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== List of Customers ==
* The Baby Einstein Company (some Baby Einstein tapes)
* Bridgestone Multimedia Group
** Alpha Omega Publications
* Halestorm Entertainment (2002some tapes)
* The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints
* Polynesian Cultural Center (some tapes)
* Halestorm Entertainment (2002)
* InteractiveLeucadia LearningFamily GroupFilms (seen on Video Buddysome tapes)
** LeucadiaSandstar Family FilmsEntertainment
** SandStar Family Entertainment
* Polynesian Cultural Center
* UNCOTV (2003)
 
== How to Tell ==
* Starting around the late 90's or early 2000's, some tapes had a set of letters "VM Group", and two print dates in the vertical blanking interval, usually with a clock next to it.
* Most tapes from this duplicator had printings, which were laid out like the following examples:
* Some Leucadia Family Films tapes by this duplicator underover the SandStar Family EntertainmentSandstar label said "'''VM'''"“VM” in the bottom right corner of the label.
 
* Some tapes have the record tab intact.
 
Example 1:
 
 
'''T-17 VM HKK VM MR PD-7612'''
 
 
Example 2:
 
 
'''T-93 VM HKX DV'''
 
 
 
Example 3:
 
 
'''T-111 VM HKX DJ SEPTEMBER 7 2002'''
 
 
However, some tapes do not have any printings of any kind.
 
* Some Leucadia Family Films tapes by this duplicator under the SandStar Family Entertainment label said "'''VM'''" in the bottom right corner of the label.
* Some pre-2000 tapes onward have the static roll of death at the end.
* Several tapes from [[The Duplication Group]], where this company acquired their assets, had some extra black screen following the static at the tail-end, accompanied by a rumbling sound in the linear track.
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
[[File:The Video-Matic Group.jpgpng|thumb]]The company's logo
File:Painting Extravaganza Vol. 2 (2003 UNCOTV).jpg|On most tapes by this duplicator, information like the example in the above image appeared in the vertical blanking interval.
File:T-17 VM HKK VM MR PD-7612 (Family First, 1992 The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints).jpg|An example of what the printings on tapes from this duplicator looked like.
</gallery>
 
== Locations ==
* Salt Lake City, Utah
 
[[Category:Duplicators]]
[[Category:Duplicators from Utah]]
[[Category:Macrovision customers]]
[[Category:S-VHS duplicators]]
[[Category:Sony Sprinter customers]]
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