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==List of Customers==
==List of Customers==
* Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (1978-1987)
* Media Home Entertainment (1978-1990)
** Hi-Tops Video (1986-1990)
* The Nostalgia Merchant (1978-1987)
** The Nostalgia Merchant (1984-1990)
* Wizard Video (1980-1982)
* VCI Home Video (1984)
* VCL Communications (1984-1985) (tapes distributed by Media Home Entertainment)
* Wizard Video (1980-1982) (tapes distributed by Media Home Entertainment)


==How to Tell==
==How to Tell==
* Early tapes duplicated by this company from 1978-1984 use the color bar test pattern with similar high-pitched tones.
* Tapes duplicated by this company from 1985-1987 would have a sticker on the bottom spine or tape guard. The sticker has numbers and a year code on it.
* Later tapes duplicated by this company have white upside-down printings on the left side of the tape like these for example:

'''N9907 02515'''<br>
'''0723 07028'''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Date Sticker (Media) (Fingers, 1986 Media).jpg
</gallery>

==Location==
* Culver City, California

[[Category:Duplicators]]
[[Category:Anime duplicators]]
[[Category:Duplicators from California]]
[[Category:Infodisc subsidiaries]]
[[Category:Macrovision customers]]
[[Category:Duplicators founded in 1978]]
[[Category:Duplicators closed in 1990]]

Latest revision as of 18:26, 3 May 2024

List of Customers[edit]

  • Media Home Entertainment (1978-1990)
    • Hi-Tops Video (1986-1990)
    • The Nostalgia Merchant (1984-1990)
  • VCI Home Video (1984)
  • VCL Communications (1984-1985) (tapes distributed by Media Home Entertainment)
  • Wizard Video (1980-1982) (tapes distributed by Media Home Entertainment)

How to Tell[edit]

  • Early tapes duplicated by this company from 1978-1984 use the color bar test pattern with similar high-pitched tones.
  • Tapes duplicated by this company from 1985-1987 would have a sticker on the bottom spine or tape guard. The sticker has numbers and a year code on it.
  • Later tapes duplicated by this company have white upside-down printings on the left side of the tape like these for example:

N9907 02515
0723 07028

Gallery[edit]

Location[edit]

  • Culver City, California