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[[File:Premiere Video.jpg|thumb]]
== List of Customers ==
== List of Customers ==
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (some copies of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, as well as some Canadian copies of Independence Day)
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* Acorn Media
* Anchor Bay Entertainment (2000-2004)
* Anchor Bay Entertainment (2000-2004)
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* Acorn Media
* Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1996-1999)
* Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1997-1998) (some copies of School House Rock! tapes)
** Touchstone Home Video (1999) (some copies of Home Improvement: The Series Finale)
** Touchstone Home Video (1999) (some copies of Home Improvement: The Series Finale)
** ABC Video (1995-1999) (some copies of School House Rock! tapes)
** ABC Video (1995-1996)
* Cabin Fever Entertainment
* Cabin Fever Entertainment
* Coliseum Video
* Coliseum Video
* Columbia House Video (1984-2003)
* Columbia House Video (1984-2003)
* Fox Lorber Home Video
* Fox Lorber Home Video
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* Forum Home Video (1993-1996)
* Gaiam
* Gaiam
* Healing Arts Publishing
* Ignatius Press Video (1997-1999)
* Ignatius Press Video (1997-1999)
* Image Entertainment
* Image Entertainment
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* Live Home Video (1990)
* Live Home Video (1990)
** Family Home Entertainment (1990)
** Family Home Entertainment (1990)
* MCA/Universal Home Video (some copies of Field of Dreams)
* MPI Home Video (1984-1992)
* MPI Home Video (1984-1992)
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* Mystic Fire Video
* National Geographic (1998-2004)
* National Geographic (1998-2004)
* Nelson Entertainment (1984-1990)
* Nelson Entertainment (1984-1990)
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* Orion Home Video (1987-1992)
* Orion Home Video (1987-1992)
* Pacific Arts Video (1992)
* Pacific Arts Video (1992)
* Paramount Home Video (1993) (some McDonald's copies of Wayne's World)
* Sony Music Entertainment (1995-2003)
* Sony Music Entertainment (1995-2003)
* Troma Team Video (1996-1999)
** Sony Wonder (1995-2006)
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** Random House Home Video (1995-2006)
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* Troma Team Video
* Turner Home Entertainment (1987-1992)
* Turner Home Entertainment (1987-1992)
** RKO Home Video (1984-1987)
** RKO Home Video (1984-1987)
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* Tapes printed in EP/SLP during the early '90s would have a red tape guard. At this time, inked-label tapes would have the label text colored yellow. In addition, on tapes released by Turner Home Entertainment, there is an abbreviation engraving on the left side.
* Tapes printed in EP/SLP during the early '90s would have a red tape guard. At this time, inked-label tapes would have the label text colored yellow. In addition, on tapes released by Turner Home Entertainment, there is an abbreviation engraving on the left side.
* Tapes printed in the mid-to-late 80's would have dark printings on the left side of the tape.
* Tapes printed in the mid-to-late 80's would have dark printings on the left side of the tape.
* Tapes printed in the late '80s to mid '90s had engravings on the left side of the tape like these for example:

'''295422'''

'''120_29'''

* Some tapes had the engravings like this:

'''PAR'''

'''_48_'''

* Tapes printed from the mid '90s and onwards would have a bunch of numbers, including a side label number, engraved on the left side of the tape.
* Tapes printed from the mid '90s and onwards would have a bunch of numbers, including a side label number, engraved on the left side of the tape.
** Tapes printed during the last few years of this duplicator's existence would additionally have an inked barcode with a whole lot of numbers, printed on the tape guard.
** Tapes printed during the last few years of this duplicator's existence would additionally have an inked barcode with too many numbers, printed on the tape guard.
* Starting around the early 90's, some tapes (mainly EP/SLP tapes) had a set of eight numbers in the vertical blanking interval, usually with a clock next to it. These tapes had a few additional seconds of black screen following the blank space at the very end. On some SP mode tapes from 2000-2001 with these credentials in the vertical blanking interval, the static roll of death appeared following the blank space at the very end, while it appeared before the blank space on several other tapes. Some early tapes with these credentials do not have any form of printing on the cassette, but starting a few years later, some tapes with the normal printings of the time had these credentials (mainly EP/SLP mode tapes, although this sometimes happened on SP mode tapes as well).
* Starting around the early 90's, some tapes (mainly EP/SLP tapes) had a set of eight numbers in the vertical blanking interval, usually with a clock next to it. These tapes had a few additional seconds of black screen following the blank space at the very end. On some SP mode tapes from 2000-2001 with these credentials in the vertical blanking interval, the static roll of death appeared following the blank space at the very end, while it appeared before the blank space on several other tapes. Early tapes with these credentials have no form of printing on the cassette, but starting a few years later, some tapes with the normal printings of the time had these credentials (mainly EP/SLP mode tapes, although this sometimes happened on SP mode tapes as well).


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
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File:Premiere Video.png|The company's logo
File:Pvi.jpg|An ad for the company
File:60 116 2 1555 1570 61482 04 (SS25BAMC).jpg
File:PAR 48 (Wayne's World, 1993 Paramount Home Video and McDonald's).jpg|This is an example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like in the early '90s.
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File:The Wild Thornberrys - Reef Grief & Dances with Dingoes.jpg
File:60 116 2 1555 1570 61482 (04).jpg|An example of what the engraved numbers looked like on tapes from the mid 90's to the final years of the company's existence.
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File:25 (The Wild Thornberrys - Koality and Kuanity & Pal Joey).jpg|Sometimes, there were no numbers on the top half of the left side.
File:SM ELMOPALOOZA 35.jpg|On some tapes, the engraved side printings mentioned the film or program title.
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File:Lonesome Dove - The Complete 6-Hour Epic (1992 Cabin Fever Entertainment).jpg
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File:25 (The Wild Thornberrys - Koality and Kuanity & Pal Joey, 2003 National Geographic).jpg|On some tapes with the inked barcode, only the side label number was present.
File:Thomas' Trackside Tunes VBI.jpg
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File:The Wild Thornberrys - Reef Grief & Dances with Dingoes (2003, National Geographic).jpg|An example of what the inked barcode looks like.
File:Gaiam Kids - YogaPlay (2003 Gaiam).jpg
File:Madeline at Cooking School VBI.jpg
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File:The Golden Bowl VBI.jpg
File:Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance (1998 Acorn Media).jpg|On some tapes, a few elements of the film or program title were mentioned on the barcode.
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File:The Golden Bowl (2000 Acorn Media) (Barcode).jpeg
File:Zus & Zo (2003 Wellspring).jpg|On some other tapes, there were letters in the barcode that indicated the distributor, followed by a catalog number.
File:Yukon Passage (National Geographic).jpg|There were a few tapes where there were no numbers on the left of the barcode.
File:THOMAS~4.JPG|An example of one version of the vertical blanking interval on some tapes.
File:The Carpenter's Shop 1 (1999 Ignatius Press Video).jpg|An example of another version of the vertical blanking interval on some tapes.
File:Girls School Screamers (1996 Troma Team Video).jpg|On some tapes, the numbers appear bigger.
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File:Lonesome Dove - The Complete 6-Hour Epic (1992 Cabin Fever Entertainment).jpg|On some earlier tapes with the eight numbers and the clock, there is a forward slash instead of another number.
File:The Golden Bowl (2000 Acorn Media).jpg|Some tapes didn't have a clock next to the eight numbers.
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Locations ==
== Locations ==
TBD
* Livonia, Michigan

[[Category:Duplicators]]
[[Category:Anime duplicators]]
[[Category:Duplicators from Michigan]]
[[Category:Macrovision customers]]
[[Category:Otari TMD customers]]
[[Category:Duplicators founded in 1983]]

Revision as of 05:16, 6 January 2024

List of Customers

  • Anchor Bay Entertainment (2000-2004)
  • Acorn Media
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1997-1998) (some copies of School House Rock! tapes)
    • Touchstone Home Video (1999) (some copies of Home Improvement: The Series Finale)
    • ABC Video (1995-1996)
  • Cabin Fever Entertainment
  • Coliseum Video
  • Columbia House Video (1984-2003)
  • Fox Lorber Home Video
  • Gaiam
  • Ignatius Press Video (1997-1999)
  • Image Entertainment
  • Kultur Video
  • Live Home Video (1990)
    • Family Home Entertainment (1990)
  • MPI Home Video (1984-1992)
  • National Geographic (1998-2004)
  • Nelson Entertainment (1984-1990)
  • NFL Films Video
  • New Horizons Home Video (1998) (some demo tapes)
  • Orion Home Video (1987-1992)
  • Pacific Arts Video (1992)
  • Sony Music Entertainment (1995-2003)
    • Sony Wonder (1995-2006)
    • Random House Home Video (1995-2006)
  • Troma Team Video
  • Turner Home Entertainment (1987-1992)
    • RKO Home Video (1984-1987)
  • VCI Home Video (1986-1992)
  • Virgin Vision (1987-1990)
  • Warner Home Video (1989) (some copies of Batman)
  • Wellspring Media (1999-2003)
  • Winstar TV & Video
  • World Wrestling Entertainment Home Video (1999-2004)
  • Xenon Pictures (2001)

How to Tell

  • Tapes printed in EP/SLP during the early '90s would have a red tape guard. At this time, inked-label tapes would have the label text colored yellow. In addition, on tapes released by Turner Home Entertainment, there is an abbreviation engraving on the left side.
  • Tapes printed in the mid-to-late 80's would have dark printings on the left side of the tape.
  • Tapes printed from the mid '90s and onwards would have a bunch of numbers, including a side label number, engraved on the left side of the tape.
    • Tapes printed during the last few years of this duplicator's existence would additionally have an inked barcode with too many numbers, printed on the tape guard.
  • Starting around the early 90's, some tapes (mainly EP/SLP tapes) had a set of eight numbers in the vertical blanking interval, usually with a clock next to it. These tapes had a few additional seconds of black screen following the blank space at the very end. On some SP mode tapes from 2000-2001 with these credentials in the vertical blanking interval, the static roll of death appeared following the blank space at the very end, while it appeared before the blank space on several other tapes. Early tapes with these credentials have no form of printing on the cassette, but starting a few years later, some tapes with the normal printings of the time had these credentials (mainly EP/SLP mode tapes, although this sometimes happened on SP mode tapes as well).

Gallery

  • The company's logo
    The company's logo
  • Sometimes, there were no numbers on the top half of the left side.
    Sometimes, there were no numbers on the top half of the left side.

Locations

TBD

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