Unknown duplicators

The following is a list of unknown duplicators. Once a duplicator in this list is identified, it should be removed from the list and a page should be created for it.

List of Known Customers

 * Atlantic Releasing Co. (1992)
 * LaserLight Digital (1998)
 * Media Home Entertainment (1987-1989)
 * New World Video (1989) (Some copies of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark)
 * Penton Kids/Cowles Syndicate, Inc. (1993)
 * Price/Stern/Sloan Video (1990-1992)
 * RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1987)
 * Rhino Home Video (1991)
 * Streamline Pictures (1991-1994?)
 * Trinity Broadcasting Network (1989-1999)
 * York Home Video (1991)

How to Tell

 * Earlier tapes would have printings above the spot where the record tab would be, like this for example:

T-100

024888-2

Beginning around late 1989, this was changed to one or two rows of letters and numbers engraved in the same spot, like this for example:

T70PX2

LY7102

Starting around 1998, it became permanent for tapes from this duplicator to only have one row of letters and numbers engraved. In addition, the font was changed (e.g. T82PX1).


 * Some earlier tapes also had a sticker with information on it on the bottom middle side, like this for example:

W.O.#18441W

HOLIDAY

Slave #V SP Pass 3

Around 1989, this was changed to printings on the tape guard, or sometimes the bottom middle side. It would appear like this for example:

W.O.8504

SILLYVILLE

PASS 3 SLAVE 976


 * Some RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video tapes duplicated by this company had a black screen test pattern with a 1133hz tone at the end.

List of Known Customers

 * AnimEigo (1997)
 * Colgate
 * Media Education Foundation (2000)
 * New River Media (1999)
 * New Yorker Video
 * The Baby School Company, Inc. (1998)
 * Zeitgeist Video (2002)

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had dark red printings like this for example:

T-105 21647 CELESTE

List of Known Customers

 * First Look Home Entertainment (2003-2005)
 * Funimation Entertainment (2001-2004)
 * Gym-Mark/The Gymboree Corporation (2001)
 * Maverick Entertainment (2002)
 * Showtime Entertainment (2001-2004)
 * Sundance Channel Home Entertainment (2002-2004)
 * The Gold Label (2003)
 * The Professional Education Institute (2002)
 * Two Left Shoes (2002) (some copies of Lush)

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had printings like this:

Example #1:

TITLE: EVIL BUU (UNCUT) B2450

04/02 T-70

Example #2:

TITLE: VISITOR

10-03 T-96 PASS 001

Example #3:

TITLE: CYBERMUTT

02/04 T-88 192 PASS 001

Example #4:

TITLE: EMPOWERMENT #5

02/02 365 T-80 192 PASS 001

List of Known Customers

 * ADV Films
 * Cabin Fever Entertainment (1990)
 * Cartoon Network (some copies of the promotional "Rainy Day Survival Kit" tape)
 * First Look Pictures (2000-2001)
 * Full Moon Entertainment
 * Questar Home Video
 * Scholastic (1998)
 * Strand Home Video
 * The Baby Einstein Company (1998)
 * TLC (1993)
 * Xenon Video (1997)

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had blue printings like the following examples:

Example 1:

1X65630S105511 RAINY DAY 44155LR T46

Example 2:

21415435 VHSHH/001D H/4222GEO 51


 * Some tapes from this company had a black screen test pattern with a 400hz tone at the end, while some others had the static roll of death. Some had nothing.

List of Known Customers

 * Price/Stern/Sloan Video (1991-1992)

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had a white number 75 or 80 above the recording tab spot (possibly indicating tape length).
 * There is no other known form of printing on tapes from this duplicator, aside from the number above the recording tab spot.

List of Known Customers

 * Simitar Entertainment

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had dark red printings (e.g. 3286 15900).
 * Numerous tapes from this duplicator also had a few extra seconds of black screen after the blank space at the end.

List of Known Customers

 * Montgomery Ward

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated by this company had dark red printings in dark red ink (e.g. 10962138 29572 RUDOLPHS LESSONS).

List of Known Customers

 * Paramount Home Entertainment (2007-2008)
 * DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2008)

How to Tell

 * Some tapes duplicated by this company had the number 105 stamped in dark red ink on the right side of the tape shell.
 * Tapes duplicated by this company also had a sticker on the right side of the tape shell. The information on the sticker was usually like this for example:

'''HOW SHE MOVE THEAT FEB

ENGLISH

PARAMOUNT HV 332852 CREST 02/12


 * However, on some tapes, the sticker said "DELUXE MEDIA" instead of "PARAMOUNT."

List of Known Customers

 * HaleStone Distribution (2004)
 * National Rifle Association (1994)
 * Nest Entertainment
 * Tektronics
 * The Living Scriptures
 * Two Little Hands Productions (2004)

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had a code that consisted of "CdI", a date, a clock and a random letter, sticking out from the bottom of the vertical blanking interval.

List of Known Customers

 * Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (as confirmed by one copy of a Really Wild Animals screening cassette)

How to Tell

 * Tapes from this duplicator had a print date, with the printings being laid out like this for example:

PAL-200          MMM   17:25   04/25/94

T-140