Hi-Tech Video (Greece)

1st (known) logo (1980s)

Nickname: "The Hypocrite Logo", "Everything Wrong With Greece", "Colorbeams of Doom", "Lo-Tech", "Lo-Tech Video", "Not Really Hi-Tech", "Olympic Video's Darker, Cheesier Cousin"

Logo: On a black background, we see "Hi-Tech" in a stylized, multicolored font consisting of the colors blue, yellow, pink, red, and purple zoom in to the center of the screen, leaving a shadow trail in the process. The "Hi-Tech" turns red, and "VIDEO" in a different font but using the same colors zooms out from the bottom of the screen, leaving a shadow trail as well. The "VIDEO" turns golden yellow, and a cerulean blue laurel wreath is "drawn" around the words. Once it's drawn, the wreath "flashes" at the screen using the trail effect.

FX/SFX: The zooming, the trail, and the "drawing."

Cheesy Factor: The low-tech effects just contradict the logo's name; the whole logo is really gaudy and cheap-looking. Then again, it's probably what you expect of a low-budget company. Lastly, why in the world would you call this company Hi-Tech Video?!!

Music/Sounds: A bombastic orchestral fanfare with horns and screeching flutes, which is part of "Gayane Suite" by Soviet-Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian.

Availability: Check Greek SECAM tapes from the 1980s for this logo (of course, since sometime in the '90s, Greece uses PAL).

Scare Factor: Medium to high. The flashing, gaudiness, and that awful fanfare will scare a fair amount of viewers. However, you may laugh at how contradictory the name of the company is.