User talk:SimasTheVHSCollector 2006

About the 1989 Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers volume, “Double Trouble”

If you have that tape, what copy of that tape do you have? The original 1989 VHS or the 1991 re-release? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:1598:888D:624D:AD9E 04:50, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

If I recall correctly, I have the original 1989 VHS. - Simas

Is your copy a Canadian or US print? Because if it’s a US copy, then what is the print date and/or day-year code (if there is one)? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:5D2:A0B8:1D2A:7906 18:47, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

My copy's the US copy, and the day-year code's 22789. (227th day of 1989, or August 15, 1989) - Simas

The 1989 release date according to Disney Wiki was September 28th. Your copy is probably an early pressing. By the way, does your copy have the phone dial-tones [DTMF signaling] at the beginning and end? Is there something on the left or right side of the tape like a white barcode sticker? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:5D2:A0B8:1D2A:7906 22:30, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

There is no barcode sticker on the tape itself, and it indeed does have the DTMF tones at the beginning and end. - Simas

Does the day-year code on your copy say something like "5 227 89 1609" or a different set of digits with "227 89" between them? Some sources say that the 4-digit code next to the date code on certain tapes is the time that the tape was printed at. What does the full code say on your copy? 69.85.235.46 19:03, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

About the Touchstone Pictures film, “Beaches”

If you still have the circa 1990s VHS of that film, what type of label on the front does your copy of that version have? Horizontal ink-label or vertical sticker-label? What is the print date on the circa 1990s VHS that you have? Not the original 1989 VHS, I mean the circa-1990s re-issue. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:91FF:1360:1587:A95F 02:26, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

I still have that tape, and it has the vertical sticker label, and it's printed on December 9, 1993.

- Simas

Is the print date on a barcode sticker or an ink-print? Is “BVHV” engraved on the left or right side of the tape? Does this tape still have the 1984 red orange FBI warnings or is it an updated master with the green FBI warnings? What promo does your copy of that version have, if any? 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:3597:4609:AC8A:D5C6 18:43, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Printdate is ink-printed, and "BVHV" is engraved on the left side. The tape uses the 1984 Red FBI Warnings, and has a promo for other Touchstone Home Video titles, proceeded by the "Now you can own your favorite hit movies..." Touchstone Home Video logo.

- Simas

Is “BVHV” engraved in the regular gold orange color or in white? 2600:387:15:61B:0:0:0:1 23:40, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Orange.

Public Domain VHS Tapes with Print Dates

Are there any public domain VHS tapes you have with print dates? Particularly tapes released by Anchor Bay Entertainment’s predecessors and Brentwood Home Video? 2600:387:C:7114:0:0:0:B 02:57, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

No, I don't.

VHS Tapes Issued by Different Video Distributors

Two questions:

1. Do you have any VHS tapes that are CHC (Columbia House Company)-issued copies? And I’m talking about the copies with either an orange sealing sticker, an engraving or both. The engraving should say either "131" (if the tape is manufactured by West Coast Video Duplicating/MediaCopy) or "275T" (if the tape is manufactured by Technicolor Videocassette) on either the left, or right side of the tape, or "CHC" (if the tape is manufactured by Rank Video Services America/Deluxe Video Services) on the top of the tape guard, and the orange sealing sticker attached between the tape and the casing should also say "CHC".

2. Do you have any VHS tapes that are Avon-issued copies? Avon VHS tapes had the stock prefix lettered "F.S.C." and the labels on those tapes were usually horizontal and printed out of either white ink or a white sticker with black or purple letters that just shows the title, the running time and FBI warning information on the label. Technicolor Videocassette duplicated post-1989 Avon tapes, while pre-1989 tapes were probably duplicated by GTK Duplicating Co. Most tapes issued by Avon were duplicated in LP and only had a linear (lo-fi) audio track, although SP and EP/SLP Avon tapes probably had hi-fi.

2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:3C3D:D1AE:9601:541F 01:39, 22 March 2022 (UTC)