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I added Macrovision customer identification for tapes I have by these duplicators that I saw the Macrovision signal on. If you have any tapes that are specimens of some of these other duplicators and see the Macrovision signal on them, mark them with *, like I did with specimens I have of some of these duplicators. |
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==Duplicator #16== |
==Duplicator #16== |
Revision as of 18:07, 7 April 2024
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 numbers marked * are known to be Macrovision customers.
Duplicator #1
List of Known Customers
- Montgomery Ward
- Sylvan Learning Center
- Wet Cement Productions
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.
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
- 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 #4
List of Known Customers
- Gary Semics Motocross School, Inc.
- Green Frog Productions, Ltd.
- OGR Publishing
- 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.
Example 3:
PT-75 BASF/HG 195 A100 0721 P.B.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #5
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.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #6
List of Known Customers
- Family Home Entertainment (1990) (some copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tapes sold through the Burger King Kids' Club)
How to Tell
- Tapes from this duplicator had dark 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
Duplicator #7
List of Known Customers
- Marathon Music & Video
How to Tell
- Tapes from this duplicator had white printings, which were laid out like this for example:
40 99
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #8
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 #9
List of Known Customers
- Children's Video of America, Inc.
- Family Films, Ltd.
How to Tell
- Tapes from this duplicator had a number printed above the recording tab spot in white ink (e.g. 48).
- Much like most 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 #10
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.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #11
List of Known Customers
- Verizon (2001)
- WGBH (1996)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this duplicator had white printings above the recording tab spot, like this for example:
HSV
T-30
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #12
List of Known Customers
- Gaiam (2001)
- Wet Cement Productions Inc. (2001) (some copies of Ewe Know: Do EWE Sing?)
- 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.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #13*
List of Known Customers
- AIMS Multimedia
- Lightning Dubbs
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 #14
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 #15*
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 #16
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, like this for example:
T29 2
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #17
List of Known Customers
- Baby Playtime, Inc. (2000)
- Chair Dancing International, Inc.
- EKA Productions (1997)
- Virgin Records America (2001)
How to Tell
- Tapes from this duplicator had white printings above the recording tab spot, like the following examples:
Example 1:
T31G0M
Example 2:
T21SAIM
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #18
List of Known Customers
- Acorn Media (2004)
- Family Home Entertainment (2000) (some copies of Baby Shakespeare)
- 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 example shown in the below pictures.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #19
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 #20*
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
Duplicator #21
List of Known Customers
- MCA/Universal Home Video (screener copies)
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 #22
List of Known Customers
- Cloud Ten Pictures (Canada)
- 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.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #23
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 #24
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.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #25
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
Duplicator #26
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.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #27
List of Known Customers
- The Bridgestone Group (1988)
- Multnomah Productions (1991)
- Omega Entertainment (1986)
How to Tell
- Tapes from this duplicator had dark printings, which were laid out like the following example:
BS 040621
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #28
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.
- 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.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #29
List of Known Customers
- Englewood Entertainment (1999)
- FUNimation Productions Inc. (2000)
- GPN
- VCI Home Video (2000, 2006)
How to Tell
- Tapes from this duplicator had seven numbers engraved above the recording tab spot. Take a look at the following examples:
Example 1:
4351090
Example 2:
6038115
- One tape by this duplicator has also been known to have a silent white screen test pattern at the end.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #30
List of Known Customers
- Oregon Public Broadcasting (1997)
- 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.
- Tapes by this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #31
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
- One tape by this duplicator was known to have 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.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #32
List of Known Customers
- Barron's Home Video
- General Mills (1995) ("Best Of" Seinfeld 100th Episode)
- Pearson Prentice Hall (some copies of World History Video Program series)
- Peter Pan Industries (1990s)
- Parade Video (1990s)
- Sony Music Entertainment (1996-1998)
- 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.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #33
List of Known Customers
- Warner Home Video (1994) (some copies of Dracula: A.D. 1972)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had a yellow sticker with information, a print date, and a barcode on it. The information and print date were laid out like this for example:
DRACULA A.D. (1972) WHV
0285337 V25100
09/29/94 S-3 P-X
113-01-7
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #34
List of Known Customers
- Funimation Entertainment (2004) (some copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret Origins)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings on the tape guard, like this for example:
10 06
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #35
List of Known Customers
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (UK)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (UK) (2002-2004)
- MGM Home Entertainment (UK)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) (2002)
- Reader's Digest (UK)
- Universal Pictures (UK) (2002-2004)
- Video Collection International (UK) (2003)
- Walt Disney Home Video (Saudi Arabia) (2000-2003)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had white or dark printings, which were laid out like this for example:
2062737 E128 ICE AGE (RETAIL) 10373880
AL3 2909
- Some tapes by this duplicator also had five DTMF tones at the beginning of the tape, which sound similar to the DTMF tones used by Technicolor in Livonia, Michigan.
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An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #36
List of Known Customers
- Magnum Entertainment
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had an orange sticker next to the recording tab spot, which had information that was laid out like this for example:
114329
- Several tapes by this duplicator also had a few numbers printed in white on the bottom middle side, like the following examples:
Example 1:
1 60
Example 2:
6 105
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #37
List of Known Customers
- GPN
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings on the bottom middle side or the tape guard, like these for example:
T30 93342
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #38
List of Known Customers
- Walt Disney Home Video (Mexico) (1996)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings, which were laid out like this for example:
01A1504 ALICIA EN EL PAIS DE LAS
T-080 27/02/96 02 0299 B MARAVILLAS
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #39
List of Known Customers
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Greece) (2002)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings, which were laid out like this for example:
105 AVE 2848
1385 2A
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #40
List of Known Customers
- CIC Video (UK) (1988)
- Warner Home Video (UK) (1990)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings, which were laid out like this for example:
E105 0202 CL1 BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #41
List of Known Customers
- MGM/UA Home Video (France) (1998)
- Universal Pictures (France) (2001)
- Warner Home Video (France) (2000)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings, which were laid out like this for example:
E132 557998 4 E 023 5P926
23H41
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #42
List of Known Customers
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Belgium) (2002)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (Germany) (2002)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had a barcode sticker on the tape guard. This barcode had 16 numbers. Below it, there was information that was laid out like this for example:
E83/E94/C/271202 3 02
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #43
List of Known Customers
- U.S. Renditions (1990-1994)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings on the spine, with a tape length (e.g. "T60", seen on any program duplicated on 60-minute tape) above the recording tab; not much is known about the printings on the spine as of yet, though one appears to be a date code (e.g. "081391", taken from a copy of Appleseed), and another, to its right, is a time code (e.g. "02:43", taken from a copy of Outlanders).
- Some tapes up to around 1992 did not have any printings at all.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #44*
List of Known Customers
- MCA/Universal Home Video (1994) (some copies of Beethoven's 2nd)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had information etched onto the right side of the tape, like this for example:
MCA-423-22837
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This is an example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
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This is what the VBI on tapes from this company was like, with the Macrovision signal in it.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #45
List of Known Customers
- Campus Crusade for Christ International
- Sit and Be Fit
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had information in the vertical blanking interval, like this for example:
WAC 3105
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An example of the VBI code on tapes by this duplicator.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #46
List of Known Customers
- Blockbuster Video (1995)
- Children's Circle
- CVM (1996)
- Four Seasons Productions (2002)
- GMG Productions (2000)
- Weston Woods
How to Tell
- Most tapes duplicated by this company had a sticker on the side of the tape shell, with information on it like the following examples:
Example 1:
M5G9860
Example 2:
16F6872
- Some early tapes also had a number stamped in dark ink above the recording tab spot.
- Several later tapes had white printings like this for example:
T40-A
- Some tapes however, did not have any of these credentials.
- Tapes by this duplicator also had a date in the vertical blanking interval, accompanied by a clock. The information was laid out like the following examples:
Example 1:
8·04·91 [clock]
Example 2:
0·07·00 [clock]
Example 3:
2·17· [clock]
Example 4:
10·30·90 [clock]
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An example of what the printings on early tapes by this duplicator looked like.
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An example of what the printings on later tapes by this duplicator looked like.
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An example of what the sticker on most tapes by this duplicator looked like. The color of the sticker varied by tape; this picture shows a light blue sticker.
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An example of what the VBI code on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
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Another example of this duplicator's VBI code.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #47
List of Known Customers
- Zondervan Video (1992)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this duplicator do not have any form of printing on the cassette.
- Tapes duplicated by this company had four two-digit numbers in the vertical blanking interval which were separated by colons, like this for example:
36:35:45:13
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An example of the VBI code on tapes by this duplicator.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #48
List of Known Customers
- Chariot Video/David C. Cook Publishing Co.
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had the tape length printed above the recording tab spot, as well as a set of eight numbers printed in white on the back of the tape shell, like this for example:
40040211
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #49
List of Known Customers
- Braveworld Ltd. (UK) (1992)
- Castle Home Video (UK) (1999)
- Cinema Club (UK) (2002)
- Clear Vision Video (UK) (1995-2004)
- Contender Entertainment Group (UK) (2002-2003)
- Cromwell Productions Limited (UK) (2000)
- DD Video (UK)
- Feature Films for Families (UK)
- Fremantle Media (UK) (2002)
- ILC (UK)
- IVC Video Inc. (UK)
- Karussell (UK) (1996)
- Lace International Limited (UK) (1998)
- Maximum Entertainment (UK) (2004)
- Medusa Pictures (UK) (2002)
- M.I.A. Video (UK)
- Odyssey Video (UK) (2001)
- Pickwick Video (UK) (1992)
- PT Video (UK) (2000-2001)
- The Singing Machine (1993)
- Star Video Interactive Entertainment Ltd. (UK) (1997)
- Televideo (UK) (1997)
- Telstar Video Entertainment (UK) (1994)
- Tempo Video
- Tring Video (UK) (1995)
- Video Collection International (UK) (1999-2002)
- Warner Music Vision (UK) (1999)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had a sticker with a date (or batch number in the case of some tapes), "VDC" and a job number. The color of the sticker varied by tape.
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An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like with a batch number. This picture shows an orange sticker.
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An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like with a date. This picture shows a green sticker.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #50
List of Known Customers
- RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video (UK) (1991)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had printings, like these for example:
E108 RVS/R A0803 LL
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #51
List of Known Customers
- Walt Disney Home Video (1998) (UK) (some copies of Flubber)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had white printings, like these for example:
FLUBBER BV 232 W/O BVH 630838
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #52
List of Known Customers
- Warner Home Video (1998) (UK) (some copies of L.A. Confidential)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had a print date, with the printings being laid out like this for example:
02/11/98
WHV LA CONFIDENTIAL W/O W592851 R/T 142.11
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #53
List of Known Customers
- Hanna-Barbera Home Video (1990) (some copies of Hanna-Barbera Command Performance videos, and some others)
- The Maier Group (1990) (Inspector Gadget videos)
- National Geographic Society (1990)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company do not have any form of printing on the cassette.
- Tapes by this duplicator had a number on the left-hand side of the vertical blanking interval at the beginning of the tape (e.g. 02).
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An example of the VBI code on tapes by this duplicator.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #54
List of Known Customers
- MGM/UA Home Video
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had dark printings, like these for example:
T-88 E14799-8719
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #55
List of Known Customers
- National Geographic (2008) (Odzala: Islands in the Forest)
How to Tell
- On tapes by this company, the only form of printing was the tape length, which was printed in white above the recording tab spot.
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The VBI code on tapes by this company looked something like this. Take a look at this example.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #56
List of Known Customers
- Interglobal Home Video
How to Tell
- Tapes by this duplicator had dark printings, like these for example:
T40USM AYMSRPM DHG-U-CMI1
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #57
List of Known Customers
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (UK) (2001)
- CIC (UK) (1999)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) (2001)
- Pathé (1998)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this duplicator had white printings between an inked barcode, like these two examples:
Example 1:
10015807 [barcode]E83 DL4 2308 10015807
RUGRATS - THE MOVIE
Example 2:
20049360 [barcode] E92 RUGRATS IN PARIS MOVIE 2 10232431
BL4 1708
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #58
List of Known Customers
- Green Frog Productions, Ltd.
How to Tell
- Tapes by this duplicator had white printings, like these for example:
T-75 ILYA FUJI 1
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #59
List of Known Customers
- Play Along (2002-2004)
How to Tell
- The only form of printing on tapes by this duplicator was PA, printed in white on the back of the cassette shell.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #60
List of Known Customers
- The Baby Einstein Company (1999) (some pressings of Baby Bach)
- Paramount Home Video (some Columbia House Club pressings of Forrest Gump)
- PolyGram Video (1998) (some pressings of The Gingerbread Man)
- Tai Seng Video Marketing (1999) (some pressings of First Option)
How to Tell
- Look at the following pictures to see examples of what tapes by this duplicator had in the VBI at the beginning:
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #61
List of Known Customers
- Hemdale Home Video
- International Music Distributors (1996)
- Substance (1996)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this duplicator had a print date, with the printings being laid out like the following examples:
Example 1:
12/12/95 09:54 T100 2GS
Example 2:
12/08/96 20:09 T110 2AA
Example 3:
12/05/97 11:36 T85 1 SKC
- One known tape by this duplicator has the recording tab intact.
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An example of what print dates and the overall printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #62
List of Known Customers
- Advanced Hunting Equipment (1992) (some copies of Tree-Lounge Trophies)
How to Tell
- Some Advanced Hunting Equipment tapes by this duplicator say "FCV" in the bottom right corner of the label.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #63
List of Known Customers
- A.D. Vision (1994) (some copies of Guy: Double Target)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated here had printings like these for example:
T-75 [1] MAY,24.94 MADE IN U.S.A. 11:15
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #64
List of Known Customers
- AnimEigo (1994) (some copies of MADOX-01 and Riding Bean)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated here had upside-down printings like these for example:
U51S94WO34734
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #65
List of Known Customers
- Walt Disney World (2003)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated here had dark printings like these for example:
MGR MAGIC 4PK
050404 0303 19116
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An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #66
List of Known Customers
- Walt Disney Home Video (Germany)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated here had dark printings like these for example:
E101 DER KÖNIG DER LÖWEN 79163
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #67
List of Known Customers
- Walt Disney Home Video (Germany)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated here had dark printings above the recording tab spot, like these for example:
85 644E
1560
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #68
List of Known Customers
- Cabin Fever Entertainment (1989)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated here had a white sticker on the bottom middle side. This sticker had black text like this for example:
042056.001 104709
HANK WILLIAMS JR.:
FULL ACCESS
3878 08-25-89
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An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #69
List of Known Customers
- Quality Video
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings on the tape guard, like this for example:
B 19568
- Tapes by this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #70
List of Known Customers
- Crest (2000) (Geena's Tremendous Tooth Adventure)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had a dark ink stamp above the recording tab spot, which consists of text in a circle, like this for example:
DP010
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #71
List of Known Customers
- Crest (1993) (Geena's Tremendous Tooth Adventure)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings above the recording tab spot like this for example:
MCNERNEY
9382-1
Duplicator #72
List of Known Customers
- Just Your Pal (1998)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings like this for example:
HS T-30 2618
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #73
List of Known Customers
- A Couple 'A Cowboys (1991)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings like this for example:
T-47 27041X
- Next to the white printings, there was also a set of sideways dark printings like these for example:
CHIEF
8192
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #74
List of Known Customers
- Price/Stern/Sloan Video (1990-1991)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had a two-digit number printed in white on the bottom middle side (e.g. 65 or 75), possibly indicating tape length.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #75
List of Known Customers
- Home Sweet Home Educational Media Co. (1988)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated here had a white sticker on the side of the tape shell. This sticker had black text like this for example:
36851#2
FOREVER FRIENDS
#04769
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An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #76
List of Known Customers
- BBC Video (UK) (1989)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had a sticker with information printed like this for example:
P11 28786
20075
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An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like. This picture shows a green sticker.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #77
List of Known Customers
- The Video Collection (UK) (1992)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had a white sticker with information printed like this for example:
2735
43257
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An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #78
List of Known Customers
- Thames Video Collection (UK) (1989)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had an orange sticker with information printed like this for example:
0893.Gk
- Some tapes by this duplicator also had white printings above the recording tab spot like these for example:
6 60
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An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #79
List of Known Customers
- VCI (UK)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had a white sticker with information printed like this for example:
X20·03·01
131543
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An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #80
List of Known Customers
- Stylus Video (UK) (1990)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had a white sticker with information printed like this for example:
D123910
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An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #81
List of Known Customers
- Reader's Digest Video (UK)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had dark printings, which were laid out like this for example:
E40 H S DV87-346/3 001200I 0759242
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An example of what the dark printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #82
List of Known Customers
- Video Artists International
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had a white sticker on the left side of the tape shell, and said sticker had information printed like this for example:
TRUMPET KG
19941
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An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #83
List of Known Customers
- Interactive Learning Group (1999)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had printings above the recording tab spot or the bottom middle side, like these for example:
2192
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #84
List of Known Customers
- Cinéma Plus International
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had dark printings on the bottom middle side, like these for example:
K1022
- Tapes by this duplicator also had white printings on the right side of the tape shell, like these for example:
CP 1313
- Tapes by this duplicator also had a sticker on the tape guard with numbers on it, like this for example:
19253
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An example of what the dark printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
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An example of what the side printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
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An example of what the sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #85
List of Known Customers
- Inside Country Music (1990)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had dark printings on the bottom middle side, like these for example:
T105 EG23A09002D 08 : 44 #53972
- Tapes by this duplicator also had a white stamping on the left side of the tape, like the example in the picture below next to a picture of the example of the dark printings.
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An example of what the dark printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
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An example of what the white stamping on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #86
List of Known Customers
- Nancy's Notions, Ltd. (1996)
How to Tell
- Tapes by this company had the tape length printed in gold above the recording tab spot.
- One copy of Sewing with Nancy: Suede - Ultra Fun to Sew by this duplicator has been known to have shuffling color bars at the end.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #87
This information could possibly apply to more than one duplicator.
List of Known Customers
- Price/Stern/Sloan (1987)
- Valley of the Sun Video (1987)
How to Tell
- The only form of printing on tapes here is above the recording tab spot, where white printings appeared like the following examples:
Example 1:
T-30
TL88178
Example 2:
T-60
TL871193
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #88
List of Known Customers
- Trinity Broadcasting Network
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings above the recording tab, like these for example:
T-95
19968
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An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #89*
List of Known Customers
- Public Media Home Vision (1995)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had dark or white printings on the left side of the tape shell, like these for example:
#3 55
- Tapes duplicated by this company also had a white sticker on the tape guard, with information printed on it like the following examples:
Example 1:
HERMITAGE PT. 1 1364002
Example 2:
HERMITAGE PT. 2 1364008
Example 1:
HERMITAGE PT. 3 1364014
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An example of what the white printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
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An example of what the white sticker on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #90
List of Known Customers
- Lannan Foundation (1994)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings, like these for example:
NV-60MV 02067
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An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
Duplicator #91
List of Known Customers
- The Right Stuf International (1998)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings above the recording tab spot, like these for example:
T-75
175
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An example of what the printings on tapes by this duplicator looked like.
Possible Candidates
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 on the cassette, 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 labels/distributors that have duplicated their tapes at such unknown companies, and the known periods of time they were the duplication companies' clients:
- 10th Ave. Video
- 100% Educational Videos
- 21st Genesis Home Video
- 3 Star Releasing
- 4 Star Home Video (1989)
- Abba Dabba Productions, LLC (2001)
- A Couple 'A Cowboys (1995) (Atmosfear: The Harbingers)
- Acclaim Entertainment Inc. (1987)
- AIMS Multimedia
- Allied Artists Classics (2002)
- Allied Artists Video (1994) (some copies of The Red Balloon)
- All Sports Entertainment, Inc. (1989)
- Anchor Bay Entertainment (2004-2006)
- AnimEigo (199?-1994)
- Anime Works
- APL International Inc. (1993-1994) (this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Ardustry Home Entertainment
- Artisan Home Entertainment (1999-2002, for a few tapes, such as some copies of "Alice in Wonderland," "Dinotopia," "Dune," "Lonesome Dove" and "The 10th Kingdom," although this could possibly be more than one duplicator)
- Artists Attack
- Artist View Entertainment
- The Asylum Home Entertainment
- Atlas Entertainment Corporation (1992)
- Avalanche Home Entertainment (1999-2000)
- Azteca Pictures
- Aztlan Media (some copies of Dos Camionetas Blindadas)
- Babyscapes, Inc.
- The Baby School Company, Inc. (this could have possibly been the client of more than one duplicator)
- Barr Entertainment
- Benson Music Group (1993)
- Best Film and Video Corp. (some tapes)
- Big Top Video
- Blay Video/Embassy Home Entertainment (1981-1984)
- Brain Damage Films
- Blazing Arrow Entertainment (1998)
- The Brainy Baby Company, LLC.
- Brass Eagle, Inc. (some tapes)
- The Bridgestone Group (????-????)
- Agapeland Home Video (????-????)
- Brentwood Home Video
- Brimstone Productions (1995)
- Burbank Video (1983-1989)
- Caballero Control Corporation
- Camp Video
- Cascom Home Video
- Cerebellum Corporation (2000, 2002) (although this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Children's Television Workshop (some Shalom Sesame tapes) (this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Chronicle Videocassettes
- Cinema Home Video
- City Lights Home Video
- Classic Family Entertainment
- Colorado Division of Wildlife (1990)
- Columbia Music Video (1988-1992) (although this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Comedy III Productions
- Comet Video
- Communications Diversified (1989)
- Complete Entertainment Inc.
- Connor Toy Corporation (1987)
- Crest (2003-2004) (Geena's Tremendous Tooth Adventure) (although this could have been possibly been the client of more than one duplicator at the time)
- CRIZMAC Art and Cultural Education Materials, Inc. (2001)
- DAVAURA Inc. (1992)
- Davis/Panzer Productions
- Dead Alive Productions
- DEJ Productions (1998-1999, 2000)
- DG Distributors
- D.I.N. (Do it Now), Inc. (2001)
- Direct Source Special Products Inc.
- Direct Video (1988-1990)
- Duratape, Inc.
- Early Advantage Programs for Children
- Easyriders Home Video (1995)
- Edde Entertainment
- Educational Products for Infancy, Inc. (1999-2004, although this could have been possibly been the client of more than one duplicator at the time)
- Elektra Entertainment
- El Matador (2003)
- EROS Collection
- EVG Digital Entertainment
- Excalibur Films
- Expanded Entertainment
- Extravaganza Productions (1993)
- Family Entertainment Network (1992)
- Fantasy Home Video (1986-1991)
- Fat Dog Productions
- First Look Home Entertainment (one duplicator from 1999-2000, another from 2001-2004, and yet another from 2005-2006)
- Film Threat Video
- Fisher Price (some Little People and Rescue Heroes tapes)
- Front Row Entertainment
- Fries Home Video (1989-1992)
- FUNimation Entertainment (1999-2000, although this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Futura Home Video (1995)
- Gameplan/Artranch (1994)
- Gameplan Video (2003)
- Gary Semics Motocross School, Inc.
- Gateway Learning Corporation (1998) (Hooked on Phonics Introductory Video)
- Gateway Films/Vision Video
- Gator Home Entertainment (2001-2004)
- Genius Products, Inc. (1999)
- Go Cat (1993)
- GoodTimes Home Video (some copies of Six Hours of Spurs and Saddles)
- Grandfather Reads LLC (1999)
- GRB Entertainment (some copies of War Dogs: America's Forgotten Heroes)
- Grindhouse Releasing (this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Guthy Renker Video
- GWN Video
- Halestorm Entertainment (2003) (The R.M.)
- Hallmark Home Entertainment (1995) (the demo VHS of The Madness of King George)
- Hal Roach Studios
- Harmony Vision (1981-1983)
- Hemdale Home Video (1991-1995, although this could be the client of more than one duplicator)
- HIS Video
- Hollywood's Attic
- Hollywood Products
- Home Mission Board
- HPG Home Video
- HV Films (1999)
- Iguana Producciones (1996)
- Image Entertainment
- Image Home Video (1986)
- Indigo Entertainment, Inc.
- Interactive VCR Games
- International Multimedia Yearbooks
- John I. Bailey
- Jones Entertainment Group (1993)
- Karl Video Corporation (1981-1985)
- Kartes Video Communications/KVC Home Video (1984-1993)
- Kidmark, Inc.
- King World Direct
- Kino on Video (1989-1999; 2001-2003) (from 2001-2003, some tapes) (this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Kodak Video Programs
- LA Production Group
- LA Video Corporation
- Laguna Films
- Leucadia Family Films
- Sandstar Family Entertainment
- Lightyear Entertainment (1993)
- Lobo Pictures
- Little Mammoth Media (1997)
- The Lyons Group (1988-1991) (although this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Madacy Entertainment Group (this could have possibly been the client of more than one duplicator)
- Manhattan Entertainment (some tapes)
- Mark IV Pictures
- Marshmallow Media Group
- Mattel Games (1992) (Wayne's World VCR Board Game!)
- Maverick Entertainment (1998)
- Maxximum Pics Entertainment (2000)
- MCM Entertainment
- Media Blasters
- METACOM (1994)
- Michael Weise Productions (1997)
- MindStorm Productions
- Miramax Films (1993; 1999) (in 1993, the Academy screener cassette of Farewell My Concubine; in 1999, Shakespeare in the Classroom) (this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- MTI Home Video
- NBC (1994) (some Emmy screener tapes)
- NBR Enterprises
- New Horizons Home Video/New Concorde (1990-2005) (this could be possibly the client of more than one duplicator)
- Nick Jr. (1997-1998) (Blue's Clues: Snacktime and Blue's Clues: Blue's ABC's (Special Teacher's Edition)) (this could have possibly been the client of more than one duplicator at the time)
- Nikon
- Niles Entertainment (1978)
- Nintendo (1999) (Pikachu's Winter Vacation)
- The Nostalgia Merchant (1978-1981)
- NOW Video (1992)
- NPS Home Video
- O Entertainment (1999)
- Oregon Sports Network (2002)
- Pak Entertainment (1994)
- Pamplin Entertainment
- Panorama International
- Parade Video
- Parker Brothers (1985, 1987, 1993) (this could have possibly been the client of more than one duplicator at the time)
- Paws & Play Games (1994)
- Peerless Films (1986)
- Planet Video (1982-1983)
- Platinum Disc Corporation (1998-2001; 2004-2005) (from 2004-2005, releases printed in the USA) (this could have possibly been the client of more than one duplicator at the time)
- Platinum Productions Inc.
- Playboy Home Video
- Playhouse Disney (Jojo's Circus Special Teacher's Edition)
- Playhouse Disney (Little Einsteins: Climb Aboard and Get Ready to Explore!)
- PM Entertainment Group Inc.
- Pressman (1986)
- Price/Stern/Sloan Video (1985-1989, although this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Private Screenings/Luna Video (1984-1990, although this could have been possibly been the client of more than one duplicator)
- Questar Home Video (1998) (some copies of The Great Sioux Uprising)
- Rabbit Ears Productions (1990-1991) (some tapes distributed by MCA Distributing Corporation/Uni Distribution Corporation)
- Radar Communications Inc. (2001)
- Rae Don Home Video (1988-1990, although this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Raven Releasing (1998)
- Raven Video (some copies of Scream the Wolf)
- Replay Home Entertainment
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (some 1990-1991 demo tapes)
- RCA Victor Video (1992)
- Royal Sound Video Productions
- Rupicola VCR Games (1990)
- Saturn Productions, Inc.
- Schlessinger Media (2000) (some copies of Beowulf)
- SCI, Inc. (1999)
- SCI Productions
- Screen Media Films (2002) (some copies of Looking for an Echo and Rock My World)
- Screen Media Films (2003) (some copies of Pete's Meteor)
- Screen Pix Home Video
- Second City Video (1978)
- Sega of America
- SGE Home Video (1989-1991)
- Shadow Entertainment (some copies of Birthrite)
- Silver Lake Home Video (1995)
- Singing Babies Co. I, LLC. (2000)
- SISU Home Entertainment (some tapes)
- SkyRiver Films Alaska (1994)
- SlingShot Entertainment (2002)
- Something Weird Video
- SouthGate Entertainment (1989-1991)
- Spartan Home Entertainment
- Spectrum Films (1997-2000) (this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Spinmaker Video (1986-1988) (this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- SRO Video/Opening Night Productions/Curtain Call Productions (1981-1985)
- Star Classics
- Sterling Home Entertainment
- Strand Releasing Home Video (1998-2001, although this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Studio Entertainment (1988-1990)
- Studio Home Entertainment (2000-2001)
- Stuttering Foundation of America (1996)
- Sunburst Visual Media
- Sundance Channel Home Entertainment (2004) (In This World and Die Mommie Die!) (this could possibly be the client of more than one duplicator)
- Sunrise Productions, LLC
- Super Video Inc.
- Sylvan Learning Center (2002)
- Taunton Books & Video (1990)
- Teacher's Video Company
- Tempe Video (1997)
- Terra Entertainment
- Third Coast Entertainment (1994)
- TM Books & Video
- TMW Media Group (2000)
- Today Home Entertainment (1986-1988)
- Together in the Harvest Ministries, Inc. (1999)
- Tommy Nelson
- Trans World Entertainment (1984-1989)
- Triboro Entertainment Group
- Tri-Line Entertainment (1996)
- Trinity Home Entertainment (2001)
- Troma Team Video (2001)
- TSR Inc. (1993)
- Unicorn Video
- United Home Video (1984-1986)
- Urban Classics Video (1987-1988)
- VCA Pictures
- VCI Entertainment
- VCII
- Vidcrest
- Video Cassette Games, Inc. (1987)
- Video Cassette X-Rated
- Video Yesteryear
- Vidtape Inc.
- Voyager Entertainment
- Velocity Home Entertainment (2004-2005)
- ViaGrafix Corporation (1999)
- Video Collectibles Corporation
- Vision Factory (some copies of Embalmer)
- Voxcorp Inc. (2002)
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2004) (Toon Pals sampler tapes)
- Water Bearer Films
- Wolfe Video
- Woodhaven Entertainment
- Word Ministry Resources
- Xebec Home Video
- YES! Entertainment Corporation (1993) (TV Teddy tapes)
- York Home Video (1998)
- Young Generation Video
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.