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(→How to Tell: I might be wrong. The 1987-1990 VHS tapes with the white sticker on the left side that consists of barcode lines and random numbers are probably duplicated by Technicolor but although I could be wrong.) |
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** On Canadian copies, the engraving would read "MAG-2". |
** On Canadian copies, the engraving would read "MAG-2". |
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* 1984 tapes duplicated by CBS/Fox would have engraving on the right side of the tape that says "CBS/FOX." |
* 1984 tapes duplicated by CBS/Fox would have engraving on the right side of the tape that says "CBS/FOX." |
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* 1987-1990 tapes duplicated by CBS/Fox would have a white sticker on the left side of the tape that consists of a random code and barcode lines, as well as invisible ink information on the bottom middle side of the tape, where the end label would be. Sometimes the information on there includes a day and year code read in the format where the last digit of the code is the last digit of the year the tape is printed, and other times the day and year code is read in the more usual Day/YY format. |
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** For example. if the day and year code is numbered "3008" or "300 88", that means the tape was printed on the 300th day of 1988. |
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** Sometimes, there are two side numbers next to the day and year code. |
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** On some tapes printed between January and June 1990, including certain pressings, earlier and later, of the original 1990 VHS of Disney's "The Little Mermaid", the day and year code is replaced by a conventional print date. |
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[[File:MAG 1 Engraving (Can-Can, 1979 Magnetic).jpg|thumb|"MAG 1" etched on the back of the tape. This can only be found on US tapes duplicated by Magnetic Video.]] |
[[File:MAG 1 Engraving (Can-Can, 1979 Magnetic).jpg|thumb|"MAG 1" etched on the back of the tape. This can only be found on US tapes duplicated by Magnetic Video.]] |
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Revision as of 17:59, 3 March 2022
List of Customers
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1977-1987)
- Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (1981)
- MCA Videocassette, Inc. (1980)
- Paramount Home Video (1979-1980)
- Walt Disney Home Video (1987)
- Worldvision Home Video (1983)
How to Tell
- Tapes that were duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation would have "MAG1" engraved on the back of the tape.
- On Canadian copies, the engraving would read "MAG-2".
- 1984 tapes duplicated by CBS/Fox would have engraving on the right side of the tape that says "CBS/FOX."
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