Macrovision

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Background : Until 1990, Macrovision did not use an on-screen logo, and until 1997, they did not use an animated logo. On some releases with Macrovision, a warning screen for Macrovision would have the Macrovision logo on a blue background, and above it would be "In order to ensure that the program you are viewing is an original and of the highest quality, this videocassette has been protected by the Macrovision anti-copy process." Macrovision changed its name to Rovi Corp. in 2009.

1st Logo(1990-1999) Logo : On either a gray, blue, or white background, we see the same Macrovision logo from the 3rd Logo, either in gold, white, or blue.The text varies depending on which part of the world you are in. Text Variants :US: "In order to ensure that the program you are viewing is an original and of the highest quality, this videocassette has been protected by the Macrovision anticopy process".UK: "To ensure that the programme that you are watching is an original recording, this videocassette has been duplicated using the Macrovision Copy Protection Process." FX/SFX : None. Music/Sounds : None. Availability : Rare. The blue background variant appears on the original VHS release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, Barney & Friends/Barney & The Backyard Gang tapes and on 1990's HBO Video releases such as Zeus and Roxanne and ''Shadowlands. The gray background variant appeared only on the 1990 VHS of Total Recall (the 1990 original with Arnold Schwarzenegger, not the 2012 remake), while the white background variant only appeared on UK PAL VHS releases of Honeymoon in Vegas, The Lawnmower Man, and Maverick''. Scare Factor : None. 2nd Logo(1996) Logo : On a purple liquid background, a spinning triangle pops up from the top-left, and goes to the right to reveal squares that become the text "MACROVISION".The triangle stops spinning and an M fades into the triangle. The triangle is in a circle that says "Certified Original". The video label has a white border fade in, and so does a rectangle that surrounds the logo and circle. The text "In order to ensure that the program you are about to watch is an original, and of the highest quality, this videocassette incorporates the exclusive Macrovision encoding process." fades into the rectangle.

FX/SFX : The background, the triangle, the revealing, the fade-ins.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Rare. Can be found at the beginning of The Beatles Anthology and some New Line Home Video releases from 1996.

Scare Factor : None.

3rd Logo(1997-2009)

Nickname : "Gold CP/Macrovision"

Logo : On a black background, we see a pink metallic triangle with "cp" on it (which stands for "copy protected" or "copy protection"), which shines, causing it to turn gold. Then a flash appears, and "MACROVISION QUALITY PROTECTION" zooms out, with a triangle next to it. An upside-down triangle resembles the V in "MACROVISION", and after it zooms out, the triangle shines with a "ping".

FX/SFX : The shining, the triangle changing colors, and the zoom out.

Music/Sounds : A mellow synth tune.

Availability : Seen at the end of Universal VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray releases from 2001-2009, and at the beginning of PolyGram VHS and DVD releases from 1997-1999. Strangely, it has been spotted on Futurama, Popular Mechanics for Kids, and Mommy and Me DVDs, even though they aren't feature films.

Scare Factor : None. This is a very soothing logo.