The Duplication Group

From Home Video

Cassette Productions was a division of The Duplication Group. Besides duplicating videocassettes, they also duplicated audio cassettes and computer floppy diskettes, and they even replicated CDs and software. In 1998, Cassette Productions was folded into the latter. On December 19 of that year, The Video-Matic Group acquired the company's assets.[1]

Former names

  • Cassette Productions (1981-1997)

List of VHS Duplication Customers

  • Advanced Hunting Equipment, Inc.
  • Brentwood Home Video (some tapes)
  • The Bridgestone Group
    • Agapeland Home Video
  • BWE Video (some tapes)
  • Capstone Entertainment
  • Disneyland (1996)
  • Feature Films for Families
  • Goldstar Video (1992)
    • The Little Red Schoolhouse
  • Jones Entertainment Group (seen on The Story Lady)
  • Leucadia Family Films (some tapes)
  • The Living Scriptures (some copies of Animated Stories from the Book of Mormon Series 2 Music Video)
  • The Lyons Group (1988-1991)
  • M3D Pro Film, Inc. (some copies of Music in 3 Dimensions)
  • Metacom (some tapes)
  • Polynesian Cultural Center
  • Video Projects, Inc. (some Microsoft Intermediate tapes)

List of Customers for Other Media

  • Access Software (1982-1998)
  • Deseret Book Co.
  • FranklinCovey
    • Covey Leadership Center
    • Franklin Quest
  • Iomega
  • Lexicon

How to Tell

  • Some tapes printed at this duplicator have dark print numbers on the left or right side of the cassette (e.g. 167110061).
  • On some tapes, the printings would appear in white (e.g. 26785D013).
  • However, other tapes, such as 1990 pressings of Waiting for Santa and Barney Goes to School, have no form of printing on the cassette.
  • Many Goldstar Video tapes, as well as EP mode Feature Films for Families tapes by this duplicator use oversized reels, while some others use regular reels.
  • Most tapes by this duplicator had some extra black screen following the blank space at the tail end, accompanied by a rumbling sound at the end, in the linear track. However, some tapes from this duplicator may not have anything following the static at the tail end at all.

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Locations

  • Salt Lake City, Utah

Trivia

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