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 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 one known pressing of Hometime "How-To" Video Guide: Finish Carpentry - Installation and Finishing)
Vaughn Communications Inc. (seen on some tapes by Simitar Entertainment)

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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

Allied Digital Technologies (seen on some 1996-1998 tapes from clients inherited from HMG Digital Technologies Corporation)
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)
HMG Digital Technologies Corporation (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)

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Static Roll

Description

It looks different depending on the tape and/or what machine 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

Allied Vaughn (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 Video & Digital Laboratories (seen on one known copy each of So Smart! Volume 1, 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
MagneTech Corporation (seen on some tapes by Madacy Music Group)
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

Description

Several dots appear over a black screen.

Known duplicators that used this ending

Vision Wise (seen on a pressing of National Lampoon's Blackball, by First Look Home Entertainment)

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TBD

Description

Black vertical lines appear over a white screen.

Known duplicators that used this ending

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)

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TBD

Description

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

TBD