Vantiva Supply Chain Services

From Home Video

List of Customers

  • Lionsgate Home Entertainment (1999-2003)
    • Artisan Entertainment (1990-2000)
      • Vestron Video (1982-1993)
  • MGM Home Entertainment (1980-1990, 2002)
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (1985-1987, 1991-1996, 1997-1999, 2005-2007) (some copies of the 1985 VHS release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well as 1991-1996 tapes licensed by Castle Rock Entertainment, New Line and Turner Entertainment and 1997-1999 and 2005-2007 tapes self-licensed)
    • Sony Wonder (1995-1999)
      • Random House Home Video (1996-1999)
    • Sony Video Software (1982-1991)
    • RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1985-1987)
  • Time-Life Video
  • Avon Video (1989-2003)
  • Paramount Home Entertainment (1988-1995, 2000, 2005-2007)
  • Simon Marketing (1987-1997)
  • Columbia House Video (mostly tapes licensed by Warner Home Video, and tapes issued under permission from high-budget video distributors like Paramount Home Video and Turner Home Entertainment)
  • Thorn EMI/HBO Video (1981-1982, 1986-present)
  • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (1988, 1994-1995; regular 1982-1986, 2005-present)
  • VidAmerica, Inc.
  • Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (1980-2009)
  • Warner Home Video (1980-present)
  • Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995, 2006-2007)
    • Video Treasures (1990-1995)
      • Burbank Video (1991-1995)
        • Jenal Entertainment (1991-1992)
      • Teal Entertainment (1994-1995)
      • Strand Home Video (1994)
      • MNTex Entertainment (1992-1995)
    • Starmaker Entertainment (1989-1995)

How to Tell

  • Tapes duplicated through VCA from 1980-1982 would have a sticker with numbers on it on the tape guard.
  • Pre-1989 tapes duplicated through VCA and S/T have 2 different types of sticker print dates: Tapes duplicated through S/T between 1981 and 1989 have a blue (sometimes white) sticker on the bottom left or middle side, while tapes duplicated through VCA between 1982 and 1987 have a white sticker on the tape guard (and later on the bottom middle side starting in 1985).
  • Pre-April 1989 tapes duplicated through VCA and S/T have two different types of a black (sometimes dark gray) screen test pattern at the end: 1985-1986 tapes have a black test pattern with a high-pitched looping beep-tone, while most 1986-1989 tapes have a black test pattern with a demonic low-pitched looping beep-tone.
  • Some 1986-1987 tapes duplicated through VCA have a strange list of other films to play on the master recording at the end.
    • For example, some copies of the 1985 VHS release of American Flyers printed in 1986 have a list showing a couple of Universal films, as well as a few other Warner Bros. films to play on the master recording at the end. The list also shows "Back to the Future" as the Q.C.
  • Most 1989-2007 tapes duplicated through Technicolor have an ink print date instead of a sticker, while some only have stock numbers on the ink or sticker (sometimes with the tape speed, the print time and a side number next to it).
    • Some post-1989 tapes duplicated through Technicolor with only stock numbers (sometimes with the tape speed and a side number next to it) on the bottom middle sticker had a barcode on the top. Pre-1989 tapes duplicated through S/T had the distributor name on these types of stickers, but no barcode.
    • Starting in 1992, some tapes duplicated through Technicolor with a print date on the bottom middle ink or sticker had a barcode on the right.
  • 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 code for the shift next to the print date, which was usually either 1, 2 or 3 letters or numbers.
  • Most 1986-2007 tapes with a double print date had a 4-digit print time next to the earliest print date. Post-1995 tapes with a single print date also had a print time next to the date.
    • For example, if the print date/time on the VHS tape reads "010196-1729", that means the tape was printed at 5:29 PM on January 1, 1996.
  • 1985-2007 tapes have an abbreviation engraving on either the left or right side of the tape that usually indicates the company that distributed the tape.
    • However, on 1994-1998 tapes distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment and its predecessors, the abbreviated letters indicate the tape speed.
    • The engraving on either the left or right side of tapes distributed by Columbia House Video says either "275T" or "T275".

Locations

  • Leonia, New Jersey (opened 1972)
  • New York City, New York

See also

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