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How did you know that the "CDI" VBIs that I posted were by Cassette Duplicators? Do you happen to have any copies of Willy the Sparrow or The Little Fox that were duplicated by Cassette Duplicators as mentioned on the label? Also, how did you know that the stickers on 2007-2008 Paramount demo tapes were by Crest Cassette Corporation? --TheVideoLover (talk) 04:01, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

  • It was either that or Custom Duplication Inc., as both had the CDI initialism. The fact that Cassette Duplicators was in Utah was pretty much a dead giveaway to me, as those tapes with the CDI VBIs you posted included one from conservative-leaning NRA. As for Crest, the name was pretty much on the sticker. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 13:21, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Disney Summer Fun (1994)[edit]

According to an advertisement of this promotion which I looked up on a Billboard Magazine issue dated May 1994, I noticed that the Ariel's Undersea Adventures tape "Vol. 3: Double Bubble" wasn't included. And the copy of "Vol. 3: Double Bubble" that I own was pressed on November 15, 1993, although my copies of "Vol. 1: Whale of a Tale", "Vol. 2: Stormy, the Wild Seahorse" and "Vol. 4: In Harmony" were pressed in May 1994. While I do know that "Vol. 5: Ariel's Gift" was included in the promotion, my copy of that one was pressed on October 12, 1993, meaning my copy was a slightly earlier pressing of that tape (pressed over three weeks before the tape's original November 5, 1993 release date).

Was "Vol. 3: Double Bubble" discontinued sometime in 1994, or did it remain in print after 1994 and Disney just chose to not include this tape in the promotion?

69.85.235.224 17:17, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Videocassette Duplication Systems[edit]

In your opinion, which videocassette duplication system do you like more in terms of audio and video quality? The Sony Sprinter high-speed duplication system or the Otari thermal magnetic duplication (TMD) system? 69.85.235.224 12:15, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

What catalog number could "Billie Jean King: Tennis Everyone" have been for?[edit]

It was released by Magnetic Video in 1980. --Vahan Nisanian (talk) 19:09, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

  • I wish I knew. As it stands, the only way to be sure is if a live specimen shows up on, say, eBay. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 22:44, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Video Treasures, Inc.[edit]

I read on an issue of Billboard Magazine published in May 1987 that Video Treasures, Inc.'s agreement with Hal Roach Studios was supposed to expire in three years. Yet, I myself happen to own VHS copies of "It's a Wonderful Life (Colorized)" and "Laurel & Hardy in Way Out West (Colorized)", both pressed by Technicolor Videocassette, Inc./Video Services. My copy of the former was pressed in September 1993, although my copy of the latter (which I assume was pressed between 1993-1994) just has a barcoded sticker and no press date. That leads me to this question - did Video Treasures suddenly extend their agreement with Hal Roach Studios at some point? 69.85.235.224 12:05, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Burbank Video[edit]

Uh, what proof do you happen to have of some Burbank Video tapes pressed in 1992, 1993 and 1994 being duplicated by Allied Film & Video Services? 69.85.235.48 12:23, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

  • A few Burbank tapes I happened across at Goodwill had printings similar to those on my Home Vision tape about Georgia O'Keefe. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 20:27, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

What were the names of the tapes, if you can remember? Also, were there date codes in the printings and/or did the labels on the front of the tapes have the Burbank Video logo? 69.85.235.48 11:48, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

OK, so I know that this thread is almost one year old, I still wonder if you could remember what the manufacturing dates on the Burbank tapes you came across at Goodwill said, if the printings included any. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:BDFB:8BD0:5EE3:6359 23:18, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

MLB Productions[edit]

Did any MLB tapes from 1990 you came across recently have the Technicolor inked printings and/or barcode stickers? 69.85.235.48 12:56, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

  • A 1990 World Series tape I happened across on eBay had the distinctive inked printings. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 21:14, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

While coming across that tape, I saw about two copies of that tape that I could find with those printings, both of which I believe were co-distributed by Blockbuster Video. One was pressed on November 19, 1990 and the other one was pressed on November 26, 1990. But, as I could tell by the style of the printings, they both appear to have been pressed at Technicolor's Livonia, MI plant using Otari thermal magnetic duplicators, so I presume they both have the DTMF tones at the beginning and end of the tape.

Did you come across the November 19, 1990 copy or the November 26, 1990 one? 69.85.235.48 12:42, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The 12 Days of Christmas[edit]

I know that this DSAS video was re-released in 1994 with an updated tape master, but were there any copies of this DSAS video pressed in 1994 that used the original 1993 tape master (presumably before the updated master was finalized)? 69.85.235.232 17:12, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Matrix Video[edit]

I was wondering... how did you know that Matrix Video Duplication Corporation closed in 1996? Also, was there any known reason as to why the company was shut down? --Videolover1999 (talk) 05:37, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

  • I happened across a newspaper in a Google search for Matrix's specific address (5429 McConnell) that mentioned its assets being sold off. The newspaper was dated to 17 August 1996. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 05:39, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Did Matrix Video's assets end up being sold to a major duplication firm? 69.85.235.224 18:17, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

The Lyons Group[edit]

I'm curious... how did you know that The Lyons Group had duplication contracts with Duplication Factory, Morning Sun Productions and Osborn Video Productions? --Videolover1999 (talk) 00:04, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

  • Oh, I just found out through people still editing on the Miraheze wiki despite the note at the bottom of the main page saying we've moved on to Wikitide. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 00:23, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Trylon Video[edit]

So I'm curious, we didn't know Trylon Video has a duplicator, seeing that it was founded by Nick Santrizos of Vista and Thorn EMI, it was possibly Bell & Howell/Paramount. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:B140:70F4:FB15:8C73 01:56, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

  • I intend to investigate as soon as I can find the resources to do so. Until then, don't assign any duplicator to Trylon. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 01:59, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

NBR Enterprises[edit]

So I am wondering NBR Enterprises distributed The Nightly Business Report on home video, so we don't know the company duplicated these tapes. So we are looking to investigate these tapes, and so we need to call former NBR staff members Scott Gurvey, Jeff Yastine, Linda O'Bryon and Susie Gharib for help. --172.127.114.25 01:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

  • Don't bother, the decision where to duplicate was likely not in their hands. It's similar to how AVID doesn't appreciate when its members molest Sony employees about the TAT Communications Company animated graphic; they more likely than not know nothing about it, so we just don't do it. Or, as the official AVID rulebook puts it: "Do not pester anybody in the entertainment industry to find logos, and do not pester YouTubers or uploaders on other platforms asking them to upload rare logos regardless of whether or not they have stated they have such logos in their possession. Such actions reflect poorly on us as a community and will not be tolerated." The same logic should apply here, surely. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 01:14, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

FHE Warning[edit]

I think the first FHE tape not to use the classic blinking FBI warning and used the 1988 IVE warning was the Burger King TMNT tapes, and the 1990 TMNT movie, you are right? --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:3C98:5144:A7D1:81A0 04:25, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

IVE/FHE Factual Errors[edit]

Since you are collecting IVE/FHE/LIVE/Artisan tapes for a long time, there are some factual errors surrounding the 1st IVE logo and the 2nd FHE logo. The 1st IVE logo actually debuted in 1984/1985 on some tapes, including the ThrillerVideo line, while the 2nd FHE logo debuted in 1984 on tapes like G.I. Joe. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:64E0:FEEF:DF53:D825 04:22, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Trylon Video[edit]

There's a factual error surrounding the Trylon logo. The logo was actually 1989-1990, not 1985-1989, and it was actually founded by the late Nick Santrizios, head of Thorn EMI and Vista Home Video. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:A84C:12CD:F22B:F3BF 03:13, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

About Meda[edit]

How do you know that MEDA (Media Home Entertainment) launched their first titles in June of 1978? I thought they released their first titles in November of that year. EsaïeGregoryPrickett (talk) 05:44, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

  • An issue of Box Office Magazine, I believe, that mentioned Alice in Wonderland and Flesh Gordon as the first titles to be picked up by MEDA. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 06:02, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Pacific Arts Factual Error[edit]

There are some factual errors surrounding the Pacific Arts logos, and the three logos actually should have merged together, containing the same animation. Pacific Arts Video Records is the name of the former home video unit of Pacific Arts, before it was renamed in 1985/1986 to Pacific Arts Video. There are at least four backgrounds, black from 1981-1986 and again from 1990, a magenta background with flooring from 1986-1990, a black-pink gradient background from 1988-1990 and a black-blue gradient background from 1990. There are at least three versions, one where the leaf is green, one seen on early PBS Home Video releases where it crossfades from the PBS Home Video logo, with "distributed exclusively by" appeared on a sky background, before the logo plays out and one where it crossfades to the Pacific Arts Video Records logo. There are at least three font versions, one in the Old English font from 1981-1992, one in a wide serif font from 1992-1994, and in an Optima font for the Pacific Arts Video Records variant. As a bonus, the two Live Home Video releases (Whispers and Repossessed) and one Vidmark title Longtime Companion actually came out in January 1991. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:4D6D:E769:D7C4:2FA0 12:04, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Hulk Hogan's All-Time Champ[edit]

So, I have heard before that this special episode of DIC's short-lived "Hulk Hogan" animated series was produced in association with Columbia Pictures Television.

I own the 1994 BVHV VHS release of this special episode, and it uses a late 1987 syndication print of the special episode. At the end of the tape, the 1987 DIC "Kid in Bed" and 1987 Coca-Cola Telecommunications logos appear following the 1984 Saban Productions logo. I'm guessing that the 1987 Coca-Cola Telecommunications logo plastered over the 1982 Columbia Pictures Television logo.

I'm pretty sure that the special episode DID originally have a DIC "Vortex" logo (the one where the noodle text in the logo looks more like the inappropriate "Die" due to the creepy typeface/font used for the noodle text); however, I do not know which variant of that logo the special episode originally had. I know that most episodes of this series had the videotaped green variant of the DIC "Vortex" logo with an eight-note synth fanfare, in which the last note of the fanfare is longer than the other notes. Furthermore, I have seen a filmed yellow variant of the DIC "Vortex" logo with the six-note synth fanfare, as well as a videotaped green variant with the six-note fanfare. There also exists a version of the filmed yellow variant of the logo with the eight-note fanfare.

Which variant of the DIC "Vortex" logo do you think the special episode originally had?

69.85.235.224 20:03, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Vidmark Entertainment[edit]

Months ago, I discovered that a pilot episode of "The Rousters" (at least I assume it is) was released on VHS (and possibly Betamax) in 1990 by Vidmark Entertainment. And according to a YouTube video of the closing logos for this release (which was uploaded by LogicSmash), that release goes straight to the Vidmark Entertainment logo after the Stephen J. Cannell Productions logo at the end.

Given that Columbia Pictures Television held the U.S. distribution rights to the series at the time, I wonder if the Vidmark Entertainment VHS release of the "The Rousters" pilot was licensed by CPT, or if it was licensed directly by Cannell, especially considering that Vidmark Entertainment had the home video rights to certain CPT telemovies at this time.

69.85.235.224 16:40, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Live Entertainment[edit]

Hey, you have collected Live/Artisan tapes for years, so it appeared the first tapes to use the "ENTERTAINMENT" version of the 2nd Live logo first appeared on January 21, 1995. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:95E5:27E4:B2FA:7F7E 04:48, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

  • That is correct. In fact, I have Killing Zoe, one of those first tapes. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 05:01, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Vestron Video[edit]

For years, I've been collecting Vestron and Live/Artisan tapes for a very long time, so make sure the release date years appear to be in alphabetical order, not in the wrong way his friend did.

But speaking of the 3rd IVE/Live/Artisan warning, it appeared that the 1990 VHS of TMNT: April Foolish' was the first FHE tape to feature the 3rd warning, and the earlier warning made its last appearance on summer 1990 FHE tapes. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:BD81:330:30D2:C256 01:00, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Vidmark[edit]

Speaking of many names of distributors that ended up being swallowed up by Lionsgate, Vidmark's warning was only used for a short time, appearing on early 1988 releases, before being soon replaced by a bold version of the 1988 IVE warning, which Live Home Video began use later in 1994. And I'm going to do a comprehensive catalog of Vidmark/Trimark/Lionsgate releases (Avalanche and Sterling/Studio are in separate catalog numbers). His friend knew the releases in release order, while yours are in alphabetical order, I prefer the latter. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:924:E774:29B2:D41E 01:40, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Vidmark factual errors[edit]

As the Lions Gate Home Entertainment and its comprehensive catalog page are built up, we have some factual errors regarding the 2nd Vidmark logo. The music of the 2nd Vidmark logo is not original music, but basically a cue from the TV show Star Search. It also acts as a de-facto logo for its theatrical releases prior to the creation of Trimark, such as Backstreet Dreams.

Of the Trimark logo, the name did not appear until as late as 1990, and made its theatrical debut on Warlock, all theatrical releases prior to Warlock, such as Backstreet Dreams used the 1988 Vidmark logo as a de-facto theatrical logo. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:C9EA:CAB6:21D0:708B 19:52, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

What if different companies released different titles?[edit]

So I have just forgotten about the titles on What if different companies released different titles?#HBO Home Entertainment. I have just forgotten about Murder on the Orient Express and The Jazz Singer (1980). They're both released by Paramount on VHS, even predating the creation of Thorn EMI in the US, but Paramount lost the rights of the latter title. How imagine if Thorn EMI released these tapes in 1983?

Now speaking of the Most Wanted Videotapes list, all of the S-VHS and D-VHS tapes are in the most wanted list, specifically the RoboCop S-VHS and the Terminator 2 D-VHS, because you never owned any of either format. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:5176:68D9:EE11:E177 22:35, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

HBO Video and Warner Home Video[edit]

First of all, when in the late 1980s did Warner Home Video demerge from Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation to begin its own distribution?

Second of all, how long was HBO Video distributed by Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation before it moved to Warner Home Video? (I'm aware that Time-Warner Inc. was formed in January 1990)

69.85.235.224 19:56, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

  • I wish I knew. It's certainly a question worth investigating, that's for sure. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 19:59, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Actually, after further investigation through a 05-23-1992 issue of Billboard Magazine, which has an article about LIVE’s deal with WEA (the article also talked about Warner Home Video, including HBO Video and MGM/UA Home Video being marketed by Warner Home Video), I can confirm that Warner Home Video was still being distributed by WEA until sometime in the mid-1990s. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:91AA:2074:3AA4:AC52 00:22, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Vidmark/Republic[edit]

Recall that between late 1985 and 1986 that Republic Pictures handled the distribution of early Vidmark titles due to difficulties in having a distribution network. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:5D8A:2AAA:AF49:11C6 10:23, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Artisan catalogue numbers[edit]

Regarding the addition of Lionsgate titles on the Comprehensive catalog of Artisan Entertainment releases page, it's so strange putting other labels' catalogue number starting points on Lionsgate releases. For example, the Alpha & Omega DVD has the catalogue number 29334, if you're right, the same starting catalogue number as it was on old FHE releases. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:A862:9DA6:B0BD:4C61 03:23, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Wrong folder[edit]

Sorry, pay attention home video fans. From the 1980s until 1999, regarding the Comprehensive catalog of Artisan Entertainment releases‎‎ page, it appears to be the catalog numbers per label:

  • 10000-19999: Caballero Control Corporation
  • 20000-29999: Family Home Entertainment
  • 30000-39999: Monterey Home Video
  • 40000-49999: Prepack releases
  • 51000-51999: Avid Home Entertainment
  • 60000-69999: Mainline releases
  • 70000-79999: ThrillerVideo
  • 80000-89999: The Video Late Show
  • 90000-99999: King Bee Video

This was replaced in 1999 by a new set of refreshed catalog numbers that became the standardization, continuing all the way to Lionsgate when the company purchased Artisan. It appears Crash (cat. no 20201), Happily N'Ever After (cat no. 21183 (reassigned)), Bug (cat no. 21801), Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White (cat no. 25068), Madea Goes to Jail (cat no. 25669), Gamer (cat no. 26761), Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad by Myself (Widescreen) (cat no. 26802), Saw VI (cat no. 26940) and Alpha and Omega (cat no. 29334) does not belong in the FHE folder, and Madea's Big Happy Family (cat no. 30920), Set Up (cat no. 31132), Set Up (Blu-ray) (cat no. 31135), Good Deeds (cat no. 32418), LOL (cat no. 32608) and LOL (Blu-Ray) (cat no. 32634) does not belong in the Monterey folder and Everything Everywhere All at Once (cat no. 60318), John Wick: Chapter 4 (cat no. 61076), Blue Steel (cat no. 61332), and Saw X (cat no. 61335) does not belong in the Mainline folder, it all supposed to belong on the Lionsgate folder. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:FC03:4E7B:A254:C511 17:55, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

  • Good catch. Of course, LIVE and even Artisan had been filling in the post-60180 mainline catalog numbers that IVE didn't assign after going all the way up to 69999 (whatever that may have been), so there's still a bit more work to be done in sorting out when the mainline catalog numbers stopped and the Lionsgate catalog numbers started. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 18:09, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
Sorry. I did it already. Did you mean Blue Steel was in cat no. 61322 and it was actually a Lionsgate release, not the old mainline release, that release came out last year. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:7520:4B53:DCC:47B1 18:21, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

What if every early company had a trailer reel?[edit]

I want some info on What if every early company had a trailer reel?. Imagine that Paramount had also used the Fantasy Daters "Previews of Coming Attractions" bumper besides Fotomat before the trailers start. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:90D1:32CB:B27B:336A 03:55, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

  • "Fantasy Daters"? What are you even talking about? --IlCattivo25 (talk) 04:50, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
The Filmack "Previews of Coming Attractions" reel. I also believe trailers for Gold Key and EMI films were included in the imaginary Fotomat reel too. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:A89B:2D5C:269:99DE 04:52, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
    • In that case, you would spell the word as "Previews", as Filmack did. But what about the "Cinematic Daters"? --IlCattivo25 (talk) 04:57, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
I think it's the Cinematic dater for Columbia releases. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:A89B:2D5C:269:99DE 04:58, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
    • And the "Contemporary Sales Daters"? --IlCattivo25 (talk) 05:00, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
I notice the "Contemporary Daters" Prevues of Coming Attractions reel appear on imaginary WCI/Warner releases. Also the Blue Searchlights "Prevues of Coming Attractions" reel appeared on Fotomat/Paramount imaginary reels before switching to the Filmack Fantasy Daters by 1983. --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:5D3B:D975:ED1E:94D6 21:17, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Speaking of low budget public domain-based home video outfits...[edit]

Ever heard of "The Kid-a-Littles"?

It was a low budget television show that featured creepy-looking puppet characters. The star was John Wheeler as the chief. The music score for the show was composed by Len D'Arcy (and some other person) and arranged by Andy Belling and Don Grady (both of who would eventually compose the music score for plenty of Disney VHS/Betamax videos, notably the "Disney's Sing-Along Songs" videos). Len D'Arcy was a guest star as Mr. Information (who apparently "lives" in an instruction book) in a few episodes and he also sung the theme song. The lyrics to the theme song began like this:

Do you wanna laugh?
Do you wanna sing?
Do you wanna learn about everything?
Well if you do
The Kid-a-Littles are for you!

The show was produced by Running Gag Productions for Century Video Corporation and distributed by The Entertainment Network. If I'm not mistaken, the show was released in 1983 and I don't think it had much episodes. Besides, I've heard that the show was telecast on one of the NBC affiliates, but I'm not sure if any other television stations telecast this show.

Anyhow, the show had several VHS releases over the years by several outfits. AFAIK, the original VHS releases were by Century Home Video (which I assume was the DBA name for Century Video Corporation), under their children's division label Kidtime Video (or better known as "Century Home Video Presents Kidtime Video"). Another outfit that released VHS tapes of the show was CinemaKid Productions, which released their VHS tapes of the show in 1986. The Century Home Video releases were later re-released sometime in the late 1980s/early 1990s by Simitar Entertainment and TAV/ATI Video (formerly known as Trans-Atlantic Video, also a merger with duplicator ATI Mark V Products). The Simitar Entertainment re-releases preserved the Kidtime Video logos and the original closing bumpers on the video content; the Kidtime Video logo was also preserved on the packaging covers (this is likely how the original Century Home Video releases were presented), but neither of those were preserved on the TAV/ATI re-releases and the TAV/ATI re-releases simply replaced the Kidtime Video logo on the covers with the TAV/ATI one.

It also spawned a soundtrack album which was released on vinyl.

69.85.235.224 16:23, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

CBS/Fox information[edit]

I want some research on 1978 and 1979 regarding Allied Artists, Nostalgia Merchant and Fotomat, early video creators, and some information on CBS/Fox releases. Release date of Commando, a CBS/Fox title appears most likely to be March 1986. --2600:1700:4300:2C8F:5F8:3EB4:6CBF:B5E1 21:10, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Prism distributors[edit]

Besides being mostly self-distributed, Prism Entertainment had two other distributors: Paramount Home Video (December 1989-December 1990 and Turner Home Entertainment (November 1994-1996). --2600:1700:4300:2C8E:3825:24F4:773B:C86F 00:55, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

C/FP Video[edit]

According to some issues of Billboard Magazine from the mid-1990s, Capital Cities/ABC Video Publishing labels such as ABC Video and ESPN Home Video were once distributed in Canada by C/FP Video from 1994 to 1997. Around the same time, those labels were distributed here in the U.S. by Paramount Home Video. [Prior to 1994, those labels were distributed in the U.S. (and possibly Canada) by Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation]

If I'm not mistaken, the 1994-1997 U.S.-distributed copies of ABC Video and ESPN Home Video tapes were typically duplicated by HMG Digital Technologies (which, as we all know, later merged with Allied Film & Video Services forming Allied Digital Technologies in January 1995), although some copies of certain tapes may have been handled by other duplication firms such as Premiere Video.

I wonder which duplication firm(s) were responsible for the 1994-1997 Canadian-distributed copies of ABC Video and ESPN Home Video tapes? Many copies of C/FP Video tapes were handled by VTR Video (also known as VTR Productions), but I don't know about Canadian-distributed ABC Video and ESPN Home Video tapes.

69.85.235.224 16:06, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

The Congress Video Group[edit]

Wait a minute, how did you know that The Congress Video Group was an Allied Vaughn subsidiary?

47.17.104.88 18:50, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

  • Not the distributor, but the duplicator; there's a Billboard article from March 1988 about Congress Video selling its duplication equipment to Allied Film and Video. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 00:00, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

This Wiki[edit]

I appreciate your work in making this wiki. I did edit on the Miraheze version because I wasn't aware this wiki moved to WikiTude. I do have a question to ask, is this wiki strictly for North American releases only, or can I put releases from other regions (eg, UK) as well? LTPHarry (talk) 16:50, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

  • Work on this wiki has largely been North American in its scope, but international releases are appreciated, too! --IlCattivo25 (talk) 20:53, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Producers Tape Service[edit]

Where did you read that Producers Tape Service was originally going to be in a duplication pact with Lyons that ended up being scrapped? Also, what were the reasons that the pact was scrapped? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:20B6:FABB:5C09:255C 01:03, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

  • Here. Unfortunately, I can find no other source that talks about this pact, and this source doesn't go into detail about why the pact fell through, because that's not really the focus of the article. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 01:06, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I see. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:20B6:FABB:5C09:255C 01:13, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Batman (1989)[edit]

I'm wondering if your WCVD specimen of the Batman VHS has a date when it was pressed. Also, could your WCVD Batman tape be possibly recycled off of a Technicolor specimen of a different WHV tape?

2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:9505:83A8:FB4E:6FF6 21:44, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

  • 10119 20:19. 11 October 1989 at 8:19 PM PDT (that's what I'm guessing the time was, anyway). --IlCattivo25 (talk) 21:48, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

I wonder if you also own other duplicator's copies of this exact release of Batman (1989). Besides that one Premiere Video pressing that Videolover1999 owns and of course a few pressings from RVSA, I've seen at least one (or maybe two, can't remember) copies of this release handled by the Technicolor Videocassette, Inc. Livonia, Michigan plant (the ones with a barcode sticker on the left side of the cassette shell; whether or not they have DTMF tones is unknown, though). 69.85.235.45 16:14, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

  • One from Technicolor, two from RVSA (one of the latter which is the screener). --IlCattivo25 (talk) 19:29, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Do either your retail and/or screener copies from RVSA have the unusual formatting for the print/press date code where the date has been formatted as "WHV xx9" (as opposed to WHV 9xx")?

Also, does your Technicolor pressing have the barcode sticker (the CBS/Fox-style one that is) on the left side of the cassette shell, and the CBS/Fox-style dark inked printings on the spine? Or does it just have WHV engraved on the left side of the shell, and the Newbury Park, California style grey printings (with the batch number beginning with either WB or WHV)?

2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:CCDF:D4E2:E811:5B7D 20:19, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Anime Duplicators[edit]

How did you know that Congress Video's duplication unit was an anime duplicator? 69.85.235.45 12:14, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

  • Congress Video released at least one Tekkaman video in its early days. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 12:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm looking up that one Congress Video Tekkaman release just as I'm typing this. It seemed that they released two of them as the one Tekkaman tape I'm looking up is labeled volume 2. Perhaps CV only had the license to the franchise for less than a year or so. The fact that this was a few years before CV secured sub-licenses with HBO leads me to wonder if CV held other licenses in its early days (at that time, they were better known for offering public domain material). 69.85.235.45 12:26, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

GoodTimes Home Video[edit]

I mean, I’m aware that RCA/Columbia had a licensing arrangement with GoodTimes Home Video in the late '80s and early '90s, but are we sure that RCA/Columbia handled the distribution of GoodTimes' product back then? 69.118.23.185 18:18, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

I found Billie Jean King: Tennis Everyone![edit]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/256586040291

Now to find a release date.--Vahan Nisanian (talk) 03:29, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Media Home Entertainment/Delta Force 2[edit]

They probably began manufacturing copies of the "Delta Force 2" VHS as early as either October or November 1990. That's probably the whole reason the aforementioned VHS doesn't mention CBS/Fox on the packaging nor the face label, and also why the copyright date still says 1990 on the packaging (even though the label said 1991). I still have yet to find out if the low-priced Video Treasures variant of this tape was released later or on the same day as the regular version.

The funny thing about VT's variant is that even though VT's logo is on the packaging and the labels, the Video Treasures logo is nowhere at the beginning or the end of the tape's on-screen contents. It still has the MHE logo, but they erased that commercial that would've been at the beginning of the regular release which I forgot what it was called. I know this because I have a copy of that variant myself (it is a much later printing though, as its manufacturing/print date is January 24, 1994). 69.85.235.235 18:10, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

  • It was probably later that the VT release came out. Most likely it had to be a rental exclusive first before going into sell-through. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 18:17, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Bingo Video[edit]

Do you have any releases from this short-lived, oddly named distributor? I currently have one Bingo Video release, which is their 1989 release of "Call of the Wild" (1972); only my copy is a later Burbank Video/Video Treasures printing, which has a newer label with the Burbank Video logo and the 1991-1992 Burbank Video rounded corner variant of the 1990-1992 Video Treasures FBI warning template on the label and was manufactured at Technicolor in Livonia, MI on October 30, 1992. I have even seen some copies of that release of "Call of the Wild" that were available through Avon, which I believe those copies are in either LP or EP/SLP, but my copy is the standard printing and was dubbed in SP instead (and thus has the DTMF tones at the beginning and the end). 69.85.235.235 17:38, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

The weird part about Bingo Video is that, in their on-screen FBI warning graphic, they misspelled "UNAUTHORIZED" as "UNATHORIZED". Also, I literally wonder IF the synthesizer jingle (which the Audiovisual Identity Database describes as "ominous") for their on-screen logo graphic was composed by either Mark Mothersbaugh (the music composer for future Nickelodeon shows created by Klasky-Csupo such as "Rugrats" and "Rocket Power"), or someone inspired by him, as that jingle reminds me somewhat of the jingle used in the episode opening title graphic cards for "Rugrats". Furthermore, I wonder what synthesizer they even used for this "ominous" jingle. 69.85.235.235 18:08, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

On second thought, that "ominous" jingle also reminds me of music that you’d probably hear at a casino. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:9C97:9099:29B2:2E2D 03:53, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Lonesome Dove (Cabin Fever Entertainment)[edit]

Do you happen to remember what the overall printings on your copy of that tape said? Was there a barcode on the far right of the printings, and anything engraved on the left or right side of the cassette? 69.85.235.235 18:11, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

  • I got it on hand right now, as a matter of fact.
051992-D   002102-3-1   T-118
PR08379  LONE/DOVE   EPD 0071865

--IlCattivo25 (talk) 22:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Is the label on the front of the tape an ink/silkscreened label or a stick-on label? Also, since "PR" (Premiere Video) is in the printings, what is on the left or right side of the cassette? "PR" or "CF" (in either gold brownish orange or black) or nothing? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:B440:ED31:E762:82FC 23:50, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

  • Nothing on the left or right. And the face label is silkscreened. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 01:32, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Feature Films for Families / Copyrite Technologies[edit]

Remember when TheVHSandCDBrony uploaded a video of the strange ending to one of his Feature Films for Families tapes, specifically his copy of the "Santa & Pete" VHS which was duplicated by Copyrite Technologies? His copy, alongside a few copies, apparently showed a Sony DVD player wallpaper screen at the end. I recall at least one other tape had the Sony DVD player wallpaper screen at the beginning but I currently don't remember which one it was.

Do you think that Copyrite Technologies/Feature Films for Families had replicated the program material onto DVDs using DVD replication equipment, used Sony DVD players to play back the discs, and the players were connected to the master tape machines and the master tapes were created that way??? I don't know if these copies were actually bootlegs. 2604:2D80:B696:B500:5DAC:FDFF:651C:5441 02:27, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Random House Cancels Deal with Goldstar Video[edit]

I can't read the Telecompaper article in full because apparently, I'd have to sign in to do that.

The only portion I was able to read was "Random House has cancelled a deal with Goldstar Video which gave the latter the right to duplicate copies of 'Dr Seuss', 'Sesame Street' and 'The Berenstein...". Assuming that you're able to read the full article, what did the rest of the article say? 69.85.235.235 18:02, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

"Random House has cancelled a deal with Goldstar Video which gave the latter the right to duplicate copies of 'Dr Seuss', 'Sesame Street' and 'The Berenstein Bears' titles for sale to drugstore and supermarket chains. Random House would not say why the deal was cancelled." I was able to access the full article through my Google account, and that's all it said. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 18:03, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

I feel like the "drugstore" part was the whole reason Random House terminated the deal, considering the fact that they were a children's media company and how inappropriate drugs are. 69.85.235.235 18:14, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Oh, no. Another article, from the Dallas Observer, mentions that Random House's deal specified that Goldstar distribute its videos exclusively in supermarkets and drugstores, and confirms that the termination was a result of that agreement being violated. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 22:06, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

I stand corrected after finding out that "drugstore" is another name for "pharmacy." 69.85.235.235 12:21, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Paramount Home Entertainment[edit]

Have you noticed how most newer releases from this company beginning this decade now have the UPCs begin with "19132" (which had been the prefix for the UPCs of certain Universal Pictures Home Entertainment releases)? Ever since I have, I’ve began to wonder if Studio Distribution Services began handling sales/distribution for Paramount Home Entertainment by this point. Because PHE's UPCs used to begin with either "09736" or "03242". A recent post on the Home Media Theater Forum seems to deny that this is the case, but still. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:8987:75A:EA73:B18C 01:13, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

And now, just weeks later… while I recently discovered (via the NickAlive website) that a 35-DVD set of "The Fairly OddParents: The Complete Series" will be released next month from Nickelodeon Home Entertainment/Paramount Home Entertainment, I noticed the UPC number listed on the page on there was slightly different. The number was 840418308165. I typed in that number on GS1's verification page, and you're so not gonna believe this…


…That UPC number belongs to Allied Vaughn. And looking up Allied's website, they appear to provide distribution for manufacture-on-demand releases from various companies, including PHE.

So, it seems that PHE might have more than one distributor for their releases. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:213A:415C:9DA0:6FA7 00:22, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Hollywood Matinee Serials (1993-1994)[edit]

"Hollywood Matinee Serials" was a re-christening of Burbank Video's "Hollywood Matinee Specials" line of public domain serials.

All of the titles in the re-christened line have the Video Treasures logo on the packaging and face labels, yet they were still assigned to Burbank Video catalog numbers and UPCs. As I recall, Sam AKA Dank Mozart's twin brother, Will, had uploaded the opening to one of the titles in this line to YouTube, and it had the Video Treasures logo at the beginning of the videogram material, but afterwards it went straight to the beginning of the serial's first chapter. I don't really remember which title it was, and that was before Will's old channel got terminated. But I do wonder if some titles in the re-christened line DID have the Burbank Video logo after the Video Treasures logo at the beginning of the videogram material. (Video Treasures took over responsibility for the Burbank label in 1991 when Burbank's former parent company, Viking Entertainment Inc. (then dba Burbank Home Entertainment), went defunct)

69.85.235.235 18:21, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Allied DT[edit]

I don’t exactly remember what happened to the Bingham Farms plant. All I knew was it was in the same state as Livonia.

Also, how could you tell that Burbank Video was an Allied client in 1991 and 1992 (literally even before Anchor Bay had been formed)? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:502E:C708:3106:E3B0 20:57, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

  • I think it's still around, considering their official website mentions they're doing content management for all of the Big Three automakers in Detroit. As for Burbank being an Allied client, I can still remember seeing Allied's identifying markings above the recording tab on certain of their tapes being offered at Goodwill. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 21:01, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

And, what were the names of those Burbank Video tapes and what did the face labels look like? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:502E:C708:3106:E3B0 21:06, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

  • That, unfortunately, I can't remember. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 21:08, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Funnily enough, my copy of Burbank's "Combat Classics - WWII: Weapons of War" uses the original 1991 release's inked/silkscreened face label (Could tell because of 1991-1992 template where FBI warning is in rounded corners), but I was somewhat surprised/felt fooled finding out it was the 1994 release (1990s Video Treasures/Anchor Bay warnings and late 80s VT logo at the beginning right before the Burbank logo; VT logo also at the end). I didn’t even realize my copy of that tape had printings on the right side of the cassette until after I first tested the tape, and said printings say A-A-1216-364-95 (December 30, 1995 at 12:16 PM EST). Then I checked the material printed in the VBI, and it’s only at the beginning and is not Allied’s official VBI material, instead they actually reused Technicolor (Livonia, MI)’s VBI material (VTTG1231 MN#001). I know that 1994-95 printings of "Weapons of War" and other black packaging Combat Classics WWII tapes had the newer face label (Video Treasures logo on it, though the Vestron-sized labels contained a bland variant of the Burbank Video logo and "BURBANK VIDEO" text); I wonder how Allied managed to get the original 1991 releases’ labels when Anchor Bay was formed with an umbrella pact with Allied. (By 1995, Anchor Bay’s label template became similar to MNTEX’s.)

2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:502E:C708:3106:E3B0 21:19, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Billboard Magazine (March 23, 1991)[edit]

I literally typed in the UPC code for this issue on GS1’s verification page as of this writing, and according to the page, the UPC code, specifically the 6-digit license key prefix code (071486), is registered to Curtis Circulation Company, even though the Billboard magazine was published by BPI at the time. This leads me to wonder if BPI had a distribution pact with Curtis at one point. Like, did Nielsen handle marketing, while Curtis handled distribution (and sales, if that was even a thing for magazines)? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:502E:C708:3106:E3B0 05:03, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Paramount Gateway and Nickelodeon[edit]

How many Paramount tapes do you have on the Gateway and(/or) Nickelodeon labels? I have a total of 28 Paramount tapes and 25 are on the Nickelodeon label. Some of the Paramount/Nickelodeon tapes I have, namely ones manufactured before 2001, were duplicated in EP/SLP instead of SP. The other three Paramount tapes I have are two Snoopy/Charlie Brown tapes on the Peanuts label ("It's Christmastime Again" and "Happy New Year") and one mainline release (which is of "Top Gun").

I know that the '90s Gateway tapes, alongside some compilation releases of Paramount Television shows and the 1996-97 "Corduroy" (Viacom Productions) and "The Oz Kids" (Hyperion) tapes, were duplicated in EP/SLP (which RVSA/Deluxe called "Master Sharp" until 1996) for several copies; however, I think I recall seeing a few SP copies of such Gateway releases. In fact, I happen to have a September 2001 (DLX 138) printing of "Rugrats: The Santa Experience" that is in a newer packaging (with 2000 copyrights) and is in SP, even though the back of the packaging still has the EP/SLP notice. Most (if not all) copies of "Rugrats: Make Room for Dil", including my March 2000 (DLX 012) printing, are also in SP, even though the back of the packaging still has the EP/SLP notice. (I say "if not all", because it's possible that very early retail printings of "Make Room for Dil" may have been duplicated in EP/SLP but are, as somewhat typical for variations, hard to find, considering that very early pre-June 1998 retail printings of "Blue's Clues: Story Time" and "Blue's Clues: Arts and Crafts" are known to have been duplicated in EP/SLP, though such copies are also hard to find since most copies of those two tapes, alongside all known copies of all other pre-2001 Blue's Clues VHS releases from Nick/Paramount, were duplicated in SP instead. Promotional screener printings don't count, because all of the pre-2001 Nick/Paramount promotional screener tapes I've seen are in SP, even if the face label has the EP/SLP notice.) 69.85.235.235 18:21, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

  • Just three Gateways, no Nickelodeons. All EP/SLP. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 21:10, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Do you at least have any of the pre-1996 Sony Wonder-distributed Nickelodeon releases? For me, I technically don't have any, at least not yet anyway, but six of the Paramount-distributed Nickelodeon tapes I have, including one already mentioned in my above comment, are the extended cut editions of Sony Wonder's "Rugrats" tapes. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:45DF:8BBA:5874:1A4B 02:00, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

What do the date codes on your three Gateway tapes say? 69.85.235.235 20:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Universal Studios Home Video[edit]

I've began to wonder when Universal Studios Home Video established its own sales force (while, presumably, Universal Music & Video Distribution continued to handle distribution for them for a few years); just like how Warner Home Video established its own sales force sometime in the late '80s (though Warner-Elektra-Atlantic continued to distribute for them until Warner Music Group was spun off). 69.85.235.235 18:07, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

BVHE[edit]

The only late 1990s BVHE tapes I’ve seen that were duplicated by Deluxe/Rank were a few or so Touchstone releases, I don't recall seeing any late '90s Walt Disney Home Video releases duplicated by Deluxe/Rank. Only 1987 printings of a few WDHV compilation releases.

By any chance, which Deluxe/Rank printing of a late '90s WDHV tape did you happen across? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:D00:6EB6:37D4:BC6B 20:26, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

  • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 20:34, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Okay, just now I’ve spotted two such printings of that tape on eBay. And I couldn't tell if either of them had a date code. I could only spot the identifying ITF barcode stickers. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:D00:6EB6:37D4:BC6B 20:51, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

  • I'm pretty sure mine doesn't have a date code. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 20:53, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Does it at least have the identifying "DELUXE[insert random digit here]" mark at the right corner of the VBI? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:D00:6EB6:37D4:BC6B 21:05, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

RVSA/Deluxe EP/SLP[edit]

I'm aware that the 1992-96 Master Sharp era tapes (and some late 96-early 97 ones) were on TMD, but I wonder if the later post-April 1997 tapes in this mode by this duplicator were on Sprinters, or if they were still on TMD. 69.85.235.235 18:32, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

ITF[edit]

On BHCP, Rank and Deluxe tapes, what does ITF stand for? --TheVideoLover (talk) 00:50, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Whatever that means...--TheVideoLover (talk) 00:52, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Did RVSA printings of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" ever have an ITF barcode with numbers? 69.85.235.235 15:38, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

An Interesting Printing…[edit]

Okay, so a few months ago, I’ve happened across a few sealed Columbia House (CHC)/Paramount Home Entertainment tapes on eBay that had "ASSEMBLED IN MEXICO" printed over the back of the slip sleeve (At the moment, I can't remember what they were called).

Today, I spotted a copy of "Blue Hawaii" that’s exactly like what I'm describing. Even though this listing does not have pictures of both spines of the slip sleeve, I’m pretty sure the CHC seal is at one of the two spines.

Were these manufactured by MediaCopy Inc.? I never really knew if MediaCopy Inc. actually had a plant in Mexico or not. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:D503:7AED:7BD4:9C9C 23:41, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

  • I'll think about investigating next week. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 23:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
  • After receiving the tape, I can confirm that it really is MediaCopy. The physical product was manufactured in Juarez, while the tape was duplicated in El Paso. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 21:03, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

So let me get this straight, by "physical product", you mean that the cassette was actually made by MediaCopy in Juarez?

BTW, since the film used to be owned by Viacom even before Paramount merged with them and was previously available on home video from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, does this tape reuse an older tape master that was on the 1980s CBS/Fox release, or does it use a newer tape master (Paramount Feature Presentation bumper/warning screen at the beginning)?

Also, what do the printings on this tape say?

2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:B9D2:EEFF:302E:F587 21:21, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

  • Not necessarily the cassette parts, but the cassette assembly and the packaging. (I'm assuming Paramount did the face label.) And it used the 1997 Paramount master. As for the printings:
 T-102  G55993-00-1        100101
31121-1 MCI JZ 371413  76   1806

--IlCattivo25 (talk) 21:31, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Does it have the variant of the Feature Presentation bumper where the announcer said "Paramount is" instead of "And now we're"? Also, since this tape was manufactured in late 2001, does the copyright date at the bottom of the face label say 2001, and does the Paramount logo at the top of the label have the "A VIACOM COMPANY" byline printed below it? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:B9D2:EEFF:302E:F587 22:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

  • Nope, no Viacom byline. Also, the copyright date at the bottom says 1997, and the announcer on the Feature Presentation bumper says "Paramount is". --IlCattivo25 (talk) 22:08, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

GoodTimes / RCA/CPHV[edit]

How many GT and Kids Klassics titles were available through RCA/CPHV between 1989-1990? Were there like only 100 of them or something?

Did GT's agreement with RCA/CPHV cover the public domain shit that GT and Kids Klassics put out as well, along with titles that GT and Kids Klassics put out via GT's sublicensing deal with Worldvision Home Video (such as Hanna-Barbera titles)? 68.35.208.19 03:15, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

The Short-Lived Nickelodeon/Elektra Deal[edit]

I had discovered an advertisement for the Elektra/Nickelodeon titles that claimed that a Total Panic VHS and a World's Greatest Practical Jokes VHS were both coming in March 1990. Did both of those tapes ever happen? The sales of the initial three Nick titles Elektra issued flopped, so I wouldn’t be surprised if both of the aforementioned tapes were scrapped. 68.35.208.19 20:58, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Muppet Babies[edit]

Before Disney secured worldwide distribution rights to the Jim Henson Productions library in the '90s, McDonald's sold a few compilation VHS tapes of the show back around 1988-1989.

This is one of those tapes.

Bizarrely enough, these tapes do not mention, nor do they have a logo of, the company that released the tapes. All they have is logos of (of course) McDonald's and Rank Video Services America (which was responsible for duplicating/manufacturing the tapes). I don’t think there are even UPCs anywhere on these tapes.

I wonder if these McD's-exclusive MB tapes were released by McD's themselves, or by a third-party indie company that licensed the rights to the show from Henson and made a deal with McD's to sell the tapes. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:99:A1CB:C481:C39C 23:02, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

  • I'm not sure, but that's a mystery I can solve on my own time, unlike the Mexico-assembled Blue Hawaii tape. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 23:49, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Anchor Bay Duplicator Move in 1995[edit]

Was there, to begin with, ANY reason Anchor Bay moved to Allied from Technicolor in the first place? I never really understood why the hell they did, ever since finding out via an 10/21/1995 issue of Billboard that trouble ensued in the first place (Allied falling several months behind schedule and its then-president/CEO, James A. Merkle, denying it) and even finding out that Allied modified the tape masters for some of the pre-1995 Video Treasures and Burbank Video releases (e.g. the 1995-97 printings of "It's a Wonderful Life (Colorized Version)" uses a modified tape master that was for the 1989 release, which they made the blue tracking control disclaimer black and white, and the 1995-99 printings of some Burbank Hollywood Favorites tapes such as Of Human Bondage and Stage Door Canteen do not have the Video Treasures or Burbank logos at the beginning; I know that 1993-95 Technicolor printings of Of Human Bondage had both logos but I currently don't know if 1993-95 Technicolor printings of A Farewell to Arms did).

When exactly was Anchor Bay's contract with Technicolor slated to expire? I personally think that Anchor Bay should've moved to Rank Video Services America/Deluxe Video Services, instead of Allied. After all, Anchor Bay's contract with Allied was slated to expire in 2000 (hence the company moving to Premiere Video Inc. that year). 69.85.235.235 14:57, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

As You Like It[edit]

When did Fox abandon their rights to the film? I never realized Blackhawk acquired the rights at some point. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:D99B:E25:BBFA:49E8 19:20, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

  • Fox was merely the original distributor. I believe United Artists reissued the film in 1949. I don't know when Blackhawk picked it up, though. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 19:21, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

VCRs[edit]

What model VCR(s) do you happen to have?

I have a Sony SLV-798HF VHS VCR (manufactured during Q3 1998, according to "8C" stamped on the mfg. information label on the back of the unit).

69.85.235.235 15:39, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

UAV / Sterling Entertainment Group[edit]

Have you ever had a tape from this company that did not hold up very well?

The reason why I'm asking this is because, a week ago, JHartVHS&CDFanatic2000 (formerly known as TheVHSandCDBrony) uploaded a video of one of his Sterling Entertainment Group tapes not holding up very well. The tape got eaten in two of his VCRs, both of which are combo units (one is a Sharp television combo and the other is a Sony (rebranded Samsung) that has a DVD player built in). (Normally, when that happens, it's because the VCR may be dirty, but in this case, the tape was apparently warped which might have caused this. JHart also confirmed that there wasn't even anything wrong with the cassette shell, nor the tape guard, and he tried other tapes on both VCRs (after the video was made) and they still work. Additionally, he confirmed that he's had other Sterling/UAV tapes with the same problem.)

Another reason is that I once had some tapes from this company, some of which I believe were also warped. Nowadays, I do not have any tapes from this company.

69.85.235.235 15:39, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

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