Video Cassette Duplicating Corp.

List of Customers

 * Video Treasures (1985-1990)
 * Parents Approved Video (1986-1990) (tapes distributed by Video Cassette Sales and Video Treasures)

How to Tell

 * 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 of Death test pattern.
 * Nearly all post-1988 tapes have a shuffling rainbow transition pattern at the beginning, middle and/or end.
 * Some post-1988 tapes have a hi-fi track, in addition to a linear one.
 * Such 1988-1990 tapes have a gray-text ink-label. Following Technicolor's acquisition of the arm from Handleman, 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. Following Technicolor's acquisition of the arm from Handleman, post-1990 tapes do not have a print date at all either.
 * Print date example -- if the print date reads "AUG 25 89", that means the tape was printed on August 25, 1989.

Locations

 * Jericho, New York (1985-1986) (moved to Hauppauge)
 * Chicago, Illinois (1987-1992)
 * Burbank, California (1985-1992)
 * Hauppauge, New York (1986-1990)
 * Troy, Michigan (1985-1992)