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Line 14: ** Anime Village * Central Park Media ** U.S. Manga Corps ~~(2001)~~ * Columbia House Video Club (1987-2005) * Columbia TriStar Home Video (1990-1996) (screener copies) * Emshell Home Video (1994) * Fox Lorber Home Video (1997) (some copies of Tetsuo the Iron Man) * Globalstage Productions (1999) * HBO (1992) (one known copy of HBO's Hottest Moments) * HIT Entertainment (2001-2002) (''Bob the Builder'' and ''Kipper'' tapes)▼ * Hemdale Home Video ** Lyrick Studios (2001) (''Bob the Builder'' and ''Kipper'' tapes)▼ ▲* HIT Entertainment (2001-2002) (''Bob the Builder'', ''Kipper'' and ''~~Kipper~~Angelina Ballerina'' tapes) * The Lyons Group (1993-1995)▼ ▲ Lyrick Studios (2000-2001) (''Bob the Builder'', ''Kipper'' and ''~~Kipper~~Angelina Ballerina'' tapes) ▲*** The Lyons Group (~~1993~~1992-~~1995~~1996) * J2 Communications (1991-1992) (some tapes, including ''The Star Wars Trilogy Animated Collection, Volume 1'' sold through Simon Marketing) * J & N Media (2002) Line 49 ⟶ 52: * Silverado Productions * Simitar Entertainment (1990) (some copies of ''Fighter Aces of World War II'') * South Gate Entertainment (1991) (one known copy of ''Julia Has Two Lovers'') * SyberVision * Tai Seng Video Marketing (1996-1997) * Video Treasures (1994) Media Home Entertainment (1990-1993) Line 60 ⟶ 64: * Hanna-Barbera Home Video (1992) ** New Line Home Video (1991-1997) * Wolfe Video (1998) (one known copy of ''Thin Ice'') * World Wide Pictures Home Video * Xenon Entertainment Group (1998) Line 92 ⟶ 97: '''71A3 WCVD 09:26''' The information on the tape ~~beginning in mid-1990~~ includes the print date and time on the right. Next to the print date and time are letters that usually indicate the duplicator (though on some tapes, they indicate the distributor). This was usually followed by a catalog number and, optionally, the tape speed's initialism. On tapes with a different color cassette, the color and style of the printing varied. * For example, if the print date/time is numbered "020795 1358", then that means the specific VHS tape was printed on February 7, 1995 at 1:58 PM. ** Until January 1990, as seen in the first example above, the date was in MM/DD/Y format. From January to September 1990, the date was in M/DD/YY format. Line 118 ⟶ 123: '''0445 150619''' * Some 1998 tapes had a white sticker with information, a print date, and barcodes on both sides. The information and print date were enclosed in a grey background on the sticker, and the information was formatted like this for example: '''LITTLE CAESAR''' '''<big>F74063-00 - 1</big>''' '''MG6148 084:03''' '''206148 L - 4''' '''04-28-98 08:34:07''' '''<big>59-008-2</big> ==Known abbreviation letter codes== Line 139 ⟶ 158: File:West Coast Video Duplicating, Inc..jpg File:West Coast Video Duplicating Ad (1989).jpg\|An ad for the company, circa 1989 File:West Coast Video Duplicating, Inc. Ad (1990).jpg\|An ad for the company, circa 1990. Where this was found, it was split into two pages, so they're combined in this image. File:West Coast Video Duplicating Ad (1991).jpg\|An ad for the company, circa 1991 File:BATMAN WCVD.jpg\|An example of what the dark ink printings looked like on some, but not all, early tapes prior to 1990. File:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - April Foolish (1990 Family Home Entertainment).jpg\|An example of what the printings on tapes from early 1990 look like~~. It may be hard to see in this particular scan~~. File:Dark Ink Label (West Coast Video Duplicating) (It! The Terror from Beyond Space, 1993 MGM).jpg\|An example of what the dark ink printings looked like from late 1990 to 1996. File:Dark Ink Label (West Coast Video Duplicating) (Tales of Terror, 1994 Orion).jpg\|Same example as picture #3, except the letters read "JLB". Line 161 ⟶ 181: File:Ink Label (MediaCopy, Inc.) (Attack of the Puppet People, 2000 MGM).jpg\|An example of what the ink printings looked like from late 1996 to 2002. File:Friends (021397).jpg File:Little Caesar (1998 MGM UA Home Video).jpg\|An example of the sticker used on some tapes in 1998. File:The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald - Have Time, Will Travel (2001 McDonald's) (eBay Photo).jpg File:The Princess Bride (2003 MGM Home Entertainment).jpg\|An example of what the ink printings looked like from 2002 to 2003. Line 179 ⟶ 200: ==Trivia== * Some tapes with the company's WC initialism on the printing on the tape spine, specifically Strand Home Video tapes pressed in late 1994, were instead duplicated at [[Vantiva Supply Chain ~~Services~~Solutions\|Technicolor Video Services]], possibly as a result of Video Treasures being Strand Home Video's distributor in the US at the time. * In May 1994, West Coast Video Duplicating sued Michael Nesmith for $4.8 million due to unpaid bills for video duplication services. According to court records, the actual amount was $2.4 million. Since the invoices clearly showed his company liable for the services, Nesmith and his lawyers opted for a trial with a jury in an attempt to delay the proceedings while he tried to win a lawsuit with PBS.