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===How to tell=== |
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Revision as of 16:18, 29 March 2022
3M
Customers
- Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment
- Fotomat Video
- Magnetic Video Corporation
- MCA Videocassette, Inc.
- MGM/CBS Home Video
- Paramount Home Video
- Buena Vista Home Video
- Walt Disney Home Video
- WCI Home Video
How to tell
- On some tapes, especially early ones, the Scotch logo is engraved in white on the tape guard.
- Mid 1980s-Early 1990s tapes may have the Scotch logo engraved as part of the tape nominal information above the record tab.
- Some tapes have "3M" printed as part of the print code information on the bottom side, mainly on those duplicated by Technicolor Videocassette and West Coast Video Duplicating/MediaCopy.
Ampex
Customers
- MCA Videocassette, Inc.
- WCI Home Video
How to tell
BASF
Customers
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- Artisan Entertainment (1987-2004)
- Vestron Video (1987-1992)
- Artisan Entertainment (1987-2004)
- Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995-2007)
- Video Treasures (1986-1998)
- Burbank Video (1987-1995)
- Jenal Entertainment (1991-1992)
- Bingo Video
- Chiron Industries
- Active Home Video (1986-1989)
- Troy Gold (1987-1989)
- Jenal Entertainment (1991-1992)
- MNTex Entertainment (1987-1998)
- Strand Home Video (1989-1998)
- Burbank Video (1987-1995)
- Starmaker Entertainment (1989-1998)
- Video Treasures (1986-1998)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (1987-2007)
How to tell
Fujifilm
Customers
- Astral Video (Canadian)
- Magnetic Video Corporation
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Canadian)
- Thorn EMI Video
- Buena Vista Home Video (Canadian)
- Walt Disney Home Video (Canadian)
How to tell
JVC
Customers
- Allied Artists Video
- Magnetic Video Corporation
- Media Home Entertainment
How to tell
Maxell
Customers
- Magnetic Video Corporation
- MGM/CBS Home Video
- Paramount Home Video
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
- Thorn EMI Video
- Time-Life Video
- VCI Home Video
- Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company
- Walt Disney Home Video
- WCI Home Video
How to tell
Memorex
Customers
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Home Video
- Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995-1996)
- Video Treasures (1992-1996)
- Burbank Video (1988-1995)
- Starmaker Entertainment (1990-1993)
- Video Treasures (1992-1996)
How to tell
Panasonic
Customers
How to tell
RCA
Customers
- Magnetic Video Corporation
- VCI Home Video
- WCI Home Video
How to tell
Sony
Customers
- HBO/Cannon Video
- MGM/UA Home Video
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
- Buena Vista Home Video
- Walt Disney Home Video
- Warner Home Video
How to tell
For VHS, either small round depressions in the frontal shell of the cassette, or a large grid of squares along the entire frontal area thereof.
TDK
Customers
- Magnetic Video Corporation
- MGM/CBS Home Video
- Paramount Home Video
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
- U.S.A. Home Video
- Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company
- Walt Disney Home Video
- WCI Home Video