Unknown duplicators
The following is a list of unknown VHS 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
- Price/Stern/Sloan Video (1990-1992)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1987)
How to Tell
- Earlier tapes would have printings above the spot where the recording tab would be, like this for example:
T-100 024888-2
Beginning around 1990, 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 HOLIDAY SLAVE #V SP PASS 3
Around 1990, this was changed to printings on the tape guard. Sometimes, it would appear like this for example: W.O.8504 SILLYVILLE PASS 3 SLAYE 976
- Some RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video tapes duplicated by this company had a black screen test pattern with a 1133hz tone at the end.
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This is an example of what the engravings looked like on most tapes duplicated by this company beginning around 1990.
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On some tapes, there was only one line of letters and numbers.
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Duplicator #2
List of Known Customers
- New Yorker Video
- Colgate
- AnimEigo (1997)
- Zeitgeist Video (2002)
How to Tell
- Tapes duplicated by this company had dark red printings like this for example:
T-105 21647 CELESTE
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This is an example of what the printings on tapes duplicated by this company generally looked like.
