Ritek Digital Studios

 Background : Ritek Digital Studios was the DVD replication and authoring division of Ritek Global Media, the U.S. and European division of the Taiwanese company Ritek Corporation. The division was formed on June 19, 2001, and had offices in Glendale, California, Moosic, Pennsylvania, Ontario, California, and Cork, Ireland. In August 2002, Ritek's U.S. and European divisions merged with Deluxe to form Deluxe Global Media Services.

1st Logo
(June 10, 2001-September 24, 2002)

Logo: On an animated blue gradient background, we see a spiral which is slowly rotating counter-clockwise throughout. In front of the spiral, there are blue changing numbers "00:00:00:00" As it fades in, there is a waving shining logo, which consists of the same spiral in light blue but with a light green "R" in it, the light green words:

Variant: On some releases, a still version is used.

FX/SFX: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A gradually-rising electronic hum. The still version is silent.

Availability: Very rare.
 * So far, the animated version is seen on the 2001 Artisan DVDs of Total Recall, Basic Instinct, and the 2002 Special Editions of the first three Rambo movies.
 * The still version is more common, appearing on such Universal DVDs as the 2001 PAL DVDs of Jurassic Park III and American Pie 2, the 2001 North American DVDs of Midway, MacArthur, Cape Fear (1991), and Halloween II, the 2001 DVD of Beethoven's 4th (both North American and UK issues), and the 2002 DVDs of The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, the first two Balto movies, Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice, The Man Who Cried, and Big Fat Liar (the last DVD to use this logo).

2nd Logo
(December 11, 2001-June 25, 2002; September 9, 2003)

Logo : On a white-ish grainy filmed background, the spiral "R" from the previous logo spins in from the right with its shadow at the bottom-right. The "R" spins in an S-curve and rests at the left. Next to the "R" at the right, the words:

 Variant : On some DVDs a still version used.

FX/SFX : The "R" moving, the text sketching, and the shining.

Music/Sounds : Several whooshes, followed by a sketching sound and a synthesized tune.

Availability : Ultra rare.
 * It was used in tandem with the previous logo, and appears on the 2001 American DVD of Jurassic Park III and the 2002 DVDs of Spy Game and A Beautiful Mind.
 * It was also seen on the 2002 MGM DVDs of Coming Home and Khartoum, and the 2002-03 Anchor Bay Entertainment DVDs of Return of the Killer Tomatoes! and Return to Horror High.