MediaCopy: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
→How to Tell: Already mentioned |
|||
| (23 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
<!--Do NOT add any unsourced information. "It was mentioned on the outdated Miraheze incarnation of this wiki" does not count as legitimately sourced information. This is your only warning.-->
[[File:
==History==
TBD
Line 17:
* Columbia House (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)
* HIT Entertainment (2001-2002) (''Bob the Builder'', ''Kipper'' and ''
** Lyrick Studios (2000-2001) (''Bob the Builder'', ''Kipper'' and ''
*** The Lyons Group (
* J2 Communications (1991-1992) (some tapes, including ''The Star Wars Trilogy Animated Collection, Volume 1'' sold through Simon Marketing)
* J & N Media (2002)
* Jesus Video Project (some copies of ''Jesus'')
* kaBOOM! Entertainment Inc. (
* Live Entertainment/Artisan Entertainment (some copies of ''Paula Abdul: Get Up and Dance'' and ''The Substitute'' and some tapes sold through the Columbia House Video Club)
** Family Home Entertainment (1990) (some copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tapes sold through the Burger King Kids' Club)
Line 39 ⟶ 40:
* Pacific Arts Video
* Paramount Home Entertainment (1990-2005) (some tapes, particularly tapes sold through the Columbia House Video Club)
** Nickelodeon
* Pioneer Entertainment (1994-2000)
* PolyGram Video
Line 50:
* 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 61 ⟶ 62:
*** 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 83 ⟶ 85:
'''21A2 WCVD 17:41'''
Example 4:
** 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.▼
'''T-130 <big>BATMAN</big> WCVD15000 20:33'''
'''27A1 10169'''
Example 5:
'''T-52 110737/F0176 51790'''
'''71A3 WCVD 09:26'''
▲** The information on the tape
*** 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.
* Some Fries Home Video tapes duplicated
* In addition, tapes duplicated at this company also have a length code on the left of the information. On pre-1996 tapes, the nominal length is above the record tab (usually broken off), while on post-1996 tapes, it is on the bottom label portion. On some tapes printed using Otari thermal magnetic duplication systems, the length was preceded by the letters "TMDSP" or "TMDEP".
* After 1996, tapes duplicated at MediaCopy, Inc. would have an engraving on the left side that indicates the company that distributed it.
Line 116 ⟶ 128:
* WHV - Warner Home Video (1989-1997), Turner Home Entertainment (1997)
* OHV - Orion Home Video (1996-1999)
* TURNER - Turner Home Entertainment (199?-1997)
==Known stock number prefix codes==
Line 128 ⟶ 141:
<gallery>
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
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 141 ⟶ 156:
===MediaCopy===
<gallery>
File:MediaCopy.jpg
File:Ink Label (MediaCopy, Inc.) (Attack of the Puppet People, 2000 MGM).jpg|An example of what the ink printings looked like from 1996 to 2002.▼
File:VD5.jpg|Tapes on an assembly line at one of the company's plants.
File:131 (Stargate, 2001 Live Entertainment).jpg
File:MGM UA (Follow That Dream, 1997 MGM UA Home Video).jpg
File:MGM (Little Caesar, 1998 MGM UA Home Video).jpg
File:TURNER (The Adventures of Pinocchio, 1996 New Line Home Video).jpg
File:The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996 New Line Home Video).jpg| An example of what the ink printings looked like on some mid-late 1996 tapes.
▲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:The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald - Have Time, Will Travel (2001 McDonald's) (eBay Photo).jpg
| |||