Unknown duplicators: Difference between revisions

===Possible Candidates===

==Duplicator #96==

=== List of Known Customers ===

* METACOM (1992)

=== How to Tell ===

* Tapes duplicated here had a blue sticker under the face label, which had information like this for example:

'''CHRISTMAS CELE'''

'''481305 AU-TO'''

* One known copy of ''Pavarotti, Domingo & friends sing A Christmas Celebration'' by this duplicator also had a white screen test pattern at the end, followed by a few seconds of black screen before the tape ends.

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File:Pavarotti, Domingo & friends sing A Christmas Celebration (1992 METACOM, Inc.).jpg|An example of what the blue sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

File:Pavarotti, Domingo & friends sing A Christmas Celebration (1992 Metacom).jpg|On tapes by this duplicator, the BHCP codes were used in the vertical blanking interval.

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===Possible Candidates===

==Duplicator #97==

=== List of Known Customers ===

* Simitar Entertainment

=== How to Tell ===

* Tapes duplicated here had the tape speed (e.g. SP) enclosed in a circle, stamped in white on the side of the tape guard.

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File:SP (Gunfighters of the West, Simitar Entertainment).jpg|An example of what the white stamping on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

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===Possible Candidates===

==Duplicator #98==

=== List of Known Customers ===

* MPI Home Video (1984)

=== How to Tell ===

* Tapes duplicated here had "PREM" engraved on the back of the tape shell. There was also a white stamping on the back as well.

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File:The Battle of China (1984 MPI Home Video).jpg

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===Possible Candidates===

==Duplicator #99==

=== List of Known Customers ===

* Embassy Home Entertainment (1986)

=== How to Tell ===

* Tapes duplicated here had upside-down text engraved on the left side of the tape shell, like this for example:

'''EHP 60712"

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File:Yojimbo (1986 Embassy Home Entertainment).jpg

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===Possible Candidates===

==Duplicator #100==

=== List of Known Customers ===

* Anchor Bay Entertainment (1999) (some copies of One Magic Christmas)

=== How to Tell ===

* Tapes duplicated here dark printings, like these for example:

'''01-14-4091"