Compiled by James Fabiano and Matt Williams
Logo captures by JART4629 and others
Editions by V of Doom


1st Logo
(1981-1982)

Nickname: "Big V"

Logo: Just a blue screen with the Vestron Video logo as seen in the 2nd logo.

FX: None.

Cheesy Factor: No music and animation makes this a boring logo.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Vestron releases of the era, like The Changeling and Nothing Personal.

Scare Factor: None; this logo is very boring.



2nd Logo
(1982-1987)

Nicknames: "Cheesy V", "Christmas Lights", "Christmas V"

Logo: The screen fills with white 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.

Closing Variant: Veston Video used a unique closing logo. The same logo appeared, without the synth zaps. When finished, a copyright notice appeared.

FX/Cheesy Factor: Very '80s computer animations of the stripes appearing and forming the "V". The forming of "VESTRON VIDEO" looks really cheap. And the lights on the "V" look like red Christmas lights.

Music/Sounds: Synthesized tones you may have heard on many '80s TV news programs, accompanied by laser zaps and more synthesized notes. For the closing variant, it used only the synthesized theme.

Availability: Vestron video releases of the time. This includes Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Lord of the Rings and How to Beat Home Video Games.

Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:

• Low to medium; the cheap effects and music might sound ominous.
• Low for the short-lived closing variant.

3rd Logo
(1987-1992)

Nickname: "The Red Circle/V"

Logo: 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 cartoon show "Transformers".

FX: The sphere zooming in, the lines, and the zoom-in of the letters. All in all, this logo has exceptional animation and looks very professional.

Music/Sounds: A chord followed by a few notes of piano and then finally a French horn-type sounder. They also had another synth fanfare later on that did not fit in at all.

Availability: Can be seen on tapes from this era, which include Dirty Dancing and early National Geographic VHS releases. On the 2003 Artisan DVD of Bride of Re-Animator, this makes a surprise appearance. 1990-1992 releases were used in tandem with Live Home Video.

Scare Factor: Minimal; very professional, very clean. Nothing to worry about.