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Line 1: <!--Do NOT add any unsourced information. "It was mentioned on the outdated Miraheze incarnation of this wiki" does not count as legitimately sourced information. This is your only warning.--> ~~==Former names==~~ This company was an affiliate of GoodTimes Entertainment. * GoodTimes Duplicating Co. (1984-1986) ==List of Customers== '''NOTICE: * indicates a Canadian customer.''' * Feature Films for Families (1993) (some copies of Little House on the Prairie)▼ * Gaiam (2000-2006) GoodTimes Entertainment (~~1984~~1986-2005) * Kids Klassics (~~1985~~1986-1996) * GTK, Inc. (1986-1989) * Unlimited Energy (1997-2002) ▲* Feature Films for Families (1991-1993) (some copies of Heidi and Little House on the Prairie) ~~* HGV Video Productions (1989-1998)~~ * ~~Anchor~~HGV ~~Bay~~Video ~~Entertainment~~Productions (~~1995~~1989-~~1998~~2000)* ** Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995-2000)* *** Video Treasures (1989-1998)* **** Burbank Video (1989-1995)* **** Strand Home Video (~~1994~~1992-1995)* **** Teal Entertainment (~~1994-1995~~1990s)* **** ~~MNTex~~MNTEX Entertainment (1992-1998)* *** Starmaker Entertainment (1994-1998)* **** R&G Video (1994-1998)* Line 22: ==How to Tell== * Most tapes duplicated ~~at GTK Duplicating Co.~~here were duplicated on cassettes manufactured in either Hong Kong, Korea or Taiwan, and had the audio track in linear only, although many SP-mode tapes duplicated at this arm did have a hi-fi audio track in addition to a linear track. * Post-1986 tapes have a black screen test pattern with the 1000 Hz tone for about 45 seconds at the end. * ~~Pre-1998~~Some tapes have the ~~record~~recording tab intact,; ~~while post-1998~~some tapes ~~omitted~~omit it. * Numerous tapes are recorded over by TV static at the beginning. * Certain 1997-2005 tapes were duplicated on cassettes manufactured in Korea. * All tapes have a printing with a letter with the nominal tape length, mostly above the tab part. Examples: M-15, A-30, H-45, W-15, T-30, K-45, etc. * 1986-1989 tapes would have a screen saying "FOR BEST QUALITY PICTURE ADJUST TRACKING CONTROL" or "FOR BEST PICTURE QUALITY ADJUST TRACKING CONTROL" at the beginning of the tape. This was later removed after 1989. * Tapes by this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval. ==Locations== * Bayonne, New Jersey ==Notes== * Feature Films for Families referred to the company as '''GoodTimes Home Video Corp.''' on the labels of videotapes that were duplicated there. [[Category:Duplicators]] [[Category:Duplicators from New Jersey]]