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Former names[edit]

MagneTech Corporation (1987-March 1997)

List of Customers[edit]

Allied Artists Entertainment (1995)
Bensussen Deutsch & Associates
Blockbuster Video
Bristol-Myers Squib
Burger King
Carnival Cruise Lines
Compaq Computer
Disney Educational Productions
Goldhil Video
Group 1 Films (1993)
International Business Machines Corporation
Jamboree, Inc. Video (1997)
Madacy Music Group
PolyGram Video
Pratt & Whitney
Preferred Consumer Marketing/National Syndications, Inc.
Promotional Concept Group (1994)
Rainfall Video (1994)
Saban Entertainment (1993) (X-Men: Creator's Choice 1)
Tandy
U.S. Space and Rocket Center (1994)
Warner Music Group
- Atlantic Recording Corporation
WarnerVision Entertainment
- Rhino Home Video
  - ACME Video (1995)

How to Tell[edit]

Tapes from this duplicator had a print date (usually in dark red ink), with the printings being formatted like this for example:

79500 BENSUSSEN EP 13 MIN. MAGHSD 14:19

HE'S COMING/DONKEY KONG 09/21/94

Some tapes had the printings etched into the tape, like this for example:

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 to indicate the duplicator, while tapes duplicated after the name change used DCT instead.
A few copies of A Magical Tour of Yoshi's Island and The Invasion of Nintendo from this company have been known to have the record tab intact.
Tapes by this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
Some Madacy Music Group tapes duplicated here had the static roll of death at the end.

Known label/distributor name codes[edit]

BENSUSSEN - Bensussen Deutsch & Associates
GLOBAL SOURCING - Allied Artists Entertainment/Global Sourcing
HARIOT FAMILY - Rainfall Video
JAMBOREE - Jamboree, Inc. Video
MADACY - Madacy Music Group
PCM-NSI - Preferred Consumer Marketing/National Syndications, Inc.
RHINO - Rhino Home Video
U.S. SPACE CTR. - U.S. Space and Rocket Center

Gallery[edit]

The logo from the company's former name
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.
Sometimes, the printings were pink.

Locations[edit]

Davie, Florida
Indianapolis, Indiana

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 == Former names ==
-* MagneTech Corporation (1987-1996)
+* MagneTech Corporation (1987-March 1997)
 == List of Customers ==
-* ACME Video (1995)
 * Allied Artists Entertainment (1995)
 * Bensussen Deutsch & Associates
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 * Disney Educational Productions
 * Goldhil Video
+* Group 1 Films (1993)
 * International Business Machines Corporation
 * Jamboree, Inc. Video (1997)
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 * Pratt & Whitney
 * Preferred Consumer Marketing/National Syndications, Inc.
-* Promotional Concepts Group (1994)
+* Promotional Concept Group (1994)
 * Rainfall Video (1994)
-* Saban Entertainment/Fox Kids Network (1993) (X-Men: Creator's Choice 1)
+* Saban Entertainment (1993) (X-Men: Creator's Choice 1)
 * Tandy
+* U.S. Space and Rocket Center (1994)
+* Warner Music Group
+** Atlantic Recording Corporation
 * WarnerVision Entertainment
 ** Rhino Home Video
+*** ACME Video (1995)
 == How to Tell ==
-* Tapes from this duplicator had a print date (usually in dark red ink), with the printings being laid out like this for example:
+* Tapes from this duplicator had a print date (usually in dark red ink), with the printings being formatted like this for example:
 '''79500 BENSUSSEN EP 13 MIN. MAGHSD 14:19'''
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 '''TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD            2-2 07/10/97'''
+* As demonstrated with the above examples, Magnetech-era tapes used MAGHSD to indicate the duplicator, while tapes duplicated after the name change used DCT instead.
-* Some tapes, such as ''A Magical Tour of Yoshi's Island'', may have the recording tab intact.
+* A few copies of ''A Magical Tour of Yoshi's Island'' and ''The Invasion of Nintendo'' from this company have been known to have the record tab intact.
+* Tapes by this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
+* Some Madacy Music Group tapes duplicated here had the static roll of death at the end.
 == Known label/distributor name codes ==
 * BENSUSSEN - Bensussen Deutsch & Associates
 * GLOBAL SOURCING - Allied Artists Entertainment/Global Sourcing
-* HARIOT FAMILY
+* HARIOT FAMILY - Rainfall Video
 * JAMBOREE - Jamboree, Inc. Video
 * MADACY - Madacy Music Group
 * PCM-NSI - Preferred Consumer Marketing/National Syndications, Inc.
+* RHINO - Rhino Home Video
+* U.S. SPACE CTR. - U.S. Space and Rocket Center
 == Gallery ==
 <gallery>
 File:Magnetech Corporation.jpg|The logo from the company's former name
-File:Digital Communications Technology Corporation.jpg
 File:The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1995 ACME Video).jpg|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.
 File:Yin Ling and the Waldo Caper (1994).jpg|Sometimes, the printings were pink.