrovision customers]]

Revision as of 12:04, 27 January 2024

History

FPVS started out as a subsidiary of Peoria-based printing services outfit Fleming-Potter. In 1991, it was bought out by Steven L. Whetzel and Charles J. Selden with backing from the Indiana National Bank. Since then, it's provided duplication and other video services for the Public Broadcasting Service and associated institutions, among other organizations.

Former names

  • Fleming Packaging Company (1982-1991)
  • FP Video Services Inc. (1991-1993)

List of Customers

  • Caterpillar
  • Discovery Channel Video
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Major League Baseball Home Video
  • MotorWeek Home Video
  • The New York Times
  • PBS Home Video (tapes distributed directly by PBS)
  • PBS Video
  • Sesame Workshop (some Sesame Street resource tapes)

How to Tell

  • Tapes will have in dark red printing the tape length over the recording tab, and on the spine itself a four-digit number, possibly indicating the time, followed by a six-digit date code. FPVS is printed below. Take a look at the following example:

0225 090401

FPVS

  • Early '90s tapes simply had the tape length in white over the recording tab, sometimes followed by an F.

Locations

  • Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Montclair, New Jersey