Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions

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An ad for the company, circa 2000

Former names[edit]

  • The Vidtronics Company (1966-1985)
  • VCA/Technicolor Duplicating Corp. (1985-1987)
    • Teletronics International (1968-1972)
    • VCA-Teletronics, Inc. (1972-1987)
      • S/T Videocassette Duplicating Corporation (East Coast plants)
      • Teletronics-Texas, Inc. (Houston plant)
  • Technicolor Videocassette, Inc. (1985-1997)
    • Technicolor Video Services (1993-1997)
    • Technicolor Optical Media Services (1994-1997)
  • Technicolor Video/CD/DVD Services (1997-2002)
  • Technicolor Home Entertainment Services (2002-2013)
  • Technicolor Entertainment Services (2013-2018)
    • Technicolor Videocassette of Michigan, Inc. (1987-2016; Livonia plant)
  • Technicolor Supply Chain Solutions (2018-2022)

History[edit]

TBD

List of Home Media Customers[edit]

NOTE #1: A (*) indicates a company/label that currently distributes through Studio Distribution Services, an umbrella distribution company formed in 2020 from a merger between Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (now known as Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

NOTE #2: A (-) indicates a company/label that currently distributes through Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

  • ABC Kidavision (1988) (one known copy of a The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh promotional tape)
  • A-PIX Entertainment (2000)
  • Atlas Video (1988-1991; tapes sold through Avon)
  • Avon Products (1988-2005)
  • Brentwood Home Video/BCI Eclipse (1997-2004)
    • Simitar Entertainment (1990; some tapes, 1989-1995; tapes sold through Avon)
  • Bell Canyon Entertainment Inc. (2000)
  • Best Film and Video Corporation
  • Bridgestone Multimedia Group (1993-2000; tapes sold through Avon)
  • Brentwood Music (1993-1998; tapes sold through Avon)
    • Brentwood Kids (1993-1998; tapes sold through Avon)
  • Cabin Fever Entertainment (some copies of Lonesome Dove; tapes sold through Avon)
  • Capitol Video (1989-1990)
  • Columbia House (1987-2005)
  • Company for Home Entertainment Inc. (1992) (one known copy of George Harrison’s Birds of the Backyard: Winter Into Spring)
  • Cuisinart (1995)
  • DawnSignPress
  • Drive Entertainment (1994-1995) (tapes distributed by Video Treasures/Anchor Bay Entertainment)
  • Family Entertainment Network (1991)
  • Farnam Companies (1986)
  • Feature Films for Families (1995) (one known copy of Sarah Plain and Tall)
  • Fox Racing (2000-2001)
  • Fries Home Video (1987-1993)
  • FUNimation Entertainment (2001-2002)
  • General Motors (1991)
  • GoodTimes Home Video (1993-1999; tapes sold through Avon)
  • Harley-Davidson Motor Company (2003)
  • The Hearst Corporation (1996) (one known copy of Cosmopolitan 20-Minute Makeover)
  • HIT Entertainment (2001-2006)
    • Lyrick Studios (1996-2001)
      • The Lyons Group (1989, 1993; in 1989, Barney and the Backyard Gang: Three Wishes sold through Avon)
  • Integrity Music
  • Interactive Learning Group (1999-2000)
  • Jay Jay the Jet Plane Productions (1998-1999)
  • JCI Video (1990) (one known copy of Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect)
  • Kit Parker Films (1985-199?) (tapes released in association with Buena Vista Home Video)
  • Knowledge Adventure (1999-2002)
  • The LEGO Group (2001) (one known copy each of Jack Stone: Free Video Cassette and The Wheelersville Moo Cow Mystery)
  • Leucadia Family Films (one known copy of Wild Flower)
  • Lionsgate Home Entertainment (1999-present)*-
    • Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995)
      • Starmaker Entertainment (1989-1995)
      • Video Treasures (1990-1995)
        • Burbank Video (1992-1995)
        • MNTEX Entertainment (1992-1995)
        • Strand VCI Entertainment/Strand Home Video (1990-1991, 1994-1995)
        • Teal Entertainment (1994-1995)
    • Artisan Entertainment (1989-2004)
      • Vestron Video (1982-1993)
        • Children's Video Library (1983-1992)
        • Time-Life Video (pre-1982 incarnation) (1980-1982)
    • Vidmark Entertainment/Trimark Home Video (1992-2004)
  • Major League Baseball Productions (1989-1991)
  • Mattel Media (2000) (one known copy of Reader Rabbit's Sing-a-Song Adventure)
  • Media Home Entertainment (1990-1993; mostly distributed by Video Treasures)
    • Hi-Tops Video (1990-1993; distributed by Video Treasures)
    • Fox Hills Video (1989) (one known copy of NFL's Super Duper Football Follies, perhaps among others)[1]
    • The Nostalgia Merchant (1984)
  • MGM Home Entertainment* (1980-1990, 1996-1997, 1999, 2002, 20??-present)
    • Cannon Video (1988-1996) (marketed by Warner Home Video)
    • Forum Home Video (1985-1989)
    • Orion Home Video (1992) (some copies of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Dances with Wolves)[2]
  • Mill Creek Entertainment* (20??-present)
  • Monarch Home Video (1988-1989)
  • Monterey Home Video (1991-2006)
  • MPI Home Video (1985-19??)
  • NCircle Entertainment (20??-present)
  • New Yorker Films (2004)
  • Nick Jr. (1999) (one known copy of Little Bill: Special Teacher's Edition)
  • Parade Video (1991-1995; tapes sold through Avon)
  • Paramount Home Entertainment* (1987-1993, 1999-2021) (some tapes; in 1999 and the early 2000s, some demo tapes; post-2002 Canadian tapes)
    • CBS Home Entertainment* (2005-2021)
    • Nickelodeon Home Entertainment* (1995, 1999-present) (in 1995, some copies of Rugrats: The Santa Experience, marketed by Sony Wonder; in 1999 and the early 2000s, some demo tapes; post-2002 Canadian tapes; post-2005 US tapes; some DVDs marketed by Shout! Factory)
    • Republic Pictures Home Video (1992-2000)
    • Worldvision Home Video (1987-1995)
  • Pioneer Entertainment (1998)
  • Playboy Home Video (Canada)
  • PM Entertainment Group, Inc. (1995-1997; tapes sold through Avon)
  • POINT Entertainment Ltd. (1999)
  • PolyGram Video (1989-2000; tapes sold through Avon)
  • Quality Video (1994-1995; tapes sold through Avon)
  • Real Entertainment
  • Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows
  • Shout! Factory* (20??-present)
  • Shell Oil Company
  • Simon Marketing (1988-1992)
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment* (1981-1982, 1987-1988, 1995-2005; mostly tapes sold through Avon and sometimes, the Columbia House Video Club, 2005-2007)
    • Sony Wonder (1995-1997, 2005-2020)
    • SVS/Triumph Home Video (1981-1992)
  • Sony Music Entertainment/Sony BMG Music Entertainment (1995-1997, 2005-????)
    • Jive Records (Backstreet Boys: For The Fans)
    • Random House Home Video (1990-1992, 1996-1997, 2005-2007; in 1991, Richard Scarry's Best ABC Video Ever! sold through Simon Marketing; in the early 1990s, tapes sold through Avon)
    • Zomba Video
  • Spring House Music Group (1998-2005)
  • Stabur Home Video (1992)
  • Starlight Home Entertainment (2002)
  • StudioWorks Entertainment (2003)
  • Sundance Channel Home Entertainment (2003) (some copies of The Slaughter Rule)
  • Super Video
  • Synch-Point (2001)
  • Tiger Electronics (1990s)
  • Time-Life Video
  • Toddler Television Video (1993; one known copy each of Gerbert is Tom Sawyer and Gerbert: The Best Things in Life are Free! sold through Avon)
  • Tokyopop (2001)
  • Tommy Nelson (1999-2000)
  • Tyco Industries (1980s-1990s)
  • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment* (1982-1996, 1998-2004; tapes sold through Avon, 2005-present)
  • Urban Vision Entertainment
  • USA Films (1999)
  • VCI Home Video (1980s-1990s)
  • Ventura Entertainment (2000)
  • Vickilew Inc. (2003)
  • VidAmerica, Inc.
  • The Video Station
  • Viz Media (2004)
  • Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company/Buena Vista Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment*- (1980-present)
    • CBS/Fox Video/FoxVideo/20th Century Home Entertainment*- (1987-2003, 20??-present) (plus some copies of Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi, the release of which predated the duplicator's Q3 1987 purchase of CBS/Fox's duplication facilities; in the 1990s, some copies of Speed, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and Independence Day, perhaps among others, and tapes produced for the Mexican market; in 1998, some copies of Miracle on 34th Street sold through Avon; in the early 2000s, Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace, many copies of X-Men, and screener copies beginning in late 2000.)
      • New World Video (1985-1989)
  • Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment* (1980-present)
    • HBO Home Entertainment (1981-1982, 1986-2020)
    • Lorimar Home Video (1985-1989)
    • Turner Home Entertainment (1987, 1988-1996; tapes sold through Avon, 1997)
      • Nelson Entertainment (1987-1992)
        • Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1986)
  • Weston Woods Studios
  • Wizards of the Coast (1998)
  • Word Entertainment (1997-2000)

How to Tell[edit]

  • Tapes duplicated at VCA from 1980-1982 would have a sticker with numbers on it on the tape guard.
  • Pre-1991 tapes duplicated at VCA, S/T and Technicolor have 2 different types of stickers (with or without print dates): Tapes duplicated at Technicolor between 1981 and 1991 have a blue (sometimes white) sticker on the bottom spine, while tapes duplicated at VCA and S/T between 1982 and 1987 have a white sticker on the tape guard (and later on the bottom spine starting in 1985). Sometimes, the print date is read in YY/MM/DD format, but most of the time it is in MM/DD/YY.
  • Pre-April 1989 tapes duplicated at Technicolor in California have two different types of a screen test pattern at the end: Some 1985-1986 tapes have a black test pattern with a 410 hz tone, or a 420 hz tone, while most 1986-1989 tapes have either a 400 hz tone, or a 1010 hz tone.
  • Most 1986-2007 tapes duplicated at Technicolor have an ink print date instead of a sticker.
  • Starting in 1993, some tapes duplicated at Technicolor in Camarillo with an ink print date on the bottom middle side had a time. The following year, the Livonia plant implemented this, mainly for tapes duplicated there on the Sprinters.
    • The time was directly next to the date on post-June 1995 tapes duplicated in Livonia and some duplicated in Camarillo. However, on most 1993-1999 tapes, it would be next to the length code.
    • 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.
  • Tapes duplicated in Livonia on the Sprinters prior to 1995 had a sticker on the bottom spine.
  • Most 1989-2006 tapes duplicated in Livonia had the DTMF tones at the start and/or end of the tape.
  • Most 1981-1999 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 blue, plain black or plain white on either the left or right side of the tape that usually indicates the company that distributed it.
  • Some post-2001 tapes would have "MADE IN MEXICO" printed in either watermark ink on the plastic wrap, or on a sticker, on the back.
  • Many 1986-2005 tapes would have a separate set of printings with a separate print date (in addition to the regular sticker or printings with the regular print date), sometimes in dark ink. Starting in the beginning of 1992, the separate print date on tapes printed in California would include a time.
  • On some tapes printed in California and Livonia that had a sticker during the 1990s, the sticker was either white or yellow with information like this for example:

Example (California plants):

DRACULA A.D. (1972) WHV

0285337 V25100

09/29/94 S-3 P-X

113-01-7

  • Some tapes had a white sticker on the right side of the tape, with information like the following examples:

Example 1:

ROUGH CUT V

11111 1 113 113


Example 2:

THE BOY

38381 3 332 1292

  • Occasionally, a few tapes from this duplicator may have the static roll of death at the end.
  • One known copy of "Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook", by Video Treasures, that was duplicated in Livonia in EP/SLP mode had a telltale "TVC" code printed at the far right of the VBI (which was normally only on SP mode tapes duplicated at the plant at the time). The exact suffix was 12, and this code begins to appear a quarter minute after the beginning. Said copy had the telltale "no print date" barcode sticker featuring the catalog number.
  • Strangely, one known copy of "Mickey's Fun Songs: Let's Go To The Circus!", by Walt Disney Home Video, that was duplicated in Livonia on a Sprinter only had the first line of printings, therefore lacking a print date.
  • Some tapes, such as one known copy of The Boatniks, did not have any printings at all.
  • Strangely, one known copy of "Iron Master", by MNTEX Entertainment, that was duplicated in Livonia on a Sprinter had the wrong catalog number in the first line of printings.[3] Here’s what said printings looked like:
IRON MASTER       VTMN7659EP  137932
110494-J          000000-3-0  E43100
  • Tapes duplicated on Sprinters, beginning in 1994, have information printed on most of the VBI. On tapes duplicated in Livonia until 1996, the information consisted of the tape’s catalog number, usually introduced by the prefix of the company and/or label, and was only at the beginning. On tapes duplicated in California, the information consisted of the title, the date when the master tape was possibly last copied, etc., and was at both the beginning and the end. Here are some examples:

Example 1 (1994 Livonia variant):

VTTG1227 9-001 ("World War II: The European Theater", by Burbank Video)

Example 2 (1994-1995 Livonia variant):

WD000049 MN#017 ("Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree", by Walt Disney Home Video)

Example 3 (1994-1995 Livonia variant):

VT01421 MN#013 ("3-Hour Christmas Classics", by Burbank Video)

Example 4 (1994-1995 Livonia variant):

VT01421 MN#021 ("3-Hour Christmas Classics", by Burbank Video)

Example 5 (1994-1995 Livonia variant):

VT01421 MN#025 ("3-Hour Christmas Classics", by Burbank Video)

Example 6 (1994-1995 Livonia variant):

VT09399 MM#007 ("Red Skelton: His Many Faces of Comedy", by Video Treasures)

Example 7 (1994-1995 Livonia variant):

VTTG1231 MN#001 ("World War II: Weapons of War", by Burbank Video)

  • Discs replicated in Guadalajara prior to the late 2010s have matrix printings on the back of the disc rings, consisting of a 6-digit number in parenthesis and the catalog number (sometimes with "MADE IN MEXICO" printed somewhere around the disc rings), like these examples:

(208616) 87942(R0) (no "MADE IN MEXICO" print) ("All Grown Up!: Growing Up Changes Everything" DVD, by Paramount Home Entertainment)

(261841) 87732(R0) (no "MADE IN MEXICO" print) ("All Grown Up!: Dude, Where's My Horse?" DVD, by Paramount Home Entertainment)

(700578) 15644-B (R0) ("MADE IN MEXICO" printed somewhere around the disc rings) (Disc 2 of "Forrest Gump: Special Collector's Edition" DVD set, by Paramount Home Entertainment)

Between the early and late 2010s, the matrix printings would look like this:

(524198) NA80699DVR0 ("Rugrats: Outdoor Shenanigans", by Paramount Home Media Distribution)

(524200) NA80700DVR0 ("Rugrats: Reptar Returns!", by Paramount Home Media Distribution)

Beginning in the late 2010s, the matrix printings would look like this:

(1082153) 8JF00001D1.3 ("The Little Mermaid" (Walt Disney Signature Collection) DVD, by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)

Fun Facts[edit]

  • VCA-Teletronics was spun off in 1987, shortly after the acquisition of CBS/Fox's duplication facility.
  • Technicolor Videocassette, Inc. adopted the name "Technicolor Video Services" as its DBA name by October 1993, as the arm was completing a move from Newbury Park to Camarillo. "Technicolor Videocassette, Inc." remained the company's legal name until 1997 when the arm began DVD replication by which point both the company's legal and DBA names, as well as its optical media replication counterpart Technicolor Optical Media Services, were combined to become "Technicolor Video/CD/DVD Services".
  • S/T Videocassette Duplicating Corp. was a joint venture between Sony Corporation and VCA-Teletronics, set up not long after VCA-Teletronics itself was founded.
    • S/T = Sony/Teletronics
  • Around 70% of Disney's videocassette output was being duplicated at Technicolor's Livonia plant as of 1996.
  • The first Macrovision-encoded MCA Home Video tapes, as well as New World Video's lineup around 1985, are among the tapes duplicated at VCA/Technicolor's Newbury Park plant.
  • Some Disney tapes beginning in the early 1990s, as well as certain "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" tapes from Family Home Entertainment (sold through the Burger King Kids' Club), a majority of Video Treasures' lineup (including Burbank Video, Media Home Entertainment and MNTEX Entertainment) and Starmaker Entertainment's lineup between the early 1990s and 1995, and Best Film and Video Corporation, Simon Marketing, and Vestron Video's lineups prior to the late 1990s, and select copies of certain tapes from Sony Music Entertainment's divisions and subsidiaries (including a small portion of Sony Wonder's lineup, including "Rugrats: The Santa Experience" from Nickelodeon Video and some post-1995 Random House Home Video releases) were among the tapes duplicated at Technicolor's Livonia plant using Sony Sprinter systems.
  • As part of Technicolor's agreement with Video Treasures, which was secured in September 1992, Video Treasures closed its Cincinnati, Ohio duplication plant and sold its equipment there to Technicolor which would add the equipment to its Livonia, Michigan plant.

Known abbreviation letter codes[edit]

  • DIS - Buena Vista Home Video (1985-1988)
  • BVHV - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1990-2007)
  • AVN - Avon Products (1988-2005)
  • NWV - New World Video (1985-1989)
  • WHV4 - Warner Home Video (198?-1985)
  • WHV - Warner Home Video (198?-2006)
  • VT - Video Treasures (1992-1993)
  • VM - Trimark Home Video (1992-????)
  • RV - Family Home Entertainment (some copies of Frosty Returns; 1993)
  • RVS - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video (1994-199?)
  • T275 - Columbia House Video Club
  • 275T - same as T275
  • QEP - Worldvision Home Video (EP/SLP tapes; 199?-199?)
  • EP - Starmaker Entertainment, Video Treasures (EP/SLP tapes; 1994-1995)
  • SP - Starmaker Entertainment, Video Treasures (SP tapes; 1994-1995)
  • 2 PK - unknown
  • SKG - DreamWorks Home Entertainment (1998-2006)
  • EHE - Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1986)
  • MCATM - MCA Home Video (1982-1990)
  • MCAT - same as MCATM
  • MGM - MGM Home Entertainment (some early copies of Barbershop; 2002)
  • HW - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Hollywood Video exclusive tapes; 199?-200?)
  • BB - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Blockbuster exclusive tapes; 199?-200?)
  • BRC - Brentwood Home Video (1997-2001)
  • BRCSP - same as BRC (SP tapes; 1997-2001)
  • BRC-E - same as BRC (EP/SLP tapes; 1997-2001)
  • BCI - BCI Eclipse (2001-2004)
  • BFSP - Best Film and Video Corporation (SP tapes; 199?-199?)
  • BFEP - Best Film and Video Corporation (EP/SLP tapes; 199?-199?)
  • PHV - Paramount Home Video (1988-1991)
  • PHE - Paramount Home Entertainment (2000-2007 [Canadian]; 2005-2007 [US])
  • TCI - Universal/Alliance Video Distribution (2000-2006 [Canadian])

Known batch and stock number prefix codes[edit]

NOTE: Most tapes duplicated after 1988 using Sony Sprinter systems will use prefixes indicating the label and/or distributor.

  • WHV - Warner Home Video (1988-2000)
  • WB - same as WHV
  • NE - Nelson Entertainment (1987-1992)
  • NL - New Line Home Entertainment (1997-200?)
  • TW - Warner Home Video (2000-2006)
  • BVH - Buena Vista Home Video (1988-1990)
  • WDTNT - Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company/Buena Vista Home Video (1981-1988)
  • WDT - same as WDTNT
  • WD - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1988-2006), Starmaker Entertainment (1995)
  • VA - VidAmerica (1981-1992)
  • VTM - Media Home Entertainment (tapes distributed by Video Treasures; 1990-1994)
  • VTSV - Video Treasures (1990-1992)
  • VT - same as VTSV (1991-1995)
  • VTBV - Burbank Video (1992-1995)
  • VTTG - same as VTBV (some tapes; 1992-1995)
  • VTTR - same as VTTG and VTBV (some tapes; 1992-1995)
  • VTHR - Hal Roach Studios Film Classics (tapes distributed by Video Treasures; 1992-1995)
  • VTMN - MNTEX Entertainment (1992-1995)
  • VTDE - Drive Entertainment (1994-1995)
  • BRC - Brentwood Home Video (1997-2004)
  • ES - Avon Products (1989)
  • AV - same as ES (1988-2005)
  • AVE - same as ES and AV (1989-1994)
  • AVON - same as ES, AV and AVE (1989-1994)
  • SM - Simon Marketing (1988-1993), Sony Music Entertainment (199?-199?)
  • PCG - Simon Marketing (1993-199?)
  • HBO - HBO Home Entertainment (1988-2000)
  • VV - Vestron Video (1982-1993), LIVE Entertainment (some tapes; 199?-199?)
  • LV - Artisan Entertainment (19??-200?)
  • RPE - Republic Pictures Home Video (1992-2000)
  • RNK - Paramount Home Video (1988)
  • RK - Paramount Home Video (1990), MCA/Universal Home Video (199?-199?)
  • WV - Worldvision Home Video (1988-1995)
  • PA - Paramount Home Entertainment (demo tapes; 1999-200?)
  • PR - Cabin Fever Entertainment (Lonesome Dove; 1992)
  • VM - Trimark Home Video (1992-2004)
  • SNY - Sony Video Software (1982-1991)
  • ST - Starmaker Entertainment (1989-1995), R&G Video (distributed by Starmaker Entertainment; 1994-1995)
  • RG - R&G Video (distributed by Starmaker Entertainment; 1990-1994)
  • LM - Shell Oil Company (Peanuts tapes; 1991-1993)
  • CV - Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (1981), Columbia House Video Club (199?-200?)
  • CLHS - Columbia House Video Club (199?-200?)
  • CH - Columbia House Video Club (199?-200?)
  • MGM - MGM/UA Home Video (1981-1990)
  • WDWD - same as WD (1994)
  • WDKM - same as WD and WDWD (some tapes; 1994-1995)
  • WDTG - same as WD, WDWD and WDKM (some tapes; 1994-1995)
  • WDWM - same as WD, WDWD, WDKM and WDTG (some tapes; 1994-1995)
  • WDL - same as WD, WDWD, WDKM, WDTG and WDWM (on some copies of the first four Disney Princess Collection tapes; 1995)
  • UV - Urban Vision Entertainment (????-????)
  • LHV - Lorimar Home Video (1987-1989)
  • RB - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows (199?-199?)
  • CD - Family Entertainment Network (????-????)
  • WC - Strand Home Video (1994)
  • TVM (tapes duplicated in Mexico; 200?-2007)
  • Random codes (S8, X23, Y1, RC, Y5, X8, X12, M12, S35, etc.) (tapes duplicated in Livonia; 1990-2006)
  • 000 (some tapes; 1985-1988)

Known stock number suffix codes[edit]

These codes could be seen on tapes printed in Livonia using Sony Sprinter systems, from 1988 to May 1995.

  • V (some tapes)
  • VPD - same as V
  • -V - same as V and VPD
  • -S - SP
  • LPD - LP
  • EPD - EP/SLP

Known VBI code suffixes[edit]

For information on these, click here.

Gallery[edit]

Sony/Teletronics[edit]

  • This is what the "no print date" sticker looked like on some tapes printed in Leonia prior to around 1986.
    This is what the "no print date" sticker looked like on some tapes printed in Leonia prior to around 1986.
  • Same example as picture #1, sans the VCA logo.
    Same example as picture #1, sans the VCA logo.
  • This is what the print date sticker looked like on tapes printed in Leonia from 1982 to 1987.
    This is what the print date sticker looked like on tapes printed in Leonia from 1982 to 1987.
  • This is what the print date sticker looked like on some tapes printed in the East Coast, beginning in the mid-1980s.
    This is what the print date sticker looked like on some tapes printed in the East Coast, beginning in the mid-1980s.

Vidtronics[edit]

  • This is what the print date sticker looked like on some tapes printed in California, beginning in 1981.
    This is what the print date sticker looked like on some tapes printed in California, beginning in 1981.
  • This is what the print date sticker looked like on some tapes printed in California, beginning in 1981.
    This is what the print date sticker looked like on some tapes printed in California, beginning in 1981.
  • Same example as picture #1.
    Same example as picture #1.

VCA/Technicolor[edit]

East Coast plants[edit]

  • Same example as picture #1 in the "Sony/Teletronics" section.
    Same example as picture #1 in the "Sony/Teletronics" section.
  • Same example as picture #2, sans the VCA logo.
    Same example as picture #2, sans the VCA logo.

California plants[edit]

  • Same example as picture #5 in the "Vidtronics" section, except the font used is slightly different and the sticker itself was colored normal blue.
    Same example as picture #5 in the "Vidtronics" section, except the font used is slightly different and the sticker itself was colored normal blue.
  • Same example as picture #2, except the font used is slightly different.
    Same example as picture #2, except the font used is slightly different.
  • This is what the ink printing, used on some tapes printed in California from July 1986 to 1988, looks like with the print date on it.
    This is what the ink printing, used on some tapes printed in California from July 1986 to 1988, looks like with the print date on it.
  • This is what the ink printing, used on some tapes printed in California beginning in early 1987, looks like with the print date on it.
    This is what the ink printing, used on some tapes printed in California beginning in early 1987, looks like with the print date on it.

Technicolor[edit]

California plants[edit]

  • Same example as picture #4 in the "VCA/Technicolor California" section, though slightly akin to the ink printing used on tapes duplicated at Video Technology Services in Newbury Park.
    Same example as picture #4 in the "VCA/Technicolor California" section, though slightly akin to the ink printing used on tapes duplicated at Video Technology Services in Newbury Park.
  • This is what the ink printing, used on tapes printed in California from late 1985 to 1994, looks like with the print date on it. Notice that there is another print date in dark ink in this picture.
    This is what the ink printing, used on tapes printed in California from late 1985 to 1994, looks like with the print date on it. Notice that there is another print date in dark ink in this picture.
  • This is what the print date sticker looked like on tapes printed in California prior to early 1991.
    This is what the print date sticker looked like on tapes printed in California prior to early 1991.
  • Notice that there is another print date in dark gray ink in this picture.
    Notice that there is another print date in dark gray ink in this picture.

Livonia plant (acquired from CBS/Fox)[edit]

Other Systems[edit]
  • This is what the ink printing, used on tapes printed in Livonia using industrial duplicators, from 1987 to 1990, looks like. The printing you see on the far bottom was also used on some tapes duplicated at the plant, although some tapes duplicated at the company's California plants also used these printings and so did some tapes from different duplicators (e.g. Rank Video Services America, Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation, VTR Video and WRS Motion Picture & Video Laboratory).
    This is what the ink printing, used on tapes printed in Livonia using industrial duplicators, from 1987 to 1990, looks like. The printing you see on the far bottom was also used on some tapes duplicated at the plant, although some tapes duplicated at the company's California plants also used these printings and so did some tapes from different duplicators (e.g. Rank Video Services America, Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation, VTR Video and WRS Motion Picture & Video Laboratory).
  • An example of what the printings looked like on tapes duplicated in Livonia using industrial real-time duplicators during the mid-2000s.
    An example of what the printings looked like on tapes duplicated in Livonia using industrial real-time duplicators during the mid-2000s.
Sony Sprinter (both Malvern and Livonia)[edit]
  • This is an example of what the sticker on one known copy of a The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh promotional tape as well as some tapes by Vestron Video, Forum Home Video, Tyco and Monarch Home Video, using the Sony Sprinter, looked like during 1987-1988.
    This is an example of what the sticker on one known copy of a The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh promotional tape as well as some tapes by Vestron Video, Forum Home Video, Tyco and Monarch Home Video, using the Sony Sprinter, looked like during 1987-1988.
  • This is what the printings, used on some tapes printed in Livonia using the Sony Sprinter, from early October 1992 to mid-May 1995, looks like with the print date on it. These kind of printings had the distributor's prefix, stock number and tape speed on the left of the batch number, akin to the "no print date" barcode stickers used by the same facility from 1988 to 1995. If the letters following the stock number did not indicate the speed, they would always be either VPD or -V.
    This is what the printings, used on some tapes printed in Livonia using the Sony Sprinter, from early October 1992 to mid-May 1995, looks like with the print date on it. These kind of printings had the distributor's prefix, stock number and tape speed on the left of the batch number, akin to the "no print date" barcode stickers used by the same facility from 1988 to 1995. If the letters following the stock number did not indicate the speed, they would always be either VPD or -V.
  • An unusual variant of the printings without the print date.
    An unusual variant of the printings without the print date.

Other plants[edit]

  • Most likely duplicated in either California or somewhere in Mexico.
    Most likely duplicated in either California or somewhere in Mexico.

Montreal plant (acquired from Astral Media)[edit]

Ciudad de México plant (acquired from Televisa)[edit]

Guadalajara plant[edit]

  • An example of the matrix printings on the back of a disc replicated in Guadalajara.
    An example of the matrix printings on the back of a disc replicated in Guadalajara.

VBI codes[edit]

  • An example of what the code on the VBI looks like on most tapes duplicated in Livonia using industrial real-time duplicators prior to 1999.
    An example of what the code on the VBI looks like on most tapes duplicated in Livonia using industrial real-time duplicators prior to 1999.
  • Same as the previous example, but with the Macrovision signal.
    Same as the previous example, but with the Macrovision signal.
  • An example of what the code on the VBI looks like on tapes duplicated in Livonia using Sony Sprinters, beginning in Q2 1994. On this variant, the second set of digits consisted of a number followed by a minus and a three-digit number. This variant of the code was used until Q3 1994, except for some later post-Q3 1994 pressings of pre-Q3 1994 tapes that used it until late 1996.
    An example of what the code on the VBI looks like on tapes duplicated in Livonia using Sony Sprinters, beginning in Q2 1994. On this variant, the second set of digits consisted of a number followed by a minus and a three-digit number. This variant of the code was used until Q3 1994, except for some later post-Q3 1994 pressings of pre-Q3 1994 tapes that used it until late 1996.
  • Beginning in late 1994, the second set of digits usually had "MN#" (sometimes "MM#"; in place of a number followed by a minus) followed by a three-digit number. This variant of the code was used until mid-1995, except for some later post-mid-1995 pressings of pre-mid-1995 tapes that used it until late 1996. Master copies with this variant of the VBI codes for certain pre-July 1995 releases from distributor Anchor Bay Entertainment, particularly labels Video Treasures, Burbank Video and MNTEX Entertainment, would be reassigned to Allied Digital Technologies in Clinton, following that distributor's move to said facility.
    Beginning in late 1994, the second set of digits usually had "MN#" (sometimes "MM#"; in place of a number followed by a minus) followed by a three-digit number. This variant of the code was used until mid-1995, except for some later post-mid-1995 pressings of pre-mid-1995 tapes that used it until late 1996. Master copies with this variant of the VBI codes for certain pre-July 1995 releases from distributor Anchor Bay Entertainment, particularly labels Video Treasures, Burbank Video and MNTEX Entertainment, would be reassigned to Allied Digital Technologies in Clinton, following that distributor's move to said facility.
  • An example of what the code on the VBI looks like on tapes duplicated in Livonia using Sony Sprinters between late 1996 and the 2000s.
    An example of what the code on the VBI looks like on tapes duplicated in Livonia using Sony Sprinters between late 1996 and the 2000s.
  • On some tapes duplicated in California between 1994 and the 2000s, the text in the VBI scrolls to the left and there is a date code in it, possibly implying when the master tape was last copied. This variation usually appeared at the beginning and the end of these tapes. This is an attempted re-creation of an example of the full code.
    On some tapes duplicated in California between 1994 and the 2000s, the text in the VBI scrolls to the left and there is a date code in it, possibly implying when the master tape was last copied. This variation usually appeared at the beginning and the end of these tapes. This is an attempted re-creation of an example of the full code.

Locations[edit]

United States[edit]

  • Beverly Hills, California (1999-????) (acquired as part of Central Video purchase)
  • Calexico, California (1999-present) (acquired as part of Central Video purchase)
  • Camarillo, California (1993-2007) (acquired from Everest & Jennings and sold to Sandstone Properties)
  • Camarillo, California (1994-2007) (expansion of initial Camarillo site)
  • Cincinnati, Ohio (1992) (assets acquired from Video Treasures, building ultimately consolidated into Technicolor's Livonia operations)
  • Dallas, Texas (1980-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, acquired from Inovision, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff)
  • Des Plaines, Illinois (1979-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff)
  • Hollywood, California (????-????) (originated with Technicolor, unknown status)
  • Houston, Texas (1980-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff)
  • Huntington Beach, California (198?-1990s) (originated with Technicolor, unknown status)
  • Leonia, New Jersey (1972-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff)
  • Livonia, Michigan (1987-2016) (first facility acquired from CBS/Fox, building later sold to battery supplier A123 Systems as their headquarters before it was ultimately demolished for a Beaumont Health medical center. Most of the work from the first facility was transferred to a second facility around 2010. The second facility was later sold to Ford Motor Company, which currently uses the site as an auto parts warehouse)
  • Malvern, Pennsylvania (1988-1990) (originated with High Speed Video, consolidated into Technicolor's Livonia operations)
  • Naperville, Illinois (198?-198?) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, currently used by cleanup and restoration company Servpro)
  • New York City, New York (198?-????) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, unknown status)
  • Newbury Park, California (1981-1993) (originated with Technicolor, moved to Camarillo)

Canada[edit]

  • Don Mills, Ontario (1999-????) (acquired as part of VTR Video purchase)
  • Montreal, Quebec (2000-????) (acquired from Astral Media)
  • Toronto, Ontario (1999-????) (acquired as part of VTR Video purchase)

Mexico[edit]

  • Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal (1999-????) (acquired as part of Central Video purchase)
  • Guadalajara, Jalisco (2001-present)

United Kingdom[edit]

  • London, England (????-????)

Netherlands[edit]

TBD

Trivia[edit]

  • Some tapes that used the company's masters, particularly post-July 1995 pressings of pre-July 1995 Video Treasures, Burbank Video and MNTEX Entertainment releases, as well as some post-July 1995 pressings of pre-July 1995 Starmaker Entertainment releases that still came in their original packaging with the "Video by Technicolor" notation intact, were instead duplicated at Allied Digital Technologies.
  • The original Camarillo site had S-VHS duplication capabilities.
  • The VHS release of Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment had an on-screen logo for the company with the words "Manufactured by" above at the end of the tape. It is unknown if any other video releases had this logo.
  • Some copies of Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition printed in Livonia in early November 2004 have an error where the video scrolls from color to black and white for several minutes (when generally, on many tapes of the era, it was only for the first few seconds of the tape). As of currently, only two copies, printed on November 5, 2004, are known to be like this.[4][5]

Websites[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ https://www.ebay.com/itm/203147278201?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=VDKLa7ECQC-&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
  2. ↑ Dances with Wolves (1990) VHS Review (Considering The Film Being 3 Hours, I'm Amazed It's On 1 Tape) - YouTube
  3. ↑ https://www.ebay.com/itm/116372822119?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=yHPtA8SNSsu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
  4. ↑ Bad News for January 18, 2025 - YouTube
  5. ↑ ONE OF THE MOST DAMAGED VHS TAPES EVER! (BAD NEWS!) - YouTube
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