Scenewise Inc.

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The logo from when the company was known as Custom Duplication

Former names

  • Custom Duplication Inc. (1977-1999)
  • Scope Seven (1999-2007)

List of Customers

  • Atlantic Releasing Co. (1992)
  • Fat World Productions
  • Feature Films for Families (some copies of On Our Own)
  • FG Productions (1996-1999)
  • Fox Racing (1996-1998)
  • LaserLight Digital (1998)
  • New World Video (1989) (some copies of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark)
  • Penton Kids/Cowles Syndicate, Inc. (1993)
  • Price/Stern/Sloan Video (1990-1992)
  • RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1987) (some copies of Holiday and Blind Date)
  • Rhino Home Video (1991)
  • Standard Films (1994-1995)
  • Streamline Pictures (1991-1994?)
  • TBD, but it was the distributor of Viva Sessions
  • Transworld Skateboarding (1997)
  • Trinity Broadcasting Network (1989-1999)
  • York Home Video (1991)

How to Tell

  • Beginning around 1990, one or two rows of letters and numbers were engraved above the recording tab, like this for example:

T70PX2

LY7102

Starting around late 1998, tapes from this duplicator only had one row of letters and numbers engraved. In addition, the font was changed (e.g. T82PX1). While this happened a few times before late 1998, this is when it became permanent.


  • Tapes by this duplicator have printings on the tape guard, or sometimes the bottom middle side. It would appear like this for example:

W.O.8504

SILLYVILLE

PASS 3 SLAVE 976


  • A few earlier tapes instead had a sticker with similar information on it on the bottom middle side, like this for example:

W.O.#18441W

HOLIDAY

Slave #V SP Pass 3


  • Some RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video tapes duplicated by this company had a black screen test pattern with a 1133hz tone at the end.

Gallery

  • This is an example of what the sticker looked like on some earlier tapes by the company. The printings you see above the recording tab spot were also used on most earlier tapes by the company as well, although different duplicators that worked with Media Home Entertainment and Video Treasures used these kind of printings on some of their tapes from 1988-1989 as well.

    This is an example of what the sticker looked like on some earlier tapes by the company. The printings you see above the recording tab spot were also used on most earlier tapes by the company as well, although different duplicators that worked with Media Home Entertainment and Video Treasures used these kind of printings on some of their tapes from 1988-1989 as well.

  • An example of what the information engraved letters and numbers above the recording tab looked like starting around 1990. This information varied by tape.

    An example of what the information engraved letters and numbers above the recording tab looked like starting around 1990. This information varied by tape.

  • On some tapes, there was sometimes only one row of letters and numbers.

    On some tapes, there was sometimes only one row of letters and numbers.

  • Beginning around 1998, there was always only one row of letters and numbers.

    Beginning around 1998, there was always only one row of letters and numbers.

Locations

  • Inglewood, California

Trivia

  • When Rick Hively left in 1999 to form Media Management Services, he took Trinity Broadcasting's duplication contract with him.
  • Feature Films for Families also duplicated On Our Own at another duplicator with the CDI initialism, CDI Media (formerly known as Cassette Duplicators Incorporated). Tapes from both duplicators simply identified the duplicator as CDI.
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