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==List of Customers==
==List of Customers==
* Video Treasures (1985-1992)
* Video Treasures (1985-1992)
** Media Home Entertainment (1988-1992) (some self-distributed tapes; mostly tapes distributed by Video Treasures)
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** Burbank Video (1991-1992)
*** Hi-Tops Video (1988-1992) (some self-distributed tapes)
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** MNTex Entertainment (1992)
* Parents Approved Video (1988-1990) (tapes distributed by Video Treasures)
*** The Nostalgia Merchant (1988) (some self-distributed tapes)
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* Burbank Video (1989-1992)
** Troy Gold (1987-1989)
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* Magnum Entertainment (1985-1989)


==How to Tell==
==How to Tell==
* Pre-1987 tapes have a record tab intact, while post-1987 tapes omitted it.
* Some pre-1989 tapes have a record tab intact. Most tapes omit it, however.
** Pre-1986 tapes may have a silent color bars test pattern.
** Pre-1986 tapes may have a silent color bars test pattern.
** 1986-1987 tapes may have a silent White Screen of Death test pattern.
** 1986-1987 tapes may have a silent white screen test pattern.
* Post-1988 tapes have a shuffling rainbow transition pattern at the beginning, middle and/or end.
* Nearly all post-1988 tapes have shuffling color/black-and-white bars and sometimes color static at the beginning, middle and/or end.
** Some post-1988 tapes have a hi-fi track, in addition to a linear one.
** Some post-1988 tapes have a hi-fi track, in addition to a linear one.
* 1988-1990 tapes with an ink-label use gray-white texture, while post-1990 tapes with an ink-label use normal white texture.
* Many 1988-1990 tapes have a gray-text ink-label. Most post-1990 tapes have a white-text ink-label.
* Most 1987-1990 tapes have a dark ink print date in an unusual format.
* Most 1987-1990 tapes have a dark ink print date in an unusual format. However, pre-1987 tapes do not have a print date at all, neither do post-1990 tapes.
** Print date example -- if the print date reads "AUG 25 89", that means the tape was printed on August 25, 1989.
** Print date example -- if the print date reads "AUG 25 89", that means the tape was printed on August 25, 1989.
* Tapes printed after 1990 do not use a print date at all. This method was continued by Technicolor Videocassette during the next two months following its acquisition of Video Cassette Duplicating Corp. from Handleman Corporation.


==Fun Facts==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
* Around early May 1992, Handleman Corporation, which controlled ownership of Video Treasures since early 1989 and has always controlled ownership of Video Cassette Sales, had sold off its duplication arm, Video Cassette Duplicating Corp. to Technicolor Videocassette.
File:MAR 23 88 (I Remember Mama).jpg|This is what the dark ink print date, used on some tapes from 1988 to 1990, looks like.
File:The Little Princess (1988 Viking Video Classics).jpg|This is what the white ink printing, presumably used on some tapes duplicated in Marina del Rey from 1987 to 1992, looks like.
</gallery>


==Locations==
==Locations==
* Cincinnati, Ohio (1989-1992) (ultimately consolidated into Technicolor's Livonia operations)
* Hauppauge, New York (1985-1990)
* Hackensack, New Jersey (1985-1990) (possibly consolidated into Technicolor's Livonia operations)
* Batavia, Ohio (1990-1992)
* Marina Del Rey, California (1987-1992) (acquired from Hal Roach)
* Troy, Michigan (1985-1992)

[[Category:Duplicators]]
[[Category:Handleman subsidiaries]]
[[Category:Vantiva subsidiaries]]
[[Category:Duplicators founded in 1985]]
[[Category:Duplicators closed in 1992]]
[[Category:Sony Sprinter customers]]

Latest revision as of 16:52, 20 May 2024

List of Customers[edit]

  • Video Treasures (1985-1992)
    • Media Home Entertainment (1988-1992) (some self-distributed tapes; mostly tapes distributed by Video Treasures)
      • Hi-Tops Video (1988-1992) (some self-distributed tapes)
      • The Nostalgia Merchant (1988) (some self-distributed tapes)
  • Burbank Video (1989-1992)
    • Troy Gold (1987-1989)
  • Magnum Entertainment (1985-1989)

How to Tell[edit]

  • Some pre-1989 tapes have a record tab intact. Most tapes omit it, however.
    • Pre-1986 tapes may have a silent color bars test pattern.
    • 1986-1987 tapes may have a silent white screen test pattern.
  • Nearly all post-1988 tapes have shuffling color/black-and-white bars and sometimes color static at the beginning, middle and/or end.
    • Some post-1988 tapes have a hi-fi track, in addition to a linear one.
  • Many 1988-1990 tapes have a gray-text ink-label. Most post-1990 tapes have a white-text ink-label.
  • Most 1987-1990 tapes have a dark ink print date in an unusual format. However, pre-1987 tapes do not have a print date at all, neither do post-1990 tapes.
    • Print date example -- if the print date reads "AUG 25 89", that means the tape was printed on August 25, 1989.

Gallery[edit]

  • This is what the dark ink print date, used on some tapes from 1988 to 1990, looks like.

    This is what the dark ink print date, used on some tapes from 1988 to 1990, looks like.

  • This is what the white ink printing, presumably used on some tapes duplicated in Marina del Rey from 1987 to 1992, looks like.

    This is what the white ink printing, presumably used on some tapes duplicated in Marina del Rey from 1987 to 1992, looks like.

Locations[edit]

  • Cincinnati, Ohio (1989-1992) (ultimately consolidated into Technicolor's Livonia operations)
  • Hackensack, New Jersey (1985-1990) (possibly consolidated into Technicolor's Livonia operations)
  • Marina Del Rey, California (1987-1992) (acquired from Hal Roach)
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