Unknown duplicators

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.

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

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.

Duplicator #3

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

Duplicator #4

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

Duplicator #5

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 white 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.

Duplicator #6

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

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

Duplicator #7

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.

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  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

• Centercom Inc.
• Producers Color Service Inc.
• Video Duplication Services Inc.

Duplicator #8

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

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Duplicator #9

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

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

Duplicator #10

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

Duplicator #11

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

Duplicator #12

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 #13

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.

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Duplicator #14

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

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

Duplicator #15

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

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Possible Candidates

• Coptech Digital

Duplicator #16

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

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  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.

Duplicator #17

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

Duplicator #18

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).

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Possible Candidates

• Crest Cassette Corporation
• High Speed Video

Duplicator #19

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).

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Duplicator #20

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

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Duplicator #21

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

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Duplicator #22

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.

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Duplicator #23

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.

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Duplicator #24

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.

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Duplicator #25

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.

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  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.

Duplicator #26

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_

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

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 #27

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

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

Possible Candidates

• Crest Cassette Corporation
• High Speed Video

Duplicator #28

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

Duplicator #29

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

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

Possible Candidates

• Crest Cassette Corporation

Duplicator #30

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

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

Duplicator #31

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.

Duplicator #32

List of Known Customers

• GPN

How to Tell

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

EMTEC 20780080

T-30

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

Duplicator #33

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.

Duplicator #34

List of Known Customers

• Karen Pryor Clicker Training

How to Tell

• Tapes from this duplicator had white printings, which were laid out like the following example:

T-35 SG 693C C105 0727 H.M.

Duplicator #35

List of Known Customers

• Omega Entertainment (1986)

How to Tell

• Tapes from this duplicator had dark printings, which were laid out like the following example:

BS 040621

Duplicator #36

List of Known Customers

• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005-2006) (demo tapes)

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.

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• Some tapes from this duplicator also had a silent white screen test pattern at the end.
• A few tapes from this duplicator also said "3M" in the printings.

Duplicator #37

List of Known Customers

• VCI Home Video (2000)

How to Tell

• Tapes from this duplicator had eight numbers engraved above the recording tab spot (e.g. 4351090).

Duplicator #38

List of Known Customers

• Oregon Public Broadcasting
• Palmer/Pletsch
• SyndHonda Cinema Productions (2002)

How to Tell

• Tapes from this duplicator had a two digit number printed in dark ink above the recording tab spot (e.g. 65), possibly indicating tape length.

Duplicator #39

List of Known Customers

• Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (2001)

How to Tell

• Tapes duplicated by this company had yellow printings on the right side of the tape, like this for example:

10336

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

Duplicator #40

List of Known Customers

• Barron's Home Video
• General Mills (1995) ("Best Of" Seinfeld 100th Episode)
• Sony Music Entertainment (1996)
• Random House Home Video (some copies of The Berenstain Bears First Time Video series from Long John Silver's)
• Small Fry Productions

How to Tell

• Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings on the right side of the tape, like the following examples:

Example 1:

5324 1

Example 2:

286065

Example 3:

2 6061

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  Example #1 of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

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  Example #2 of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

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  Example #3 of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.

Other duplicators to be identified

There are still several duplicators that have yet to be identified, many of which their tapes did not have any kind of printing, anything in the vertical blanking interval or anything at the end, not even following the static, and others which may simply not have any known specimens in the hands of the wiki's userbase. Here is a list of distributors that have duplicated their tapes at such unknown companies, and the known periods of time they were the duplication companies' clients:

• Avalanche Home Entertainment (1999-2000)
• DEJ Productions (1998-1999, 2000)
• First Look Home Entertainment (2001-2003)
• First Look Home Entertainment (2005-2006)
• Gator Home Entertainment (2001-2002)
• MTI Home Video
• NPS Home Video
• Spartan Home Entertainment
• Sterling Home Entertainment
• Trinity Home Entertainment (2001)
• Velocity Home Entertainment (2004-2005)

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.

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  Possibly DCTC

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  Possibly Resolution

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  Possibly Allied Digital