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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* There is a black and white variant for releases in said colors. | * There is a <u>black and white</u> variant for releases in said colors. | ||
* Some releases have the logo partially play on a {{color|grey}} screen, before it quickly fades to black. | * Some releases have the logo <u>partially play on a {{color|grey}} screen</u>, before it quickly fades to black. | ||
'''Technique:''' Early computer effects. | '''Technique:''' Early computer effects. | ||
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* An additional LaserDisc-only voiceover was used on ''The Moon Is Blue'', spoken by Voiceover D: "By special arrangement with Otto Preminger and Carlyle Productions, Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the following special video presentation". The music's tempo is approximately 116.3 BPM with 60 beats. | * An additional LaserDisc-only voiceover was used on ''The Moon Is Blue'', spoken by Voiceover D: "By special arrangement with Otto Preminger and Carlyle Productions, Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the following special video presentation". The music's tempo is approximately 116.3 BPM with 60 beats. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' | ||
* Magnetic Video's releases have been out of print since the mid-1980s. However, if you're lucky, you can find them at used video stores, pawn shops, flea markets, thrift stores and/or eBay listings. | * Magnetic Video's releases have been out of print since the mid-1980s. However, if you're lucky, you can find them at used video stores, pawn shops, flea markets, thrift stores and/or eBay listings. | ||
* Titles with this logo include ''M*A*S*H'', ''The Longest Day'', ''Last Tango in Paris'', ''Escape to Athena'', ''The Magnificent Seven'', ''The Muppet Movie'', ''Kotch'', ''Patton'', ''Let It Be'', ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1979 television version), ''The Making of Star Wars'', ''The Cassandra Crossing'', ''The Seduction of Mimi'', ''Conversation Piece'', ''All Screwed Up'', ''Sympathy for the Devil'', ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'', ''They Call Me Trinity'', ''King Creole'', ''Last Train from Gun Hill'', ''Carnal Knowledge'', ''Deadly Hero'', ''The Graduate'', the ''Greatest Sports Legends'' series, ''City Lights'', ''The Great Dictator'', ''The Gold Rush'', ''A Woman of Paris'', ''Dot and the Kangaroo'', ''Mad Monster Party'', ''A Touch of Class'', ''The Jazz Singer'', ''Casablanca'', ''The Boston Strangler'', ''Hello Dolly!'', ''Alien'', and ''At Long Last Love''. | * Titles with this logo include ''M*A*S*H'', ''The Longest Day'', ''Last Tango in Paris'', ''Escape to Athena'', ''The Magnificent Seven'', ''The Muppet Movie'', ''Kotch'', ''Patton'', ''Let It Be'', ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1979 television version), ''The Making of Star Wars'', ''The Cassandra Crossing'', ''The Seduction of Mimi'', ''Conversation Piece'', ''All Screwed Up'', ''Sympathy for the Devil'', ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'', ''They Call Me Trinity'', ''King Creole'', ''Last Train from Gun Hill'', ''Carnal Knowledge'', ''Deadly Hero'', ''The Graduate'', the ''Greatest Sports Legends'' series, ''City Lights'', ''The Great Dictator'', ''The Gold Rush'', ''A Woman of Paris'', ''Dot and the Kangaroo'', ''Mad Monster Party'', ''A Touch of Class'', ''The Jazz Singer'', ''Casablanca'', ''The Boston Strangler'', ''Hello Dolly!'', ''Alien'', and ''At Long Last Love''. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' None. | '''Music/Sounds:''' None. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' It might be spotted on eBay UK (or any country's website where PAL tapes are sold, like Australia and Germany). It was seen on the PAL releases of ''The Making of Star Wars'', ''Bus Stop'' and ''100 Rifles''. It can also be seen on the pre-cert releases of ''The African Queen'', ''Blue Hawaii'', ''Hello, Dolly!'', ''Last Train from Gun Hill'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''Soldier Blue'', ''Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'', ''Von Ryan's Express'', ''Vanishing Point'', and ''The French Connection'', all of which were the only major studio films to be released on Philips' short-lived N1700 format. Also seen on an Australian Betamax copy of ''The Blue Max''. | ||
===3rd Logo (1981)=== | ===3rd Logo (1981)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The eerie-sounding synth heard in the logo is actually taken from the original trailer for the seminal 1979 science fiction-horror classic ''Alien''. | '''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The eerie-sounding synth heard in the logo is actually taken from the original trailer for the seminal 1979 science fiction-horror classic ''Alien''. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' It was only known to be seen once in a British trailer tape. | ||
===4th Logo (UK only, 1981-1982)=== | ===4th Logo (UK only, 1981-1982)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' None. | '''Music/Sounds:''' None. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Tapes with this logo might turn up on eBay UK (or other sites) sometime. The Magnetic pre-cert release of ''Alien'' might have this; it was also known to be spotted on a 1983 tape of ''15 Famous Cartoons from Terrytoons, Volume 2'', which was probably a reprint of an earlier tape. | ||
{{chronology||[[20th Century-Fox Video]]<br>[[Magnetic Video (South Pacific)]]<br>[[Magnetic Video Corporation Sports]]}} | {{chronology||[[20th Century-Fox Video]]<br>[[Magnetic Video (South Pacific)]]<br>[[Magnetic Video Corporation Sports]]}} | ||