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MGM/CBS Home Video
1980-1981
1981–1982
MGM/UA Home Video
1982–1993, 1999
First version
Second version
A black-and-white version was spotted on old films.
Logo with Esselte byline
The "Coming Soon On Videocassette" logo.
The "Now Playing At A Theatre Near You" logo.
MGM/UA Home Video Coming Attraction part 1
MGM/UA Home Video Coming Attraction part 2
MGM/UA Home Video Coming Attraction part 3
Print logo seen on CBS/Fox releases.
Rare color version seen on Betamax.
"Distributed exclusively by" print variant, used for Family Home Entertainment and USA Home Video releases from 1982 to 1985.
Alternative version of the "Distributed exclusively by" variant, also on FHE/USA releases.
"Distributed by" print variant, used for very early Turner Home Entertainment releases.
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Logo preceding Australian VHS trailer
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1983–1986
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Default cover art for MGM/UA's Diamond Jubilee Collection of feature films on video. A publicity still from a film would be inserted where Leo the Lion generally would be.
Christmas version
Rare Canadian print logo variant from the French-dubbed VHS cover of "Gymkata."
The Wizard Of Oz (198?)
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1989–2005
1989 version
1990 version
1992 version, the copyright info is positioned in the middle and the font is changed.
1993 version
1995 version
1996 version
1997 version
1998 version
1999 version
2000 version
2001 version
2002 version
2003 version
2004 version
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1993–2005
The left for part of the logo shows a line that is not meant to be seen on the logo which is similar to a vhs effect even though it is displayed at high quality. The right side does not have the same quality as the one shown in left and some graphical glitches are cropped off.
On the top, the sparkle particles on the right have more green value than the one on the left; The bottom one on the right has LCD colors which have magenta and mint combined and have a fuzzy look. The left one on the bottom doesn't have much magenta and bright green coloring on the particles.
The original/unremastered version of the opening logo. This logo with a little lower visual quality appears on DVDs such as Red Dawn, Hang Em' High and Get Shorty. This is a laserdisc variant that must have appeared on The Music Lovers and The Golden Age of Looney Tunes.
The MGM Greats variant of the 1993 opening logo.
The original/unremastered version of the closing logo.
The closing logo of MGM/UA Home Video.
The original version of the theatrical trailer logo from Red Dawn and other late '97 DVDs.
Theatrical trailer logo
A "Coming soon to a theater near you" logo
A "Now avaliable On Videocassette" logo.
A "Coming Soon On Videocassette" logo
A "Now Playing At A Theater Near You" logo
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MGM Home Entertainment
1998–2005
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