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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (some copies of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, as well as some Canadian copies of Independence Day)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2000-2004)
Acorn Media
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1996-1999)
- Touchstone Home Video (1999) (some copies of Home Improvement: The Series Finale)
- ABC Video (1995-1999) (some copies of School House Rock! tapes)
Cabin Fever Entertainment
Coliseum Video
Columbia House Video (1984-2003)
Fox Lorber Home Video
Gaiam
Healing Arts Publishing
Ignatius Press Video (1997-1999)
Image Entertainment
Kultur Video
Live Home Video (1990)
- Family Home Entertainment (1990)
MCA/Universal Home Video (some copies of Field of Dreams)
MPI Home Video (1984-1992)
Mystic Fire Video
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)
Troma Team Video (1996-1999)
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)

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 late '80s to mid '90s had engravings on the left side of the tape like these for example:

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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.
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. Tapes with these credentials do not have any form of printing on the cassette.

An ad for the company
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.
On some tapes, the engraved side printings mentioned the film or program title.
On some tapes with the inked barcode, only the side label number was present.
An example of what the inked barcode looks like.
On some tapes, a few elements of the film or program title were mentioned on the barcode.
On some other tapes, there were letters in the barcode that indicated the distributor, followed by a catalog number.
There were a few tapes where there were no numbers on the left of the barcode.
An example of one version of the vertical blanking interval on some tapes.
An example of another version of the vertical blanking interval on some tapes.
On some tapes, the numbers appear bigger.
On some earlier tapes with the eight numbers and the clock, there is a forward slash instead of another number.
Some tapes didn't have a clock next to the eight numbers.

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 * 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.
-* 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.
+* 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. Tapes with these credentials do not have any form of printing on the cassette.
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