How to Find Rca/Columbia Pictures Home Video Vhs Tapes

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Go to a pawn shop or a thrift store

   Thrift stores or pawn shops, may have RCA/Columbia Pictures' VHS tapes.
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   Step 2: Most VHS releases by RCA/Columbia Pictures are no longer in movie stores such as Hollywood Video and Blockbuster.

   ,, To find this, it appears on 1987 VHS release of Armed Response starring David Carradine and Lee Van Cleef.
   
   And most of the times, it may appear on non-Columbia releases such as Rubik the Amazing Cube, Real Genius, Private Resort, and Alone in the Dark. ,, Some RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video releases, this may include The Adventures of Milo and Otis, and Hairspray (1988 version), including Fast Getaway, the 1986 print of Stand By Me, the 1988 prints of Little Nikita and Crossroads.
   
   And one of the last logos to be used is on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II:
   Secret of the Ooze, so make sure, plus also, 1986 print of Stand By Me has the VHS tape cover sideways.
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   Step 3: Find Sony's VHS tapes with the RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video label

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   Step 4: Some VHS releases will not have the RCA/Columbia label on sideways of the VHS tapes so make sure you carefully examine this VHS tape.

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   Step 5: To find the first FBI Warning screen from 1978

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   Step 6: Make sure this print is from 1982 or early 1983.

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   Step 7: To find the 1983-1986 FBI warning

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   Step 8: You must look for early RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video releases

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   Step 9: which is almost ran-out of print.

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    Step 10: Be aware that there are some variants that RCA/Columbia Pictures made

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    Step 11: such as the space BG and swinging border is on the original

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    Step 12: or whatever print release of Ghostbusters

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    Step 13: and that's about all of RCA/Columbia's variant.

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    Step 14: The 1985 RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video logo is easily

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    Step 15: it means that it is recent and easier to be across.

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