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* Most 1989-2003 tapes duplicated through Technicolor had the DTMF phone dial-tone sequence at the start and/or end of the tape (sometimes with a faint sequence of extra tones preceding it).
* Most 1981-2003 tapes had a digit for the shift next to the print date, which was usually either 1, 2 or 3 letters or numbers.
* Most 1985-2007 tapes have an abbreviation engraved in either gold orange, dark black or white on either the left or right side of the tape that usually indicates the company that distributed
** Example 1 - if
** Example 2 - if
** Example 3 - if
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** However, on 1994-1995 tapes distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment and its predecessors, the abbreviated letters indicate the tape speed. On multi-tape releases, it would indicate the number of tapes in the pack.
* Most post-2001 tapes, duplicated at the arm's Guadalajara, Jalisco facilities, would have either a white sticker printed somewhere on the case cover, or blue watermark ink, reading "MADE IN MEXICO".▼
▲** The engraving on either the left or right side of tapes distributed by Columbia House Video says either "275T" or "T275".
▲* Most post-2001 tapes, duplicated at the arm's Guadalajara, Jalisco facilities, would have a white sticker printed somewhere on the case cover, reading "MADE IN MEXICO".
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