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* United Home Video |
* United Home Video |
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===How to |
===How to === |
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* The Agfa logo can be found above the record tab. |
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File:Record Tab (Agfa-Gaevert) (A Christmas Carol, 1985 United).jpg |
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==Ampex== |
==Ampex== |
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==Kodak== |
==Kodak== |
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===Customers=== |
===Customers=== |
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* Congress Video |
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===How to tell=== |
===How to tell=== |
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* Some 1987-2003 tapes have dark ink code information, including the day-year code. |
* Some 1987-2003 tapes have dark ink code information, including the day-year code. |
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** For example, if the code reads "8 322 90 2211", then that means that the side of the tape is labeled 8 and that the tape was manufactured on the 322nd day of 1990, or November 18, 1990, at 10:11 PM. |
** For example, if the code reads "8 322 90 2211", then that means that the side of the tape is labeled 8 and that the tape was manufactured on the 322nd day of 1990, or November 18, 1990, at 10:11 PM. |
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File:Dark Ink Code (Memorex) (Mutator, 1991 Prism).jpg|This is an example of what the dark ink code on a Memorex tape looks like. In this picture, the code reads "2 332 90 0313", which means the side of the tape is labeled 2 and the tape was manufactured on the 332nd day of 1990 (November 28, 1990) at 03:13 AM. |
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==Panasonic== |
==Panasonic== |
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===How to tell=== |
===How to tell=== |
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* The TDK logo can be found above the record tab. |
* The TDK logo can be found above the record tab. |
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==VeeJay== |
==VeeJay== |
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** 1988 - Sony began making VHS players/recorders. |
** 1988 - Sony began making VHS players/recorders. |
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* The last companies to provide tape stocks for the industry were a soda and chemical manufacturing company named BASF, doing business as Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, and a battery company named Maxell. |
* The last companies to provide tape stocks for the industry were a soda and chemical manufacturing company named BASF, doing business as Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, and a battery company named Maxell. |
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