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The following is a list of unknown duplicators. Once a duplicator in this list is identified, it should be removed from the list and a page should be created for it.
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=== List of Known Customers ===
* Montgomery Ward
=== How to Tell ===
*
'''10962138 29572 RUDOLPHS LESSONS'''
* Some tapes by this company also had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail end.
<gallery>
File:Rudolph's Lessons for Life.jpg|An example of what the printings on tapes from this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #2==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (as confirmed by one copy of a ''Really Wild Animals'' screening cassette)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had a print date in dark ink, with the printings being laid out like this for example:
'''PAL-200''' '''MMM 17:25 04/25/94'''
'''T-140'''
* One tape by this duplicator has been known to have shuffling color bars at the end.
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #3==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Bravo (1999)
* Frantz Productions (2001)
* Homespun Video
* Kino Video
* Proscenium Entertainment
* Raven Releasing
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had white or dark printings, which were laid out like the following examples:
Example 1:
'''T-90 YAXYY T'''
Example 2:
'''T-75 IAXYE F-3'''
Example 3:
'''T-160 AYLMYL F-2'''
Example 4:
'''T-93 MLOYA 1'''
<gallery>
File:Little Fugitive.jpg
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #4==
=== List of Known Customers ===
*
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes
'''4457-5 IP'''
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #5==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Hometime
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had a print date, and the printings looked like this for example:
'''HTC-UNDERGROUND 106243.11 2ND 4/23/01'''
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File:
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #6==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Palm Pictures (2004) (some copies of Demonlover)
* TBD, but it was the distributor of ''First Fun with French'' in North America
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes
Example
'''
Example 2:
'''T-120 SG/TO-NS A102 0624 P.B.'''
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #7==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Teaching Tolerance (2005)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had a print date, with the printings being laid out like this for example:
'''
'''
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File:
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #8==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Family Home Entertainment (1990) (some copies of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tapes from Burger King)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes
'''TMD-EP 15833 27842 12490'''
'''21A2 APRIL FOOLISH W/COMMERCIAL 22:15'''
* Some tapes from this duplicator also had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail end.
* As indicated by the aforementioned printings, this duplicator used thermal magnetic duplication systems from Otari.
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File:
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
* [[Centercom Inc.]]
* [[Producers Color Service Inc.]]
* [[Video Duplication Services Inc.]]
==Duplicator #9==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Marathon Music & Video
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like this for example:
'''40 99'''
<gallery>
File:40 99 (Wacky Babies).jpg
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #10==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* TLC (some copies of Teacher TV: Technology in the Classroom)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes
'''026959 107929'''
'''TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM'''
''' 2 12/01/93'''
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File:
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #11==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Direct Cinema Limited (1990)
* MGM/UA Home Video
* Vestron Video
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had a white sticker on the bottom middle side which had a print date, and the information on it was laid out like this for example:
'''MOONSTRUCK SCREENING'''
'''04/26/88 6962-1'''
'''12 145 D'''
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File:
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #12==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Warner Bros. Publications
=== How to Tell ===
*
'''
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #13==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Bob Ross Inc.
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had white printings, which were laid out like the following example:
'''T-120 B/SHG 0285 C A298 0828 H.E'''
=== Possible Candidates ===
* [[Media Associates Inc.]]
==Duplicator #14==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Children's Video of America, Inc.
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had a number printed above the recording tab spot in white ink (e.g. '''48''').
* Much like tapes by [[The Duplication Group|Cassette Productions]], some tapes by this duplicator also had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail end, accompanied by a rumbling sound in the linear track.
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File:
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=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #15==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Crash Cinema
* Polartec
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had white printings above the recording tab spot, like this for example:
'''10607'''
'''2400733'''
<gallery>
File:The Making of Everest (Polartech).jpg|An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #16==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Sony Music Entertainment (1994-1999)
** Sony Wonder (1994-1999)
** Random House Home Video (1997-1999)
=== How to Tell ===
* Most tapes by this duplicator do not have any form of printing on the cassette.
* Some tapes by this duplicator have a silent white screen test pattern, or sometimes the static roll of death at the end.
* This duplicator has been known to use tape stock from a few different manufacturers. Tapes from mid-1995 to 1997 were recorded on Memorex tape stock.
* Tapes from 1998 to 1999 had the Sony logo engraved on the back right of the tape. However, some copies of Arthur's Chicken Pox were recorded on Memorex tape stock.
<gallery>
File:Herbert the Timid Dragon 1998 Back.jpg|This is what the back of tapes from 1998 to 1999 looked like. In this picture, the Sony logo is molded on the back right.
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #17==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Verizon (2001)
* WGBH (1996)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes by this duplicator had printings above the recording tab spot, like this for example:
'''HSV'''
'''T-30'''
<gallery>
File:HSV T-30 (Arthur -110) (WGBH).jpeg
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
* [[Coptech Digital]]
==Duplicator #18==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Gaiam (2001)
* World Wide Pictures Home Video
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes by this duplicator had dark printings, like this for example:
'''ZAMPERINI 889088'''
<gallery>
File:Zamperini 889088 (World Wide Pictures Home Video).jpg|An example of what the printings on tapes from this duplicator looked like. Please note it may be a bit hard to see in this image.
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #19==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* AIMS Multimedia
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes by this duplicator had a print date in dark ink, with the printings being laid out like this for example:
'''T-30 SI JUN 06 02 04 : 45 M A D E I N U S A'''
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #20==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* A&M Video
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had white printings above the recording tab (e.g. '''5x47''').
* Some other tapes by this duplicator also had dark printings on the left side of the tape (e.g. '''170717''').
<gallery>
File:5x47 (Janet Jackson - The Rhythm Nation Compilation, 1990 A&M Video).jpg
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
* [[Crest Cassette Corporation]]
* [[High Speed Video]]
==Duplicator #21==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Wide-Eyed Learning (2003)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had a number printed above the recording tab spot in white ink (e.g. '''34''').
<gallery>
File:34 (The Treasure Chest - Toys & Signs, 2003 Wide-Eyed Learning).jpg
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #22==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Educational Products for Infancy, Inc. (1999)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had white printings above the recording tab spot in white ink, like this for example:
'''T29 2'''
<gallery>
File:Bee Smart Baby Vocabulary Builder 1.jpg
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #23==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Baby Playtime, Inc. (2000)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had white printings above the recording tab spot in white ink, like this for example:
'''T31G0M'''
<gallery>
File:T31G0M (Playtime for Babies, 2000 Baby Playtime Inc.).jpg
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #24==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Family Home Entertainment (2000) (some copies of Baby Shakespeare)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had the tape length printed above the recording tab spot in white ink, like in the example shown in the below picture.
<gallery>
File:T33 (Baby Shakespeare, 2000 Family Home Entertainment).jpg
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #25==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Acorn Media (2004)
* Showtime Entertainment (2004)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had the tape length printed above the recording tab spot in white ink, like in the examples shown in the below pictures.
<gallery>
File:T98 (Stealing Sinatra, 2004 Showtime Entertainment).jpg
File:T105 (Jack, 2004 Showtime Entertainment).jpg
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #26==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Velocity Home Entertainment (2003)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had the tape length printed in white ink, like in the example shown in the below picture.
<gallery>
File:T105 (Last Wedding, 2003 Velocity Home Entertainment).jpg
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #27==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Colgate (2003)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings like these for example:
'''SP-14 32637 DR. RABBIT COMES'''
'''TO SCHOOL'''
* Some tapes by this company also had the static roll of death at the end.
<gallery>
File:Dr. Rabbit Comes to School.png|This is an example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like. Please note that it may be hard to see in this scan.
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #28==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Paramount Home Video (1992)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had information etched onto the left side of the tape, like this for example:
'''PAR'''
'''_48_'''
<gallery>
File:PAR 48 (Wayne's World, 1993 Paramount Home Video and McDonald's).jpg|This is an example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
* [[AKO Enterprises]]
* [[American Sound & Video]]
* [[Cassette Productions Unlimited]]
* [[Centercom Inc.]]
* [[EMC Productions]]
* [[Mardee]]
* [[Media Associates Inc.]]
* [[Premiere America Inc.]]
* [[Producers Color Service Inc.]]
* [[Video Duplication Services Inc.]]
==Duplicator #29==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Paramount Home Video (1990)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had information etched onto the tape guard, like this for example:
'''PAR'''
'''78'''
<gallery>
File:PAR 78 (Top Gun, 1990 Paramount Home Video).jpg|This is an example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
* [[Crest Cassette Corporation]]
* [[High Speed Video]]
==Duplicator #30==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* MCA/Universal Home Video
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings beneath the face label, like this for example:
'''PURE LUCK'''
'''020664 03 0621'''
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #31==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Karl/Lorimar Home Video (some copies of The Boy Who Could Fly)
* Paramount Home Video (some copies of Rough Cut)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had a white sticker on the right side of the tape, with information like the following examples:
Example 1:
'''ROUGH CUT V'''
'''11111 1 113 113'''
Example 2:
'''THE BOY'''
'''38381 3 332 1292'''
<gallery>
File:ROUGH CUT V 11111 1 113 113.jpg|An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
* [[Crest Cassette Corporation]]
==Duplicator #32==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Sony Wonder (Canada) (2000)
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings like these for example:
'''HQ'''
'''T-40 3103032255 4'''
<gallery>
File:Caillou's Sunny Days (2000 Sony Wonder).jpg|An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #32==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Paulist Press
* Voltage Video
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company did not have any form of printing on the cassette, although some tapes were duplicated on cassettes manufactured by Fujifilm.
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #33==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* GPN
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings like these for example:
'''EMTEC 20780080'''
'''T-30'''
<gallery>
File:Reading Rainbow - The Piggy in the Puddle (GPN, Year Unknown).jpg|An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>
=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #34==
=== List of Known Customers ===
* KCTS Television
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company do not have any form of printing on the cassette, nor do they have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
* Some tapes duplicated by this company may have the master visibly stopping at the end, followed by black screen.
=== Possible Candidates ===
* [[Premiere America Inc.]]
== Vertical Blanking Interval Tags from Other Unknown Duplicators ==
'''NOTE: Do NOT move any of these tags, even those where a duplicator has been possibly identified, until you can obtain concrete confirmation from other sources such as the individuals who originally captured the VBIs, via good pictures of the cassette proper at the relevant view or another method.'''
<gallery>
File:The Story of Jesus for Children (Year Unknown, Campus Crusade for Christ International).jpg
File:Victor Borge's Funniest Moments (1995 Blockbuster Video).jpg|Possibly DCTC
File:Quest for the Grail (2002 Four Seasons Productions).jpg
File:Quigley's Village - Spike and the Big Blue Bubble Babble Balloon Machine (1992 Zondervan Video).jpg
File:Malcolm in the Middle - Poker (For Your Consideration) (2002).jpg
File:Aunt Merriwether's Adventures in the Backyard (1992 The Nature Company).jpg
File:Discover Russia (1990 National Geographic Society).jpg|Possibly Resolution
File:The Moody Blues - A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (1993 PolyGram Video).jpg
File:Sing And Dance With Barney Screener Video (1999 Lyrick Studios).jpg
File:Meet the Mentor Video (1996 Scholastic).jpg
File:The Matchmaker (Demo VHS, 1998 PolyGram Video).jpg|Possibly Allied Digital
</gallery>
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