Talk:What if different companies released different titles?

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Paramount-era Toho/UPA tapes

This time I'm going to have to try not to be off-topic.

Regarding the Paramount releases of the Toho/UPA titles (if they existed), wouldn't Paramount have to get permission from Disney/Buena Vista Home Video to use the WDHV-era masters? And would these Paramount releases (if they existed) be duplicated at Rank Video Services America, or would they be duplicated at Technicolor Videocassette? 69.85.235.224 12:03, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

  • It's possible Toho received the WDHV-era masters back when Carolco's international rights expired, and simply didn't bother to make new videotape masters when assigning the ancillary rights to UPA, which would mean UPA would have been stuck with the Disney masters. Also, the Paramount tapes would've been duplicated at RVSA using Master Sharp technology. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 19:24, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

DIC Toon-Time Video tapes

In reality, the Season 2 Heathcliff videos, as well as the Season 2 Cats & Company video entitled "Catmania!", were once released through DIC Video (distributed by Golden Book Video, a division of Western Publishing Company) between 1987-1989. Based on this, I had the idea about these videos being re-released through DIC Toon-Time Video (distributed by Buena Vista Home Video) in early 1994.

One thing that concerns me, though, is that the late '80s Golden Book Video releases of the Season 2 Heathcliff videos (including the season 2 Cats & Company video I'd also mentioned) do not preserve the 1984-1988 LBS Communications, Inc. logo (which originally followed the videotaped Green DIC "Vortex" logo (with eight-note synth fanfare)). Instead, on the first few Golden Book Video Heathcliff videos (from 1987), although the DIC "Vortex" logo is retained, the still DIC Video logo (which is at the beginning of those first few videos) appears afterward plastering over the LBS Communications, Inc. logo; meanwhile, on the later Golden Book Video Heathcliff videos from 1988-1989 (including the Cats & Company video), a warp-speed 1987-1990 DIC "Kid in Bed" logo, either with an extended still of the finished logo with the fanfare for the long version of the logo and a cheesy registered trademark symbol, or with the fanfare for the warp-speed logo and either a 1987 "TM" trademark symbol or a 1988-1990 proper registered trademark symbol, appears at the end plastering over both the DIC "Vortex" and LBS logos (at the beginning of those videos, a variant with the still of the finished logo, either the "TM" symbol or the registered symbol, and "PRESENTS" being formed, is used). But AFAIK, the BVHV releases of DIC programming usually retained other companies' logos that followed the DIC logo, depending on who co-produced or distributed the program.

So, two questions:

  1. If the BVHV re-releases of the Golden Book Video Heathcliff videos (including the Cats & Company video) had newer tape masters, beginning with the standard 1991-1998, 2003 BVHV green warning screens and the long 1990 DIC logo (before the opening sequence to the program), would the original DIC "Vortex" and LBS logos be reinstated?
  2. If BVHV was never able to order the creation of newer tape masters for their re-releases of the Golden Book Video Heathcliff videos (including the Cats & Company video), would the older Golden Book Video masters be used?

69.85.235.224 20:25, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Streamline/WDHV "Sailor Moon" tapes

If the Streamline/WDHV "Sailor Moon" tapes used 16mm prints of the episodes, wouldn't that lower the audio quality? 69.85.235.224 19:37, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

  • 16mm is merely the origination format for the video program. The prints used for the video masters themselves would likely be higher quality than that. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 20:23, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

I see. 69.85.235.224 13:13, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Nickelodeon Video/Paramount Home Video

What if very, very early copies of the 1996 Paramount Home Video reprint "Rugrats" 1993-1996 VHS tapes came in the original Sony Wonder covers? Would they have a barcode sticker (with a new ISBN code and the new UPC code "0 9736-83xxx-3 x") plastered over the old barcode printed directly on the back?

Also, would there be a sticker of the Paramount logo plastered over the Sony Wonder logo on the spines, and would there be a sticker with this piece of information plastered over the old piece of information (along with the Paramount logo on the left-hand of the sticker and the "Licensed for Sale Only", etc. notations on the right-hand)?: 

Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh                                                                             Created by Klasky-Csupo Inc.
© 1996 Viacom International Inc. All rights reserved./NICKELODEON, RUGRATS, and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom
International Inc./WARNING: Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
This videotape includes promotional information about other Nickelodeon videos.

My idea of this is based on the fact that the 1997 reprint releases of "Tommy Troubles" and "Phil & Lil: Double Trouble" (both originally released from PHV in 1996) still came in the original 1996 covers.

69.85.235.45 16:59, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

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