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* On releases outside North America, mainly PAL/SECAM VHS releases, early Region 2/4 DVD releases and Asian VCD releases, the standard [[DreamWorks Pictures]] logo was used as a de-facto home video logo. | |||
** On Australian VHS releases, the 16:9 logo is squished to 4:3. | |||
** On UK VHS releases, the 16:9 logo is pillarboxed. | |||
* VHS trailers featured a still variant with the fishing boy and the moon above the text. | * VHS trailers featured a still variant with the fishing boy and the moon above the text. | ||
* On holiday-themed ads for the video release of ''Shrek'', the boy was replaced by the title character wearing a Santa hat. | * On holiday-themed ads for the video release of ''Shrek'', the boy was replaced by the title character wearing a Santa hat. | ||
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* On some early PAL-region DVD releases that feature this logo (such as ''Shrek''), the music is in NTSC tone for some reason. | * On some early PAL-region DVD releases that feature this logo (such as ''Shrek''), the music is in NTSC tone for some reason. | ||
'''Availability:''' Common. Appears on DVD and Blu-ray releases of DreamWorks films, as well as LaserDiscs released by them from 1999 to 2000. | '''Availability:''' Common. | ||
* This logo never appeared on VHS releases, which usually went straight to the film, although several releases had the aforementioned VHS trailer variant. | * Appears on DVD and Blu-ray releases of DreamWorks films across the world, as well as LaserDiscs released by them from 1999 to 2000. | ||
* | ** This logo never appeared on VHS releases, which usually went straight to the film, although several releases had the aforementioned VHS trailer variant. | ||
* As mentioned above, the standard DreamWorks logo appears on PAL/SECAM VHS releases, Pre-2001 Region 2/4 DVD releases, and Asian VCD releases in place of the standard logo. Such examples include the UK and Australian VHS releases of ''Mouse Hunt'', ''Chicken Run'' (Region 4 only), ''Paulie'', ''Shrek'', ''The Cat in the Hat'', ''Shrek 2'', among others. It also appeared on the 2016 US DVD/Blu-Ray release of ''The Light Between Oceans''. | |||
** Some later-released non-UK VHS releases (eg, in Australia) replace or precede this logo with the [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal Pictures Video]] logo. | |||
* The Blu-ray variant can be found on releases such as the 2008 Blu-ray of ''Transformers''. | * The Blu-ray variant can be found on releases such as the 2008 Blu-ray of ''Transformers''. | ||
* After Disney/Touchstone began distributing DreamWorks Pictures' films, home video releases of films distributed by Paramount Pictures such as ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''The Soloist'' used the Paramount DVD or Paramount High Definition logos instead, with one of the last releases using this logo being the North American DVD release of ''Bridge of Spies''. | * After Disney/Touchstone began distributing DreamWorks Pictures' films, home video releases of films distributed by Paramount Pictures such as ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''The Soloist'' used the Paramount DVD or Paramount High Definition logos instead, with one of the last releases using this logo being the North American DVD release of ''Bridge of Spies''. | ||
* Due to Steven Spielberg initially preferring to release his films on the DIVX format (a failed competitor to DVD that was only viewable in any form until 2001 due to proprietary DRM that hasn't been cracked as of writing), it is currently unknown whether this logo appeared on the company's DIVX releases. | * Due to Steven Spielberg initially preferring to release his films on the DIVX format (a failed competitor to DVD that was only viewable in any form until 2001 due to proprietary DRM that hasn't been cracked as of writing), it is currently unknown whether this logo appeared on the company's DIVX releases. | ||
* The 4:3 variant can be seen on the Australian Region 4 DVD releases (and later reprints) of ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' and ''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas''. | * The 4:3 variant can be seen on the Australian Region 4 DVD releases (and later reprints) of ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' and ''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas''. | ||