Other VHS endings

From Home Video

Description

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

Known duplicators that used this ending

  • Cassette Productions (seen on numerous 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)
  • 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 from 1999-2001)
  • TBD (seen on a pressing of Golden Grahams Classic Book Videos!: Treasure Island, with a rumbling sound in the mono track)
  • 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)

Gallery

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)
  • Hauppage 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)
  • Video Technology Services (seen on a 1988 demo pressing of The Milagro Beanfield War)

Gallery

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Premiere Video (some tapes, with it following the static on some other tapes)