3-G Home Video

1st Logo

(1981?-86?)

Nicknames: "3-G Triangle's Tame Side", "3-G Segment in a Triangle"

Nicknames: "3-G Triangle's Dark Side", "3-G Triangle from Hell", "3-G Segment in a Triangle II", "And Now I Have Tinnitus", "3-G from Hell", "Nightmare in the Public Domain", "The World's Loudest Logo"

Logo: In a dark background a triangular shape flashes down from blue from the upper right portion of the screen to the center of the screen where the blue fades away, leaving the same logo from before but in black with blue outlines and the font is more straight. This is then followed by a screen with a blue "PRESENTS".

Variant: On a repackaged VHS of Popeye from 1992, the logo is on a blue background.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The logo is rather dated, as it was when it was still in use. It is something you'd expect from the late 1970s, when Scanimation was all the rage.

Music/Sounds: A whoosh that is so loud it can break your TV's speakers, not to mention your ears.

Availability: Extremely rare. This logo only appeared on videos distributed by the company, many of which are out-of-print and hard to find, even on auction sites such as Amazon and eBay. Appeared on VHS tapes of Popeye, Porky Pig, Tweety, Woody Woodpecker, and possibly Gulliver's Travels.

Scare Factor: Nightmare. This logo will without a doubt scare children, who were ironically their target audience, because the whoosh sound comes suddenly after the tracking control warning and is cranked up to ear-splitting levels. Let's put it this way: it's even louder than the UAV Corporation "Whoosh of Death" logo. That is quite an achievement! The font used for the "3-G" portion of the logo doesn't look too friendly either.