Vaughn Communications Inc.: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
IlCattivo25 (talk | contribs) |
|||
| (26 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
<!--Do NOT add any unsourced information. "It was mentioned on the outdated Miraheze incarnation of this wiki" does not count as legitimately sourced information. This is your only warning.-->
[[File:Vaughn Communications, Inc..jpg|thumb]]
==History==
This company was acquired by [[Allied Digital|Allied Digital Technologies]] on January 9, 1999. In March of that year, said company's name was changed to Allied Vaughn.
Line 7 ⟶ 8:
* Crocus Entertainment
* The National Arbor Day Foundation
* Silver Burdett Ginn (1991)
* Simitar Entertainment (????-1998)
== How to Tell ==
* Most tapes did not have any form of printing; however, some, such as one known copy of ''Sol Bianca'' from A.D. Vision, had the Vaughn V printed above the
* One known copy each of ''Music Magic Video Library: Music for Special Occasions'' and ''Music Magic Video Library: Rhythm'' had the printings formatted like these respective examples:
* Early tapes had dark red printings consisting of the letter V (often represented by the Vaughn V) followed by two strings of numbers (e.g. '''[Vaughn V]3286 159900'''). Occasionally, the releasing company's name was stamped to the left (e.g. '''<small>SIMITAR</small> V3119 510601'''). Tapes with such printings had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail-end.▼
'''0-382-26613-7 592000[Vaughn V]'''
'''0-382-26614-5 '''<small>S, B&G</small>''' 592001[Vaughn V]'''
''<small>GR.2 RHYTHM</small>''
▲* Early tapes, as well as several Simitar tapes duplicated here, had dark red printings consisting of the letter V (often represented by the Vaughn V) followed by two strings of numbers (e.g. '''[Vaughn V]3286 159900'''). Occasionally, the releasing company's name was stamped to the left (e.g. '''<small>SIMITAR</small> V3119 510601'''). On one known copy of ''From Beyond: Monsters and Sci-Fi Monsters'', the Vaughn V was at the end of the code (e.g. '''4831 62650[Vaughn V]'''). Tapes with such printings had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail-end.
* Tapes from this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
* Tapes duplicated at the plants acquired with Centercom Inc. continued to use that duplicator's printings (e.g. '''<big>2</big> 65951211 0914 00135 <big>T75</big>''' or '''<big>2</big> 65951354 0914 02213 <big>T75</big>'''). On some copies of ''Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture'', these printings were gray, due to the tape being white.
<gallery>
File:3286 15900 (End of the Trail Tape 1).jpg|An example of what the dark red printings on early tapes by this duplicator looked like.
File:The Battle of Gettysburg Volume 2 (1993 Simitar Entertainment).JPG
File:Music Magic Video Library - Dancing (1991 Silver Burdett Ginn).JPG
File:Music Magic Video Library - Music for Special Occasions (1991 Silver Burdett Ginn).jpg
File:Music Magic Video Library - Rhythm (1991 Silver Burdett Ginn).jpg
</gallery>
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:5a387918a02d58abdc153657c162439e4a26ee18.jpg|Vaughn's former Portland, Oregon location following the Allied merger.
</gallery>
| |||