NOTE: This page is about a sub-label of CBS/Fox Video. For the Greek home video company of the same name, click here.
Background[]
Key Video was a sub-label of CBS/Fox Video for low-budget, classic, and TV movie releases on video. It was later reactivated by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment as "Key DVD" to distribute budget DVDs, but the reformation was short-lived.
Logos[]
1st logo (1984)[]
On a computerized space background, the words "KEY VIDEO", in a yellow Helvetica font, appear with a dissolving effect, arranged in a spiral-like fashion. They spin and spiral around five times, then arrange themselves in a straight line. After a couple of seconds, they dissolve out with a "chyron mist" effect.
2nd logo (1984-1990)[]
On a shady gray background, two 3-D elongated shapes and a cylinder flip towards the screen. The shapes align together, forming the outline of a key, as the 3-D words "KEY VIDEO" zoom out below. The logo “shines” and turns colorful, the top half blue, the circle part red, and the bottom half purple. The text "KEY VIDEO" (in ITC Lubalin Graph Bold) is in a shade of pink, white, and blue.
3rd logo (2000s)[]
On a white background is a black key with the prongs pointed upward inside a black rectangle. The text "KEY VIDEO" (or "KEY DVD") in Engravers Gothic font is seen below the rectangle.
Music/Sounds[]
1st logo[]
A heavy synth theme that seems to increase in pitch during its duration.
2nd logo[]
A long synth note at the start, followed by a dated yet calming and depressing 3-note synth tune.
3rd logo[]
None.
Scare Factor[]
1st logo[]
Medium. The spiralling words can make you dizzy and the music can scare some people.
2nd logo[]
Low to medium. The dated depressing music and the primitive CGI might turn some off, but it's mostly harmless and soothing.
3rd logo[]
None. This logo is very boring, but tamer than the previous logo.