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(→‎List of Customers: IIRC Congress Video went defunct in 1991, and Mirror Image appears to have picked up its masters afterwards.)
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This company was an affiliate of UAV Corporation/Sterling Entertainment Group.
== List of Customers ==
== List of Customers ==
* DiC Home Entertainment (2003-2005) (tapes distributed by Sterling Entertainment Group)
* Feature Films for Families (2005-2007) (tapes distributed by Copyrite Technologies)
* Goldstar Video Corp. (1992) (some tapes)
* INSP Music & Publishing
** IMG INSP Media Group
* Live Home Video (1991-1992) (tapes distributed by UAV Corporation)
** Family Home Entertainment (seen on some copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tapes from the Burger King Kids' Club)
** Vestron Video (1991-1992) (tapes distributed by UAV Corporation)
* Panda Video
* Sterling Entertainment Group (1992-2006)
* Sterling Entertainment Group (1992-2006)
** UAV Corporation (1984-1998)
** UAV Corporation (1984-1998)
*** Hep Cat Entertainment (1989-1995)
*** Hep Cat Entertainment (1989-1995)
*** Mirror Image Videocassette
**** Video Gems
** Ovation Home Video
** Ovation Home Video
** Gemstone Entertainment
** Gemstone Entertainment
** MTM Home Video
** MTM Home Video
** PAL Video
** VidAmerica, Inc. (1992)
** VidAmerica, Inc. (1992)
** Allumination Filmworks (2006)
** Allumination Filmworks (2006)
* Goldstar Video Corp. (1992)
* Family Home Entertainment (1990) (seen on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tapes from the Burger King Kids' Club)
* LIVE Home Video (1991-1992) (tapes distributed by UAV Corporation)
** Vestron Video (1991-1992) (tapes distributed by UAV Corporation)
* Warner Home Video (1991-1992) (tapes distributed by UAV Corporation)
* DiC Home Entertainment (2003-2005) (tapes distributed by Sterling Entertainment Group)
* Feature Films For Families (2005-2006) (tapes distributed by Copyrite Technologies, Inc.)
* Rhino Home Video (2006)
* Mirror Image Videocassette
** Congress Video Group
* INSP Music & Publishing
** IMG INSP Media Group
* Tai Seng Video Marketing (2001)
* Tai Seng Video Marketing (2001)
* Panda Video (Early-1980's)
* Warner Home Video (1991-1992) (tapes distributed by UAV Corporation)
** Rhino Home Video (2006)


== How to Tell ==
== How to Tell ==
* Most tapes from this duplicator do not have any form of printing on the cassette.
* Numerous tapes from this duplicator have a record tab intact.
* Numerous tapes from this duplicator have a record tab intact.
* The picture quality of most tapes duplicated by this company is horrible.
* The picture quality of most tapes duplicated by this company is horrible.
* Numerous tapes from this duplicator also had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the end.
* Several tapes from this duplicator have a few additional seconds of black screen, sometimes followed by a fading rainbow, following the static at the very end.
* Several tapes from the late-1990s/early 2000s have the static roll of death at the end.
* From either 2002 or 2003 onwards, several tapes have the static roll at the end.


== Logos ==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Mirror Image Duplication Services.jpg
File:Mirror Image Duplication Services.jpg|The company's logo
File:Mirror Image Duplication Services (1999).jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Locations ==
== Locations ==
* Nashville Tennessee (1984-1989) (moves to Charlotte)
* Charlotte, North Carolina (1989-1996) (moved to Fort Mill)
* Charlotte, North Carolina (1989-1996) (moved to Fort Mill)
* Fort Mill, South Carolina (1996-2006)
* Fort Mill, South Carolina (1996-2006)

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Revision as of 20:41, 27 February 2024

List of Customers

  • Sterling Entertainment Group (1992-2006)
    • UAV Corporation (1984-1998)
      • Hep Cat Entertainment (1989-1995)
    • Ovation Home Video
    • Gemstone Entertainment
    • MTM Home Video
    • PAL Video
    • VidAmerica, Inc. (1992)
    • Allumination Filmworks (2006)
  • Goldstar Video Corp. (1992)
  • Family Home Entertainment (1990) (seen on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tapes from the Burger King Kids' Club)
  • LIVE Home Video (1991-1992) (tapes distributed by UAV Corporation)
    • Vestron Video (1991-1992) (tapes distributed by UAV Corporation)
  • Warner Home Video (1991-1992) (tapes distributed by UAV Corporation)
  • DiC Home Entertainment (2003-2005) (tapes distributed by Sterling Entertainment Group)
  • Feature Films For Families (2005-2006) (tapes distributed by Copyrite Technologies, Inc.)
  • Rhino Home Video (2006)
  • Mirror Image Videocassette
    • Congress Video Group
  • INSP Music & Publishing
    • IMG INSP Media Group
  • Tai Seng Video Marketing (2001)
  • Panda Video (Early-1980's)

How to Tell

  • Numerous tapes from this duplicator have a record tab intact.
  • The picture quality of most tapes duplicated by this company is horrible.
  • Several tapes from this duplicator have a few additional seconds of black screen, sometimes followed by a fading rainbow, following the static at the very end.
  • From either 2002 or 2003 onwards, several tapes have the static roll at the end.

Gallery

Locations

  • Nashville Tennessee (1984-1989) (moves to Charlotte)
  • Charlotte, North Carolina (1989-1996) (moved to Fort Mill)
  • Fort Mill, South Carolina (1996-2006)