User talk:IlCattivo25

Something I noticed in the list of customers in the article “Deluxe Video Services”
I noticed that you added “Sterling Entertainment Group” in the “List of Customers” section from the article, “Deluxe Video Services”. My question is, have you seen any Sterling Entertainment Group tapes duplicated by Deluxe Video Services? I’ve actually seen some Sterling Entertainment Group tapes duplicated in green cassettes but never some that were duplicated by Deluxe Video, so I’m just curious. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:206C:A5C:EA32:387 14:09, 18 March 2022 (UTC) Well the weird thing about Rank Video Services America/Deluxe Video Services, is that they actually duplicated some tapes released by Paramount in EP/SLP. The 1996-2000 Nickelodeon titles that were in that speed (excluding copies that were issued by The Columbia House Company which were duplicated in higher quality SP by either Rank Video Services America/Deluxe Video Services, Technicolor Videocassette, or MediaCopy) were usually in terrible-looking quality, in terms of the picture tracking and the HiFi audio tracks. UAV/Sterling tapes had the same garbage quality in EP/SLP and were also in HiFi, so maybe that is the case, but I'm not exactly sure. Besides, I couldn't find any Super Mario tapes released by Sterling that revealed the barcode when looking on eBay, so I'd like to see actual proof about Rank/Deluxe duplicating Sterling/UAV tapes, via the links from eBay. I don't know if Rank/Deluxe also duplicated UAV releases of films that were licensed from Rank's motion picture division, so maybe there's actual proof on that too, but I'm not exactly sure. 69.85.235.231 14:23, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * When looking on eBay for Super Mario tapes, I noticed the telltale barcode on the tape guard on tapes released by Sterling. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 20:58, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * As an example, this Legend of Zelda tape. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 20:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Interesting, there is also a year-week code, DLX 321 (21st week of 2003). 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:3C3D:D1AE:9601:541F 23:15, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

I have a question regarding the "Trailer Reels" page...
I noticed on your edits that you added the month and year for certain trailer reels. But my question is, how did you find that kind of information for the "VCI/United" heading? --MrServoRetro (talk), March 23, 2022, 12:40 PM (EST)
 * I didn't. I just took wild guesses based on available information. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 20:27, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Oh, I see now. --MrServoRetro (talk), March 26, 2022, 01:14 PM (EST)

Day-Year Codes by Different Tape Duplicators
https://images.app.goo.gl/pT7SAvGAQBKuNdjw6 [Credit to Michael Jacoby (LordOfTheBoxes12) of DoorJam Creations for the image provided in the link]

Do you happen to know, which duplicator printed out these kind of printings? These kind of printings can probably be seen on certain mid 90s-early 2000s tapes distributed by Sony Music Entertainment [under the Sony Wonder and Random House Home Video labels], Disney Educational Productions/Walt Disney Attractions, Group Productions, Lyrick Studios, Monarch Home Video and Anchor Bay Entertainment. 69.85.235.49 18:49, 6 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Update: Turns out it was Allied Digital Technologies that used these printings. 69.85.235.231 13:04, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

About your copy of “Friend Like Me”
Do you happen to know when your copy of the “SAS: Friend Like Me” video was printed, and which company duplicated the tape? I don’t know if there are any later copies of that one with the 1993 promo, or if all copies of it retain the 1992 promo. 74.187.193.126 03:31, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * All the copies I've seen on YouTube also use the 1992 promo. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 03:57, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Disney VHS Tapes with 1991 Print Dates
Do you have any Disney VHS tapes with 1991 print dates on them? As of right now, I only have four, such as: 69.85.235.224 12:22, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The Jungle Book (1967) - 1991 VHS release [The Classics] - May 1991 version - Print date(s): 344th day of 1990 [December 10, 1990], March 22, 1991
 * Willie the Operatic Whale (1946) - 1991 VHS release [Mini-Classics] - Print date: April 29, 1991
 * The Rescuers Down Under (1990) - 1991 VHS release [The Classics] - Version 2 - Print date(s): July 13, 1991, July 16, 1991 -
 * Fantasia (1940) - 1991 VHS release [The Classics] - Print date: November 20, 1991