Odds and Ends

Some enthusiasts like to go above and beyond the call of duty and focus on these pieces of miscellanea.

• Anti-piracy screens
• Banned tapes
• Closed captions
• Comprehensive catalog of ISBN numbers
• Copy protection systems
• Cross-duplicating tapes
• Deluxe test patterns
• Descriptive Video Service
• Duplication techniques
• Fading Rainbow
• Holographic stickers
• Known Technicolor Videocassette changeovers
• Lead times
• Mastering techniques
• Memorex outside of B&H
• Sony outside of Rank
• BASF outside of VCA
• Otari TMD cue signal
• Other VHS endings
• Pausing during recording
• Promos
• Rank Video Services America cut tone
• Rental-only titles
• Rewinding during recording
• Screeners
• Shuffling Color Bars
• Sony Sprinter cue signal
• Static Roll
• Stopping during recording
• Tape manufacturers
• Technicolor DTMF sequences
• Technicolor test patterns
• Trailer reels
• Videotape master structures