Digital Communications Technology Corporation
Appearance

Former names
[edit]- MagneTech Corporation (1987-March 1997)
- MagneTech HSD (Indianapolis plant)
History
[edit]TBD
List of Customers
[edit]- A*COR Programs (1996) (one known copy of Lose Weight Today)
- Allied Artists Entertainment (1995; distributed by Global Sourcing)
- Bensussen Deutsch & Associates (1994-1995)
- Blockbuster Video
- Bristol-Myers Squib
- BrooksHoward Productions, Inc.
- Burger King
- Carnival Cruise Lines
- Compaq Computer
- Disney Educational Productions
- The ForeFront Communications Group Inc. (1997; distributed by BrooksHoward Productions, Inc.) (one known copy of dcTalk Live in Concert: Welcome to the Freakshow)
- Goldhil Video
- Group 1 Films (1993)
- Herkimer Television Inc. (1994; distributed by Preferred Customer's Guild) (50 Classic Cartoons videos)
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Jamboree, Inc. (1997)
- Keepers Home Video (1994)
- Madacy Music Group
- Marvel Creator's Choice (1993; distributed by PolyGram Video) (X-Men: Creator's Choice 1)
- Nintendo of America (1994-1995; distributed in conjunction with Bensussen Deutsch & Associates)
- PolyGram Video
- Pratt & Whitney
- Preferred Consumer Marketing/National Syndications, Inc.
- Publisher's Choice Video
- Preferred Customer's Guild
- Promotional Concept Group (1994)
- Rainfall Video (1994)
- Saban (1994) (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Official Fan Club Video)
- Tandy
- U.S. Space and Rocket Center (1994)
- Warner Music Group
- Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Rhino Records
- ACME Video (1995)
- Rhino Home Video
- WarnerVision Entertainment
How to Tell
[edit]- Tapes from this duplicator's Indianapolis plant had a print date (usually in dark red ink), with the printings being formatted like these examples:
Example 1:
79500 BENSUSSEN EP 13 MIN. MAGHSD 14:19
HE'S COMING/DONKEY KONG 09/21/94
Example 2:
201286/2480 BROOKSHOWARD SP-83 DCT 1624
DC TALK/WELCOME/FREAK/FFV4504 05/23/97 1
- One known copy of To Kill a Mockingbird had the printings etched into the tape, like this:
702288 JAMBOREE EP-208 DCT 22:27
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 2-2 07/10/97
- As demonstrated with the above examples, MagneTech-era tapes used MAGHSD (for MagneTech High Speed Duplication) to indicate the duplicator, while tapes duplicated after the name change used DCT instead.
- Tapes from this duplicator's Miami-Fort Lauderdale plant are not known to have had any printings.
- Some tapes may have the record tab intact.
- Tapes by this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
- Some EP/SLP mode tapes duplicated here had the static roll of death at the end.
Known label/distributor name codes
[edit]- BENSUSSEN - Bensussen Deutsch & Associates and distributed labels
- BROOKSHOWARD - BrooksHoward Productions, Inc. and distributed labels
- CREATOR'S CHOICE - Marvel Creator's Choice
- GLOBAL SOURCING - Global Sourcing and distributed labels
- GOLDHIL[L] - Goldhil Video
- GROUP 1 SERV - Group 1 Films
- HARIOT FAMILY - Rainfall Video
- JAMBOREE - Jamboree, Inc.
- KEEPERS - Keepers Home Video
- MADACY - Madacy Music Group
- PCM-NSI - Preferred Consumer Marketing/National Syndications, Inc.
- PREMIER - TBD
- POLYGRAM - PolyGram Video
- PREF.CUST GUILD - Preferred Customer's Guild and distributed labels
- RHINO - Rhino Records
- U.S. SPACE CTR. - U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Gallery
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The logo from the company's former name
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An example of what the printings on tapes by this company looked like. Please note that it may be hard to see in this image.
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Sometimes, the printings were pink.
Locations
[edit]- Davie, Florida
- Indianapolis, Indiana (1992-????)