A (VHS) screener was a promotional VHS shipped to rental shops that used to plug an upcoming or new movie, television show, or similar to the public or press before its premiere or release.
Screeners would mostly be found in a fullscreen (1.33:1) format, although some are also in (letterboxed) widescreen. A screener mostly will have a "ticker" (message, copyright, and anti-copy telephone number) scrolling past the bottom of the screen sideways, while some feature markings that lead to the source of the video. Many of these types of videos will block these markings, while on others, the markings remain on the screen throughout the entire video. A screener can be filmed in two ways: subpar if done on a VHS recorder through poor capture equipment on a copied tape, or a superior print done from a master quality video.
From 1997 to 2001, Big Idea sold screener tapes by Lyrick Studios that have original Everland Entertainment releases. From 2002 to 2006 they released screener tapes from Warner Home Video and Sony Wonder until it's final releases.
List
- Where's God When I'm S-Scared?/Are You My Neighbor? (November 18th, 1997)
- Rack, Shack and Benny/Dave and the Giant Pickle (March 31st, 1998)
- The Toy That Saved Christmas (July 21st, 1998)
- God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!/Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space! (November 24th, 1998)
- Very Silly Songs!/Josh and the Big Wall! (February 16th, 1999)
- Madame Blueberry (June 8th, 1999)
- Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed (November 9th, 1999)
- The End of Silliness? (April 4th, 2000)
- King George and the Ducky (May 23rd, 2000)
- Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen (November 7th, 2000)
- Lyle the Kindly Viking (January 30th, 2001)
- The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown (July 24th, 2001)
- Jonah Sing-Along Songs and More! (June 18th, 2002)
- The Star of Christmas (August 27th, 2002)
- Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (December 17th, 2002)
- The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment! (March 4th, 2003)
- The Ballad of Little Joe (June 10th, 2003)
- An Easter Carol (December 16th, 2003)
- A Snoodle's Tale (March 9th, 2004)
- Sumo of the Opera (June 8th, 2004)
- Duke and the Great Pie War (December 21, 2004)
- Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush (May 3rd, 2005)
- Lord of the Beans (September 27th, 2005)
- Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (December 26th, 2005)
- LarryBoy and the Bad Apple (April 25th, 2006)