Other VHS endings
These could have possibly been called something else internally in the duplication industry.
Tail End Black Screen
[edit]Description
[edit]- On tapes with this ending, a few seconds of black screen immediately follow the closing stretch of blank tape.
- This ending appears to have been used exclusively by duplicators that printed product on Otari TMD machines. In RVSA's case, this was retired presumably in May 1997, probably in favor of newer tapes with test patterns having the two sets of numbers (with the first set being the ITF prefix without the extra zeros) in the VBI at the beginning. It is unknown when the other duplicators retired it, though it can be assumed that Cinram retired it in the early 2000s.
Known duplicators that used this ending
[edit]- Alpha Video Distributors (sometimes in red)
- Cinram International (seen on EP/SLP mode tapes, and a few SP mode tapes, that had the static roll of death)
- Cassette Productions
- Centercom Inc. (seen on one known copy of Read to Discover)
- Duplication Factory (seen on some Feature Films for Families tapes)
- MediaCopy ("TMDSP" or "TMDEP" in the printings)
- Mirror Image Duplication Services
- Premiere Video (seen mostly on EP/SLP mode tapes)
- Promotional Video Duplicators
- Rank Video Services America (seen on EP/SLP mode tapes, and a few SP mode tapes, printed in Northbrook that had a white screen test pattern or a long black screen, with the cut tone at the end)
- Resolution Video Production and Duplication
- Vaughn Communications Inc.
- VTR Video (seen on some EP/SLP mode tapes)
This is a TEST!
[edit]Description
[edit]- The text "This is a TEST!" appears over a blue or black screen accompanied by a 998 hz or 1001 hz tone.
Known duplicators that used this ending
[edit]- GTK Duplicating Co. (seen on some GoodTimes Home Video releases)
TBD
[edit]Description
[edit]- Several grey dots appear over a black screen.
Known duplicators that used this ending
[edit]- Technicolor Home Entertainment Services (seen on one known 2005 pressing of Barney: Round and Round We Go, by HIT Entertainment)
- Vision Wise (seen on one known 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]- Morning Sun Productions (seen on one known pressing of Lost in the Barrens, by Feature Films for Families)
- TBD (seen on one known pressing of My Man Godfrey, by Hal Roach Studios)
- TBD (seen on one known pressing of Where the Red Fern Grows, by Bridgestone Group)
- 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)
Gallery
[edit]
Hinshitsukanri
[edit]Description
[edit]- This appears on some tapes from Japan. The following Japanese text appears over a black screen accompanied by a tone:
お知らせ
この音声信号は品質管理用の
信号であります.
(異常ではありません)
In English, this translates to the following:
Notice
This audio signal is used for quality control.
It's a signal.
(This is not abnormal)
Known duplicators that used this ending
[edit]- TBD
