Other VHS endings
Fading Rainbow[edit]
Description[edit]
- Tapes with this ending had this follow the static. It even looks different on some tapes.
Known duplicators that used this ending[edit]
- Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (seen on some tapes)
- Cassette Productions (seen on most tapes, with a rumbling sound in the linear track)
- Duplication Factory (seen on one known pressing each of The Buttercream Gang (by Feature Films for Families) and Hometime How-To Clinic (Quick-Reference Video Guide): Underground Sprinklers)
- MediaCopy (seen on most tapes with "TMDSP" or "TMDEP" in the printings)
- Mirror Image Duplication Services (seen on a few tapes, this sometimes appears without static preceding it)
- New Age Video, Inc. (seen on numerous pre-1990 tapes, over a red screen)
- Premiere Video (seen mostly on EP/SLP mode tapes, but it also sometimes appeared on SP mode tapes)
- Resolution Video Production and Duplication (seen on pressings of Where the Wild Things Are (by New Video) and a "For Your Consideration" copy of Anatomy of 9/11, by A&E) (Keep in mind that not all tapes by Resolution have this.)
- Simitar Entertainment (seen on numerous tapes)
- TBD (seen on a few tapes by Platinum Disc Corporation printed in the USA from 1998-2001)
- TBD (seen on one known pressing of Golden Grahams Classic Book Videos!: Treasure Island, with a rumbling sound in the linear track, much like most tapes by Cassette Productions)
- TBD (seen on one known pressing of Rudolph's Lessons for Life, by Montgomery Ward)
- TBD (seen on one known demo pressing of Collision Course, by HBO Video)
- TBD (seen on a few tapes by METACOM)
- TBD (seen on one known pressing of It's a Wonderful Life, by Video Communications Inc.)
- TBD (seen on pressings of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tapes sold through the Burger King Kids' Club, by Family Home Entertainment)
- TBD (seen on one known pressing of Hometime "How-To" Video Guide: Finish Carpentry - Installation and Finishing)
- Vaughn Communications Inc. (seen on some tapes by Simitar Entertainment)
Gallery[edit]
Shuffling Color Bars[edit]
Description[edit]
- Sometimes, this was shown in black and white, or with color static.
Known duplicators that used this ending[edit]
- Allied Digital Technologies (seen on some 1996-1998 tapes from clients inherited from Hauppauge Manufacturing Group)
- Cassette Productions (seen for a brief instant on one known copy of Meet John Doe, by Bridgestone Group)
- Celebrity Duplicating Services (seen on one known 1989 pressing of Bugs Bunny, by Unicon Communications)
- The Congress Video Group (seen on one known 1987 pressing of Life with Father)
- Diamond Entertainment Corporation (seen on one known 1991 pressing of Bugs Bunny)
- Hauppauge Video Manufacturing (seen on some tapes, mainly EP/SLP mode tapes although it sometimes appeared on SP mode tapes)
- Rank Video Services America (seen on one known 1993 pressing of Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, preceding the white screen test pattern)
- TBD (seen on a pressing of a Really Wild Animals screening cassette, by Columbia TriStar Home Video)
- TBD (seen on one known 1987 pressing of Daffy Duck, by Kid Flicks)
- TBD (seen on a pressing of Sewing with Nancy: Suede - Ultra Fun to Sew)
- Technicolor Video Services (seen on some tapes by Burbank Video and Video Treasures, including some 1994 pressings)
- Trans-Atlantic Video (seen on one known 1988 pressing of Daffy Duck)
- Video Cassette Duplicating Corp. (seen on some tapes by Burbank Video and Video Treasures)
- Video Technology Services (seen on one known 1988 demo pressing of The Milagro Beanfield War, by MCA Home Video)
- West Coast Video Duplicating, Inc. (seen on one known Simon Marketing copy of The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners, by Random House Home Video)
Gallery[edit]
Static Roll[edit]
Description[edit]
- It looks different depending on what VCR the tape is being played on.
- While it was normally used at the end of tapes, some tapes had it at the beginning and some may have had it at both the beginning and end.
- On some tapes, it may appear abruptly at the beginning, middle and/or end.
Known duplicators that used this ending[edit]
- Allied Digital Technologies (seen on some tapes)
- Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (seen on some tapes)
- Celebrity Duplicating Services (seen on some tapes)
- Central Video (seen on some tapes where the printings just say the title) (This follows the white screen test pattern on these tapes)
- Cine Magnetics (seen on one known copy each of Dr. Rabbit Comes to School & Dr. Rabbit and The Legend of Tooth Kingdom, by Colgate-Palmolive Company) (Keep in mind that not all tapes by Cine Magnetics have this.)
- Cinram (seen mostly on EP/SLP mode tapes, but it also sometimes appeared on SP mode tapes, such as BBC Video tapes and a few 1997 Barney Home Video Canada tapes)
- Diamond Entertainment Corporation
- Matrix Video Duplication Corporation (seen on most tapes, sometimes following four minutes of black screen)
- Mirror Image Duplication Services (seen on numerous tapes by Sterling Entertainment Group)
- Nu Skin Duplication (seen on one known pressing of Jacob Have I Loved, by Feature Films for Families)
- Osborn Video Productions (seen on some tapes)
- Premiere Video (seen on some tapes, with it following the static on some other tapes)
- TBD (seen on one known pressing each of Porky Pig, and Casper, by Kid Flicks)
- TBD (seen on some tapes by Platinum Disc Corporation from 2004-2005)
- TBD (seen on one known 1998 pressing of Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, by Strand Releasing Home Video)
- TBD (seen on one known 2001 pressing of Psycho Beach Party, by Strand Releasing Home Video)
- TBD (seen on one known pressing of Dinotopia, by Artisan Home Entertainment)
- TBD (seen on a few Sony Music Entertainment releases during the 1990s)
- TBD (seen on some tapes by Front Row Entertainment)
- TBD (seen on one known pressing of El Albañil/Como Mexico No Hay Dos, by Lobo Pictures)
- TBD (seen on one known pressing of Wish You Were Dead, by Spartan Home Entertainment)
- Technicolor Video Services (occasionally seen on a few tapes)
- The Video-Matic Group (seen on one known pressing of Family First)
- WRS Motion Picture & Video Laboratory (seen on some tapes)
TBD[edit]
Description[edit]
- Several dots appear over a black screen.
Known duplicators that used this ending[edit]
- Vision Wise (seen on a pressing of National Lampoon's Blackball, by First Look Home Entertainment)
Gallery[edit]
TBD[edit]
Description[edit]
- Black vertical lines appear over a white screen.
Known duplicators that used this ending[edit]
- TBD (seen on one known pressing of My Man Godfrey, by Hal Roach Studios)
- VCA/Technicolor Duplicating Corp. (seen on one known 1986 pressing each of Flight of the Navigator, Sleeping Beauty, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Walt Disney Home Video)
