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===2nd Logo (December 1982-June 25, 1986) (1983-1987, international)===

* One variant has the logo staying onscreen for seven or eight seconds after the music stops, with the logo continuing to shine. This instance happened on the 1983 VHS of They Call Me Bruce?.

* On some early Vestron releases, the words are not spelled out by the light and the logo fades out earlier than usual. This was spotted on the 1984 Canadian VHS of Mr. Mom.

* Closing: Same as the regular variant, except, when finished, one of these copyright dates "© (year) Vestron, Inc." or "© (Year) VESTRON INCORPORATED" zoom in below. In some cases, this variant is put at the beginning of tapes.

* Synthesized tones heard on many '80s TV news programs, accompanied by laser zaps and more synthesized notes.

* For the closing variant with the first copyright stamp, it's only the synthesized theme. This version of the theme has also been used with the regular variant of the logo on at least one occasion.

* On some tapes in Australia, a different synthesized theme, "Videospots 4" by Harry Forbes, from the Parry Music Library, with added synth sound effects which are quieter than the original ones. This fanfare was the same one that was used on the United Film Distribution Company logo.

* Some hi-fi stereo releases from toward the end of the logo's life use a heavily reverberated version of the fanfare which is also rechanneled.

* There is also a silent version.

* Seen on Vestron video releases of the time. This includes ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Lord of the Rings'', ''Harry and Son'', ''Trancers, The Purple Rose of Cairo'', ''Ghoulies'', ''Mad Max'', ''The Devil's Gift'', ''Interface'', ''Lifeforce'', ''Burial Ground'', ''Curtains'', ''Amityville 3-D'', ''The House by the Cemetery'', ''Endless Love'', ''Re-Animator'', ''The House on Sorority Row'', ''The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'', ''Mutant'', ''Class of 1984'', ''Spaceship, Yellowbeard'', ''How to Beat Home Video Games'', ''Mr. Mom'', ''The Care Bears Movie'', ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''For the Love of Benji'', and ''Class''.

* Outside of the U.S., this appeared on all [[Vestron Video International]] tapes that were made prior to 1987.

* Also seen on a Showtime Networks airing of ''The Company of Wolves'' back in 2010.

* The first VHS release of ''Mr. Mom'' has this logo, but was missing when Vestron later reprinted it.

* On some early releases with the Vestron "Red V-Ball" on the box and label, like early National Geographic releases (including the laser videodisc of ''Man: The Incredible Machine''), this may appear.

* Ultra rare for the closing variant; it appears on all 3 volumes of ''How to Beat Home Video Games'' (the first volume has the first copyright stamp, while the second and third had the second copyright stamp) and on the original VHS of ''Young Doctors in Love'', both at the beginning and the end of the VHS.

* The silent version is also ultra rare.

* This makes very strange appearances on the Lionsgate DVD of ''Irreconcilable Differences'', the Full Moon/Echo Bridge releases and a Movies4Men (now GREAT! Movies Action) airing of ''Trancers'', a Hulu print of the animated ''Animal Farm'', the Artisan DVD of ''Shadows Run Black'', and HBO's broadcasts of ''Ghoulies'' (from May 1986) and ''Re-Animator'' (from January 1987), which probably used transfers from Vestron's laserdisc/video masters.

* In the UK, this is seen on tapes such as ''Return of the Living Dead'' and ''My Little Pony: The Movie'' (1986), despite the 3rd print logo on the box of both.