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'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background, we see the HBO logo, and the word "VIDEO", in thin lettering, below. Two lines are seen above and below the logo.

*Some previews have the screen "COMING SOON FROM" and the logo below on a black background right before the trailer plays.

*At the end of the ad for ''Sports Illustrated: Get the Feeling: Power!'', the logo is seen on a black background with "DISTRIBUTED BY" above it. It also appears in a {{Font color|purple|purple}} 3D treatment.

'''Nickname:''' "The Spheres"

'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see tons of red spheres, packed tightly together. As we zoom out, the spheres form into a gold HBO logo, with a {{Font color|blue|blue}} "{{Font color|blue|VIDEO}}" (in that same font described above) below. When they move into place, {{Font color|purple|purple}} bars move to their positions above and below the logo. When the logo is formed, a spotlight appears below the logo.

'''Logo:''' Against a shimmering {{Font color|red|red}} curtain, we see the words:

in {{Font color|silver|silver}} with spotlights shining across it. Then, a {{Font color|teal|teal}}-colored ball with a white director's slate/clapperboard printed on it comes in from the left side of the screen, flying toward the "O" in "PRESENTATION". The camera pans toward the ball as it bounces on the right side of the "O" and passes through it. It then flies off to the bottom left of the screen, revealing a {{Font color|silver|silver}} HBO logo. It zooms slowly toward the camera as "HOME VIDEO" in white fades in below.

'''HBO Savoy Variant:''' See [[HBO Savoy Video]].

'''FX/SFX:''' The spotlights and ball.

'''Logo:''' We see a DVD disc zooming out against a black background with purple rays, and releasing many white particles around it. The disc zooms away as the particles turn the background into a starfield, and then the word "HBO" zooms in, along with the words "{{Font color|blue|HOME VIDEO}}", in {{Font color|blue|blue}}. A few seconds later, "HOME VIDEO" changes to "{{Font color|gold|DVD}}", in {{Font color|gold|yellow}}. The finished product zooms out a little bit and then disappears in a flash.

'''Availability:''' Common.

* Seen on all HBO DVD releases from 1998 to 2005, such as ''69*'', ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'', ''Gia'', the original releases of ''Rock-a-Doodle'' and ''Three Amigos'', as well as ''Flashpoint'', ''The Hitcher'', ''No Escape'', ''Lightning Jack'', ''Out of Season'', ''Band of Brothers'', ''Serial Mom'', ''Mr. and Mrs. Bridge'', ''Gotti'' (1996), ''The Grifters'', ''No Escape'', ''Tales from the Hood'', ''The Cannonball Run'', ''Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepytime Tales'', ''Band of Brothers'', ''I Spy: A Thing that Flings and Other Stories'', ''My Left Foot'', ''Last of the Dogmen'', ''Here and Now'', ''Disappearing Acts'', both volumes of ''the Best of the Chris Rock Show'', ''The Changeling'', ''Pancho Villa'', ''Shadowlands'', ''Normal'', ''Citizen Cohn'', ''Twas the Night'', ''Switch'', ''Pumping Iron'', ''Out of Season'', ''Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead'', the first season of ''Entourage'', the first five seasons of ''The Sopranos'', the first four seasons of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', all seasons of ''Sex and the City'', and ''Good Guys Wear Black''.

'''Nicknames:''' "The Purple Glow", "HBO's Special VHS Logo"

'''Logo:''' On a black background, the camera rotates around a 3-dimensional {{Font color|purple|purple}} HBO logo. Then, we zoom out as the word "VIDEO" flips upward and the two lines and the registered trademark symbol appear. The logo sends off a {{Font color|purple|purple}} glow, which then dies down, and then we fade to black.

'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. This is the VHS counterpart of the previous logo. Seen on many VHS releases by HBO from the period, such as the 2004 VHS of ''Undefeated'' and the 2004 ''I Spy'' VHS tapes, ''A Thing That Flings and Other Stories'' and ''A Rockin' Bronco and Other Stories''. However, a few VHS releases during this logo's usage used the 3rd logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Walking sounds, a zapping sound when the man presses the remote button, followed shortly by a calm piano/synth fanfare.

*Seen on newer HBO releases such as the first four seasons of ''Game of Thrones'', all seasons of ''Boardwalk Empire'', all seasons of ''True Detective'', all seasons of ''True Blood'', and a re-release of ''Three Amigos!''.