Vestron Video

Background[]

Vestron Video was founded in 1981 from the remainings of Time-Life Video. in 1992, Live Entertainment closed them, but were revived by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in 2016, and are now back in business, releasing their projects on DVD.

Logos[]

1st logo (1982)[]

On a blue screen we see an angular "V" filled with horizontal lines. Above in white is "VESTRON VIDEO".

2nd logo (1982-1986)[]

The screen fills with white and pink stripes which are cut on the sides (downwards) and in the middle (upwards) by blue laser-like lights. The stripes now form a "V" shape against a red background. The "V" flashes blue, then backs up where it is "shadowed" by a lighter "V" appearing next to it. Four red lights shine in all but the lower right corner of the original "V," and the lower right of the "shadow." Above the letter, the blue light spells out "VESTRON" in white letters, and that shrinks to fit the word "VIDEO" which appears next to it.

Variants[]

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.

3rd logo (1986-1992; 2021-)[]

On a black background, a small red sphere zooms into view. Zooming towards the red sphere are several silver lines, forming a silver "V/Triangle" on the sphere. The sphere settles near the top of the screen. Zooming in below it are the words "VESTRON VIDEO" in a futuristic font resembling that used on the title of the 80s Transformers cartoon.

Variants[]

On the VUDU print of the 1986 film Sex Appeal, the logo is stretched to fit the 16:9 aspect ratio. Tubi's print is in the correct 4:3 ratio.
There is a re-animated/enhanced version of this logo first seen on the Ultra HD Blu-ray release of Dirty Dancing, which opens with some VHS static and distorted music. It's unknown if this is a one-off variant or a new logo for the Vestron imprint.

4th logo (2016-)[]

The logo starts off with the same effects as the second logo. However, the screen then zooms out, revealing the lines on a circular table in the teal-lit factory. Machines then carve out a "V". They then place the text "VESTRON", which shrinks to make way for the word "VIDEO". The logo flashes. Once the fanfare is over, the logo quickly fades out and cuts back to the logo, gets static-shocked and cuts to black.

Music/Sounds[]

1st logo[]

None.

2nd logo[]

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.

Music/Sounds Variants[]

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.
There is a silent version.

3rd logo[]

A chord followed by a few notes of piano and then a French horn-type sounder with a rising "ooooh" choir. They also had another synth fanfare, in later years. Sometimes, it is silent, or on some later releases (verification needed) it had the Vestron Television music.

4th logo[]

A futuristic rearrangement of the 2nd logo's music, ending with what it sounds like a mixture of the light switch flick sound and a loud slam, when the logo gets static-shocked.