Video Cassette Duplicating Corp.

List of Customers

 * Video Treasures (1985-1992)
 * Burbank Video (1991-1992)
 * MNTex Entertainment (1992)
 * Parents Approved Video (1986-1989) (tapes distributed by Video Cassette Sales)

How to Tell

 * Some pre-1989 tapes have a record tab intact, while post-1989 tapes omitted it.
 * 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.
 * Pre-1987 and post-1990 tapes do not have any print date at all.
 * Such 1988-1990 tapes have a gray-text ink-label, while most post-1990 tapes have a white-text one.
 * Most 1987-1990 tapes have a dark ink print date in an unusual format.
 * Print date example -- if the print date reads "AUG 25 89", that means the tape was printed on August 25, 1989.

Locations

 * Troy, Michigan (headquarters) (1985-1992)
 * Hauppauge, New York (1986-1990)
 * Batavia, Ohio (1990-1992)