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'''NOTICE: Some of the information on this page may be outdated.'''

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.
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 ===
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Montgomery Ward
* Atlantic Releasing Co. (1992)
* LaserLight Digital (1998)
* Media Home Entertainment (1987-1989)
* Penton Kids/Cowles Syndicate, Inc. (1993)
* Price/Stern/Sloan Video (1990-1992)
* RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1987)
* Rhino Home Video (1991)
* Streamline Pictures (1991-1994?)
* Trinity Broadcasting Network (1989-1999)
* York Home Video (1991)


=== How to Tell ===
=== How to Tell ===
* Earlier tapes would have printings above the spot where the record tab would be, like this for example:
* Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings like these for example:
'''T-100'''


'''10962138 29572 RUDOLPHS LESSONS'''
'''024888-2'''


* Some tapes by this company also had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail end.
Beginning around late 1989, this was changed to engraved letters and numbers.
* Some earlier tapes also had a sticker with information on it on the bottom middle side, like this for example:
'''W.O.#18441W'''


<gallery>
'''HOLIDAY'''
File:Rudolph's Lessons for Life.jpg|An example of what the printings on tapes from this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>


=== Possible Candidates ===
'''Slave #V SP Pass 3'''


==Duplicator #2==
Around 1990, this was changed to printings on the tape guard. Sometimes, it would appear like this for example:


=== List of Known Customers ===
'''W.O.8504'''
* Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (as confirmed by one copy of a ''Really Wild Animals'' screening cassette)


=== How to Tell ===
'''SILLYVILLE'''
* Tapes from this duplicator had a print date in dark ink, with the printings being laid out like this for example:


'''PASS 3 SLAVE 976'''


'''PAL-200''' '''MMM 17:25 04/25/94'''
* Some RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video tapes duplicated by this company had a black screen test pattern with a 1133hz tone at the end.

'''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>
<gallery>
File:Little Fugitive.jpg
File:Holiday Sticker.jpg|This is an example of what the printings and sticker on tapes duplicated by this company looked like until around late 1989.
File:T70PX2 LY7102 (Wee Sing in Sillyville).jpg|This is an example of what the engravings looked like on most tapes duplicated by this company beginning around 1990.
File:T62SP1 (King Cole's Party).jpg|On some tapes, there was only one line of letters and numbers.
File:The Andy Griffith Show Special Edition 1998 Tape 1.jpg|Beginning around 1998, the font was changed, and it was narrowed down to just one line of letters and numbers.
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #2==

==Duplicator #4==


=== List of Known Customers ===
=== List of Known Customers ===
* AnimEigo (1997)
* Disney Institute (1997)
* Colgate
* Media Education Foundation (2000)
* New River Media (1999)
* New Yorker Video
* The Baby School Company, Inc. (1998)
* Zeitgeist Video (2002)


=== How to Tell ===
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had dark red printings like this for example:
* Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like this for example:



'''T-105 21647 CELESTE'''
'''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'''


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:T-105 21647 CELESTE.jpg|This is an example of what the printings on tapes duplicated by this company generally looked like.
File:Underground Sprinklers (2001, Hometime).jpg|An example of what print dates on tapes from this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #3==

==Duplicator #6==


=== List of Known Customers ===
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Palm Pictures (2004) (some copies of Demonlover)
* First Look Home Entertainment (2003-2005)
* TBD, but it was the distributor of ''First Fun with French'' in North America
* Funimation Entertainment (2001-2004)
* Gym-Mark/The Gymboree Corporation (2001)
* Maverick Entertainment (2002)
* Showtime Entertainment (2001-2004)
* Sundance Channel Home Entertainment (2002-2004)
* The Gold Label (2003)
* Two Left Shoes (2002) (some copies of Lush)


=== How to Tell ===
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had printings like this:
* Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like the following examples:


Example #1:
Example 1:


'''TITLE: EVIL BUU (UNCUT) B2450'''
'''PT-45 EMT/HG 306 A102 0627 P.B.'''


Example 2:
'''04/02 T-70'''


'''T-120 SG/TO-NS A102 0624 P.B.'''


=== Possible Candidates ===
Example #2:


==Duplicator #7==
'''TITLE: VISITOR'''


=== List of Known Customers ===
'''10-03 T-96 PASS 001'''
* Teaching Tolerance (2005)


=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had a print date, with the printings being laid out like this for example:


Example #3:


'''TITLE: CYBERMUTT'''
'''0905 T-40 2453'''


'''02/04 T-88 192 PASS 001'''
'''092205 13:34 3M AIM'''




<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Evil Buu (Uncut).jpg|This is one example of what the printings on tapes duplicated by this company generally looked like.
File:One Survivor Remembers.jpg|An example of what print dates on tapes from this duplicator looked like.
File:Visitors 10-03.jpg|This is another example of what the printings on tapes duplicated by this company generally looked like.
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #4==

==Duplicator #8==


=== List of Known Customers ===
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Family Home Entertainment (1990) (some copies of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tapes from Burger King)
* ADV Films
* Cabin Fever Entertainment (1990)
* First Look Pictures (2000-2001)
* Questar Home Video
* Strand Home Video
* TLC (1993)


=== How to Tell ===
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had blue printings like this for example:
* Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like this for example:


'''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.


'''21415435 VHSHH/001D H/4222GEO 51'''


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Sonic Movie.jpg|This is an example of what the printings on tapes duplicated by this company generally looked like.
File:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - April Foolish (1990 Family Home Entertainment).jpg|An example of what the printings on tapes from this duplicator look like. It may be hard to see in this particular scan.
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #5==
* [[Centercom Inc.]]
* [[Producers Color Service Inc.]]
* [[Video Duplication Services Inc.]]

==Duplicator #9==


=== List of Known Customers ===
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Marathon Music & Video
* Price/Stern/Sloan Video (1991-1992)


=== How to Tell ===
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like this for example:
* Tapes duplicated by this company had a white number 75 or 80 above the recording tab spot (possibly indicating tape length).

* There is no other known form of printing on tapes from this duplicator, aside from the number above the recording tab spot.

'''40 99'''



<gallery>
<gallery>
File:40 99 (Wacky Babies).jpg
File:75 (Wee Sing in The Big Rock Candy Mountains).jpg|This is what the 75 looked like.
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #6==

==Duplicator #10==


=== List of Known Customers ===
=== List of Known Customers ===
* TLC (some copies of Teacher TV: Technology in the Classroom)
* Simitar Entertainment


=== How to Tell ===
=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had dark red printings like the ones in the picture below.
* Tapes from this duplicator had sticker with information and a print date on it, like this for example:

'''026959 107929'''

'''TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM'''

''' 2 12/01/93'''



<gallery>
<gallery>
File:3286 15900 (End of the Trail Tape 1).jpg|This is an example of what the printings on tapes from this duplicator looked like.
File:Technology in the Classroom.jpg|This is an example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #7==

==Duplicator #11==


=== List of Known Customers ===
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Direct Cinema Limited (1990)
* Montgomery Ward
* MGM/UA Home Video
* Vestron Video


=== How to Tell ===
=== 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:
* Tapes duplicated by this company had dark red printings like the ones in the picture below.

'''MOONSTRUCK SCREENING'''

'''04/26/88 6962-1'''

'''12 145 D'''


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Rudolph's Lessons for Life.jpg|This is an example of what the printings on tapes from this duplicator looked like.
File:Moonstruck (Screening Copy, 1988 MGM UA Home Video).jpg|This is an example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== Possible Candidates ===
==Duplicator #8==

==Duplicator #12==


=== List of Known Customers ===
=== List of Known Customers ===
* Warner Bros. Publications
* Paramount Home Entertainment (2007-2008)
* DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2008)


=== How to Tell ===
=== How to Tell ===
* Some tapes duplicated by this company had the number 105 stamped in dark red ink on the right side of the tape shell.
* Tapes from this duplicator had a print date in dark ink, and the printings were laid out like this for example:
* Tapes duplicated by this company also had a sticker on the right side of the tape shell. The information on the sticker was usually like this for example:


'''HOW SHE MOVE THEAT FEB
'''T-45 101099 1432'''


=== Possible Candidates ===
'''ENGLISH'''


==Duplicator #13==
'''PARAMOUNT HV 332852 CREST 02/12'''


=== List of Known Customers ===
** However on some tapes, the sticker said "DELUXE MEDIA" instead of "PARAMOUNT."
* 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.


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Year of the Dog.jpg
File:48 (Treasure Island) (Children's Video of America, Inc.).jpg
File:Next Sticker.jpeg
File:Stardust Sticker.jpeg
File:How She Move.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== Possible Candidates ===
==Vertical Blanking Intervals from Other Duplicators==


==Duplicator #15==
Below is a gallery of what the vertical blanking intervals on tapes duplicated by some other duplicators look like. Once a vertical blanking interval or duplicator is identified, please remove it from the gallery and put it on its' page.

=== 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>
<gallery>
File:The Making of Everest (Polartech).jpg|An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
File:My Friend Joe VBI.jpg
File:The Singles Ward VBI.jpg
File:Red Headed Stranger VBI.jpg
File:Barney & The Backyard Gang - Waiting for Santa 1992 VBI.jpg
File:Barney's Magical Musical Adventure VBI.jpg
File:Sing And Dance With Barney Screener Video VBI.jpg
File:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Secret Origins VBI.jpg
File:Beethoven's 2nd VBI.png|The picture shown here has the Macrovision encoding signal in it.
File:Malcolm in the Middle - Poker (For Your Emmy Consideration) VBI.jpg
File:The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash VBI.jpg
File:Meet the Mentor VBI.jpg
</gallery>
</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>

[[Category:Duplicators]]

Revision as of 10:32, 9 November 2023

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.

Duplicator #1

List of Known Customers

  • Montgomery Ward

How to Tell

  • Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings like these for example:

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.
  • An example of what the printings on tapes from this duplicator looked like.

    An example of what the printings on tapes from this duplicator looked like.

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

Possible Candidates

Duplicator #4

List of Known Customers

  • Disney Institute (1997)

How to Tell

  • Tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like this for example:


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

  • An example of what print dates on tapes from this duplicator looked like.

    An example of what print dates on tapes from this duplicator looked like.

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 from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like the following examples:

Example 1:

PT-45 EMT/HG 306 A102 0627 P.B.

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:


0905 T-40 2453

092205 13:34 3M AIM


  • An example of what print dates on tapes from this duplicator looked like.

    An example of what print dates on tapes from this duplicator looked like.

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 from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like this for example:


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.


  • An example of what the printings on tapes from this duplicator look like. It may be hard to see in this particular scan.

    An example of what the printings on tapes from this duplicator look like. It may be hard to see in this particular scan.

Possible Candidates

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


Possible Candidates

Duplicator #10

List of Known Customers

  • TLC (some copies of Teacher TV: Technology in the Classroom)

How to Tell

  • Tapes from this duplicator had sticker with information and a print date on it, like this for example:

026959 107929

TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM

2 12/01/93


  • This is an example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

    This is an example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

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

  • This is an example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

    This is an example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

Possible Candidates

Duplicator #12

List of Known Customers

  • Warner Bros. Publications

How to Tell

  • Tapes from this duplicator had a print date in dark ink, and the printings were laid out like this for example:

T-45 101099 1432

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

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 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.

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

  • An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

    An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

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.
  • 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.

    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.

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

Possible Candidates

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

  • 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.

    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.

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).

Possible Candidates

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.
  • 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.

    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.

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_

  • This is an example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

    This is an example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

Possible Candidates

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

  • This is an example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

    This is an example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

Possible Candidates

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

  • An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

    An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

Possible Candidates

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

  • An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

    An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

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

  • An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

    An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

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

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.

  • Possibly DCTC

    Possibly DCTC

  • Possibly Resolution

    Possibly Resolution

  • Possibly Allied Digital

    Possibly Allied Digital

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