Tape manufacturers

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

BASF

Customers

• Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • Artisan Entertainment (1987-2004)
    • Vestron Video (1987-1992)
• 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)
    • MNTex Entertainment (1987-1998)
    • Strand Home Video (1989-1998)
  • Starmaker Entertainment (1989-1998)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (1987-2007)

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

JVC

Customers

• Allied Artists Video
• Magnetic Video Corporation
• Media Home Entertainment

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

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)

RCA

Customers

• Magnetic Video Corporation
• VCI Home Video
• WCI Home Video

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