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, 2005-2007) (some copies of the 1985 and 1993 VHS releases of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well as 1991-1996 tapes licensed by Castle Rock Entertainment)
 * Sony Video Software (1982-1991)
 * RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1985-1987)
 * Time-Life Video
 * 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 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 between 1982 and 1989 have a white sticker on the tape guard (and later on the bottom middle side).
 * Most 1985-1989 tapes duplicated at VCA and S/T have a black test pattern with the low-pitched obscure beeping at the end of the tape.
 * Some 1986-1987 tapes duplicated at Technicolor have a strange list of other films to play on the master tape 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 tape 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 and a side number next to it).
 * Some tapes duplicated at Technicolor with only stock numbers (sometimes with the tape speed and a side number next to it) on the sticker had a barcode on the top.
 * Starting in 1992, some tapes duplicated at Technicolor with a print date on the ink or sticker had a barcode on the right.
 * Most 1989-2003 tapes duplicated at Technicolor had the DTMF-tone sequence at the start and/or end of the tape.

Locations

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