Technicolor Video Services

List of Customers

 * 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 Video Software (1982-1991)
 * RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1985-1987)
 * Time-Life Video
 * Avon (1989-2003)
 * 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 (1995-1996, 2006-2007)
 * Video Treasures (1990-1996)
 * Burbank Video (1991-1995)
 * Jenal Entertainment (1991-1992)
 * Teal Entertainment (1994-1996)
 * Strand Home Video (1994-1996)
 * MNTex Entertainment (1992-1996)
 * Starmaker Entertainment (1989-1996)

How to Tell

 * Tapes duplicated at VCA from 1980-1982 would have a sticker with numbers on it on the tape guard.
 * Pre-1989 tapes duplicated at VCA, VCA/Technicolor and S/T have 2 different types of print dates: Tapes duplicated at S/T between 1981 and 1986 have a blue (later white) sticker on the bottom middle side, while tapes duplicated at VCA (and later VCA/Technicolor) between 1982 and 1989 have a white sticker on the tape guard (and later on the bottom middle side).
 * Pre-April 1989 tapes duplicated under VCA/Technicolor have two different types of a black test pattern at the end: 1985-1986 tapes have a black test pattern with high-pitched obscure beeping at the end, while most 1986-1989 tapes have a black test pattern with low-pitched obscure beeping at the end of the tape.
 * Some 1986-1987 tapes duplicated at VCA/Technicolor 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 tapes duplicated at 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 at 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 under S/T had the distributor name on these types of stickers, but no barcode.
 * Starting in 1992, some tapes duplicated at Technicolor with a print date on the bottom middle ink or sticker had a barcode on the right.
 * Most 1989-2003 tapes duplicated at 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 1986-2003 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.

Locations

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