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'''VCI''' (Video Communications, Inc.), also known as United Home Video briefly in the 1980's, is an American home video company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, founded in 1976 by Bill Blair (1930-2006). It was an offshoot of Blair's 16mm distribution company United Films. | '''VCI''' (Video Communications, Inc.), also known as United Home Video briefly in the 1980's, is an American home video company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, founded in 1976 by Bill Blair (1930-2006). It was an offshoot of Blair's 16mm distribution company United Films. | ||
==Video Communications, Inc.(1st era)== | |||
==Video Communications, Inc. | |||
===1st Logo (Opening) (1979-1984)=== | ===1st Logo (Opening) (1979-1984)=== | ||
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'''Legacy:''' Much more coherent and to the point than the logo above. | '''Legacy:''' Much more coherent and to the point than the logo above. | ||
=== | ==United Home Video== | ||
===(1984-1989)=== | |||
[[File:United Home Video.jpg|center|thumb]] | |||
<center><youtube width="320" height="240">oBuEkLYP94s</youtube></center> | |||
'''Nickname:''' "The Pentagon" | |||
'''Logo:''' After a small blue FBI warning screen with a red border and white text zooms out against a starry space background, the stars begin slowly zooming forth. A blue, multi-lined pentagon with a five-pointed star emerges from a star in the top right and zooms toward the middle left of the screen. The text | |||
UNITED<br>HOME VIDEO | |||
in white emerges from behind the pentagon and moves in a circular path to the right of it. "PRESENTS," also in white, fades in below the text. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' The stars, the pentagon, and the text. This is all likely Scanimate. | |||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A "whoosh" when the copyright screen zooms out, followed by a deep synth bass sounder. | |||
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Seen on old tapes from the era, such as ''Crypt of the Living Dead'' and ''Dark Star''. Later reprints of these tapes plaster this logo with the VCI logo of the period. | |||
==Video Communications, Inc.(2nd Era)== | |||
===1st Logo (1989-1997)=== | |||
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=== | ===2nd Logo (1989-1997)=== | ||
{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/wubD73SMNCc}} | {{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/wubD73SMNCc}} | ||
'''Nickname:''' "The Times New Roman Pink VCI" | '''Nickname:''' "The Times New Roman Pink VCI" | ||
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'''Legacy:''' No footage of this logo currently circulates. | '''Legacy:''' No footage of this logo currently circulates. | ||
=== | ==VCI Home Video== | ||
===3rd Logo (1997-2000)=== | |||
[[File:VCI Home Video (1997-1999).jpg|center|thumb]] | [[File:VCI Home Video (1997-1999).jpg|center|thumb]] | ||
{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/nwuo9XBdF0Y|id2=https://youtu.be/FNdBLiDi8RE}} | {{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/nwuo9XBdF0Y|id2=https://youtu.be/FNdBLiDi8RE}} | ||
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<br /> | <br /> | ||
=== | ===4th Logo (2000-2001)=== | ||
[[File:VCI Home Video (2000-2001).jpg|center|thumb]] | [[File:VCI Home Video (2000-2001).jpg|center|thumb]] | ||
{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/0Gb278I_bHw?list=PL85c-C891Na2mqS-QTbaSamf1t_iyHmsE}} | {{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/0Gb278I_bHw?list=PL85c-C891Na2mqS-QTbaSamf1t_iyHmsE}} | ||
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'''Availability:''' Rare. | '''Availability:''' Rare. | ||
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==VCI Entertainment== | |||
===1st (known) Logo (2001-????)=== | |||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:VCI Entertainment (2001).png | File:VCI Entertainment (2001).png | ||
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'''Availability:''' Common, normally found on VCI's DVDs at the time. | '''Availability:''' Common, normally found on VCI's DVDs at the time. | ||
[[Category:American home entertainment logos]] | [[Category:American home entertainment logos]] | ||
[[Category:American logos]] | [[Category:American logos]] | ||
[[Category:Home entertainment logos]] | [[Category:Home entertainment logos]] | ||