Other VHS endings

Fading Rainbow

Description

• Tapes with this ending had this follow the static. It even looks different on some tapes.

Known duplicators that used this ending

• Alpha Video Distributors, Inc. (seen on some tapes)
• Cassette Productions (seen on most tapes, with a rumbling sound in the mono track)
• Duplication Factory (seen on a pressing of The Buttercream Gang, by Feature Films for Families)
• Mirror Image Duplication Services (seen on a few tapes, this sometimes follows right after a few seconds of black screen after the end of the program)
• 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 some tapes)
• TBD (seen on a few tapes by Platinum Disc Corporation printed in the USA from 1998-2001)
• TBD (seen on a pressing of Golden Grahams Classic Book Videos!: Treasure Island, with a rumbling sound in the mono track much like most Cassette Productions tapes)
• TBD (seen on a pressing of The Story Lady, by Jones Entertainment Group)
• TBD (seen on a pressing of Rudolph's Lessons for Life, by Montgomery Ward)
• TBD (seen on a demo pressing of Collision Course, by HBO Video)
• TBD (seen on a few tapes by METACOM, INC.)
• TBD (seen on a pressing of It's a Wonderful Life, by Video Communications Inc.)
• TBD (seen on pressings of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tapes from Burger King Kids' Club, by Family Home Entertainment)
• TBD (seen on a pressing of Hometime "How-To" Video Guide: Finish Carpentry - Installation and Finishing)
• TBD (seen on a pressing of Hometime How-To Clinic (Quick-Reference Video Guide): Underground Sprinklers)

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Shuffling Color Bars

Description

• Sometimes, this was shown in black and white, or with color static.

Known duplicators that used this ending

• Cassette Productions (seen for a brief instant on a copy of Meet John Doe, by Bridgestone Group)
• Celebrity Duplicating Services (seen on a 1989 pressing of Bugs Bunny, by Unicon Communications)
• Diamond Entertainment Corporation (seen on a 1988 pressing of Daffy Duck, by Trans-Atlantic Video, and a 1991 pressing of Bugs Bunny)
• Hauppauge Video Manufacturing (seen on some tapes)
• Rank Video Services America (seen on a 1993 pressing of Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, before 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 a 1987 pressing of Life with Father, by The Congress Video Group)
• TBD (seen on a 1987 pressing of Daffy Duck, by Kid Flicks)
• Technicolor Video Services (seen on some tapes by Burbank Video and Video Treasures, including some 1994 pressings)
• Video Cassette Duplicating Corp. (seen on some tapes by Burbank Video and Video Treasures)
• Video Technology Services (seen on a 1988 demo pressing of The Milagro Beanfield War)
• West Coast Video Duplicating, Inc. (seen on some Simon Marketing copies of The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners)

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Static Roll of Death

Description

• It looks different depending on what VCR the tape is being played on.

Known duplicators that used this ending

• Allied Digital Technologies (seen on some tapes)
• Celebrity Duplicating Services (seen on some tapes)
• Central Video (seen on some copies of City of Angels, Wrongfully Accused and The Avengers, by Warner Home Video) (This follows the white screen test pattern on these tapes)
• Cine Magnetics (seen on a pressing of Dr. Rabbit and The Legend of Tooth Kingdom, by Colgate) (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 numerous tapes by Goldstar Video)
• Mirror Image Duplication Services (seen on some tapes by Sterling Entertainment Group)
• Nu Skin Duplications (seen on a pressing of Jacob Have I Loved, by Feature Films for Families)
• Osborn Video Productions (seen on a pressing of Jacob's Harvest, by Feature Films for Families)
• Premiere Video (some tapes, with it following the static on some other tapes)
• TBD (seen on some tapes by Platinum Disc Corporation from 2004-2005)
• TBD (seen a 1998 pressing of Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, by Strand Releasing Home Video)
• TBD (seen a 2001 pressing of Psycho Beach Party, by Strand Releasing Home Video)
• TBD (seen on a pressing of Dinotopia, by Artisan Home Entertainment)
• TBD (seen on a few Sony Music Entertainment releases from 1995-1998)
• TBD (seen on some tapes by Front Row Entertainment)
• TBD (seen on a pressing of El Albañil/Como Mexico No Hay Dos, by Lobo Pictures)
• Technicolor Video Services (seen on a few tapes)
• WRS Motion Picture & Video Laboratory (seen on some tapes)