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Background

Digital Video Compression Center (DVCC, legally Digital Video Compression Corporation) was a DVD transfer company, founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of Panasonic, and acquired by Deluxe Digital Studios on August 10, 2004. Around September of the same year, Deluxe put DVCC's website domain up for auction, later to shut the company down after a few months.

1st Logo (March 25, 1997-2002)

Visuals: On a black background is a dark lime green rectangle with the cut-out call letters "dvcc". Above the logo is "DVD Production Services By:", and below it is "Digital Video Compression Center", "Universal City, California", and, in a smaller size, the URL "http://www.dvcc.com", stacked on top of each other, respectively.

Variant: On the earliest DVDs with this logo, the URL is missing. This variant only appears on the original releases of Beethoven, The Paper, GoldenEye, The Land Before Time, The Wizard of Oz, and The Usual Suspects. It also appeared on the 1999 release of Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability:

It can be seen on DVD releases from Universal (1997-mid 2001), 20th Century Fox (1998-mid 2001), and MGM (1998-2001).
This logo also appeared on PolyGram Video DVDs, HBO Video releases, and the New Line Home Video release of The Player.
It even appeared on some MPI Home Video releases, such as The Beatles: Help!.
On DreamWorks Home Entertainment releases, it appears on Small Time Crooks, Galaxy Quest and Almost Famous (all rare cases since DreamWorks DVDs don't use an authoring logo).
It appeared on the Warner Home Video/BBC Video DVD release of Walking With Dinosaurs (another rare case since Warner Home Video DVDs have no authoring logo).

2nd Logo (2001-2004)

Visuals: On a black background, the camera pans down to a metallic green plate right as a blue laser starts to cut into it. As the laser takes up the screen, it then cuts to the plate floating over a mass of light, rotating as the laser finishes cutting out the "v" (the "d" is already completed), letting the leftover material fall into the void. It then fades to having a "c" completed, and the laser cutting out a 2nd "c", having its material fall as well, and fully forming the "dvcc" logo from before. The camera then fades to a shot of the logo zooming out and positioning itself over the light, letting the rays illuminate the letters as "Digital Video Compression Center" fades in below. The logo and text continue to emit light rays and the plate shines until the logo fades out.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A buzzing sound followed by a tense rhythmic tune.

Availability:

This is known to appear on 20th Century Fox, Universal, and MGM DVDs from late 2001 to mid-to-late 2004.
It also appears on some Artisan Entertainment and HBO Video releases, such as the 2003 Extreme Edition DVD of Terminator 2: Judgment Day and all four I Spy DVD releases.

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+===Background===
-''Editions by AlbertoTheMonkey''
+'''Digital Video Compression Center''' ('''DVCC''', legally '''Digital Video Compression Corporation''') was a DVD transfer company, founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of Panasonic, and acquired by [[Deluxe Digital Studios]] on August 10, 2004. Around September of the same year, Deluxe put DVCC's website domain up for auction, later to shut the company down after a few months.
+===1st Logo (March 25, 1997-2002)===
-''Logo captures by DaBigLogoCollector'' and ''EnormousRat''
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+Digital Video Compression Center (1997).jpg
+Digital Video Compression Center (1998).jpg
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background is a {{color|green|dark lime green}} rectangle with the cut-out call letters "'''dvcc'''". Above the logo is "DVD Production Services By:", and below it is "Digital Video Compression Center", "Universal City, California", and, in a smaller size, the URL "http://www.dvcc.com", stacked on top of each other, respectively.
-''Video capture courtesy of EnormousRat''
+'''Variant:''' On the earliest DVDs with this logo, the URL is missing. This variant only appears on the original releases of ''Beethoven'', ''The Paper'', ''GoldenEye'', ''The Land Before Time'', ''The Wizard of Oz'', and ''The Usual Suspects''. It also appeared on the 1999 release of ''Four Weddings and a Funeral''.
-Background: Digital Video Compression Center (DVCC, legally Digital Video Compression Corporation) was a DVD transfer company, founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of Panasonic, and acquired by [[Deluxe Digital Studios]] on August 10, 2004. Around September of the same year, Deluxe put DVCC's website domain up for auction, later to shut the company down after a few months.
+'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic.
-=== 1st Logo (1997-2002) ===
-[[File:DVCC_Early_Variant.jpg|200px]]
-[[File:DVCC 1998.jpg|200px]]
+'''Audio:''' None.
-Logo: On a black background, we see a dark lime green rectangle with the cut-out call letters "dvcc". Above the logo is "DVD Production Services By:", and below it is "Digital Video Compression Center", "Universal City, California", and, in a smaller size, the URL "http://www.dvcc.com", stacked on top of each other, respectively.
+'''Availability:'''
-Variant: On the earliest DVDs with this logo, the URL is missing. This variant appears on the original releases of ''Beethoven'', ''GoldenEye'', ''The Land Before Time'', ''The Wizard of Oz'', and ''The Usual Suspects'', and makes a surprise appearance on the 1999 release of ''Four Weddings and a Funeral''.
+*It can be seen on DVD releases from [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal]] (1997-mid 2001), [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox]] (1998-mid 2001), and [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM]] (1998-2001).
+*This logo also appeared on [[PolyGram Video]] DVDs, [[HBO Home Entertainment|HBO Video]] releases, and the [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] release of ''The Player''.
+*It even appeared on some [[MPI Home Video]] releases, such as ''The Beatles: Help!''.
+*On [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] releases, it appears on ''Small Time Crooks'', ''Galaxy Quest'' and ''Almost Famous'' (all rare cases since DreamWorks DVDs don't use an authoring logo).
+*It appeared on the [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]]/[[BBC Studios Home Entertainment|BBC Video]] DVD release of ''Walking With Dinosaurs'' (another rare case since Warner Home Video DVDs have no authoring logo).
+===2nd Logo (2001-2004)===
-FX/SFX: None.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Digital Video Compression Center (2001).png
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=4dh0XmDzsRU}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the camera pans down to a metallic {{color|green}} plate right as a {{color|blue}} laser starts to cut into it. As the laser takes up the screen, it then cuts to the plate floating over a mass of light, rotating as the laser finishes cutting out the "'''v'''" (the "'''d'''" is already completed), letting the leftover material fall into the void. It then fades to having a "'''c'''" completed, and the laser cutting out a 2nd "'''c'''", having its material fall as well, and fully forming the "'''dvcc'''" logo from before. The camera then fades to a shot of the logo zooming out and positioning itself over the light, letting the rays illuminate the letters as "'''Digital Video Compression Center'''" fades in below. The logo and text continue to emit light rays and the plate shines until the logo fades out.
-Music/Sounds: None.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-Availability: Fairly common.
-*It can be seen on Universal DVDs from 1997 to mid 2001, such as ''The Little Rascals'', the first two ''Jurassic Park'' movies, both ''Nutty Professor'' movies, the original releases of ''Backdraft'', ''Shadow of the Vampire'' and'' ''National Lampoon's Animal House'', ''Jaws'', ''1941'', ''The Chamber'', ''BASEketball'', ''Beethoven's 2nd'', ''Far and Away'', ''The Lonely Guy'', ''Kindergarten Cop'', ''Hard Target'', ''Bring It On'', ''Man on the Moon'', ''Apollo 13'', ''Black Dog'', ''Billy Madison'', ''Happy Gilmore'', ''Tremors 2: Aftershocks'', ''The Bone Collector'', ''EDtv'', and ''Mystery Men''.
-*It also appears on Fox DVDs from 1998 to mid 2001, such as ''Big'', ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'', ''Independence Day'', ''Anastasia'', ''Home Alone 3'', ''X-Men'', ''Cast Away'', ''The Edge'', ''Office Space'', ''Bulworth'', ''Fight Club'', ''Cleopatra'', ''Ravenous'', ''The Newton Boys'', ''Raising Arizona'', the original releases of ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'', ''Miracle on 34th Street'', ''Speed'' and ''Patton'', the first two seasons of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', the Special Editions of ''The Abyss'' and ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'', and the ''Die Hard: Ultimate Collection'' box set.
-*It even appears on MGM DVDs, such as ''The Black Stallion'', the original release of ''The Secret of NIMH'', the James Bond Special Edition films from ''Dr. No'' up until ''The World is Not Enough'', and the Special Edition DVD of ''Rocky'', ''The Princess Bride'', ''The Terminator'', ''The Pride of the Yankees'', ''When Harry Met Sally...'', and ''The Graduate''.
-*This logo also appeared on PolyGram Video DVDs, such as ''Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels'', ''Clay Pigeons'', ''Misery'', ''The Game'', ''Barney's Great Adventure'', and ''The Big Lebowski''.
-*It even appears on the USA Home Entertainment release of ''Topsy-Turvy''.
-*It also appeared on HBO Home Video releases, such as ''Gotti (1996)'', ''The Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volumes 1 and 2'', ''Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead'' and ''Switch.''
-*It also appeared on some New Line Cinema releases, including ''The Player''.
-*On DreamWorks Home Entertainment releases, it appears on ''Small Time Crooks'', ''Galaxy Quest'' and ''Almost Famous'' (all rare cases since DreamWorks DVDs don't often have authoring logos).
+'''Audio:''' A buzzing sound followed by a tense rhythmic tune.
-=== 2nd Logo (2001-2004)===
-[[File:DVCC Later Logo.jpg|400px]]
+'''Availability:'''
-Logo: A green laser runs through a green block, then it cuts a metallic "d" out. Over a black background with smoke in the center, the "v" and two "c"s fly out, then the final product rests in the center. The text "Digital Video Compression Center" fades in below.
+*This is known to appear on 20th Century Fox, Universal, and MGM DVDs from late 2001 to mid-to-late 2004.
+*It also appears on some [[Artisan Entertainment]] and HBO Video releases, such as the 2003 Extreme Edition DVD of ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' and all four ''I Spy'' DVD releases.
+[[Category:American technology logos]]
-FX/SFX: The laser, the letters cutting out, and the text fading.
+[[Category:United States]]
+[[Category:Technology logos]]
-Music/Sounds: A buzzing sound followed by a tense rhythmic tune.
+[[Category:Authoring logos]]
-Availability: Common.
-* This is known to appear on Fox DVDs from late 2001 to mid-to-late 2004, such as ''Ice Age'', ''Garfield's Holiday Celebrations'', ''Garfield as Himself'', the first four seasons of ''The Simpsons'', seasons two to six of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''The Girl Next Door'', a re-release of ''Speed'', the first season of ''Futurama'', ''The Simpsons Gone Wild'', ''Man on Fire'', ''28 Days Later'', ''Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'', ''Garfield and Friends: Volumes 1 and 2'', the first three seasons of ''Family Guy'', ''The Transporter'', ''Planet of the Apes (2001)'', ''Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House'', the first two seasons of ''King of the Hill'', ''Unfaithful'', the first seven seasons of ''M*A*S*H'', both ''Cocoon'' movies, the first season of ''Arrested Development'', ''Runaway Jury'', ''Solaris (2002)'', ''The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)'', ''The Simpsons: Gone Wild'', ''One Fine Day'', ''Brown Sugar'', ''Bill Cosby: Himself'', ''Daredevil'', ''X-2: X-Men United'', ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'', ''The Passion of the Christ'', ''Welcome to Mooseport'', ''There's Something About Mary'', ''Drumline'', ''Predator (1987)'', the 2003 DVDs of the first two ''Alien'' films, ''High Crimes'', ''Moulin Rouge'', and ''The Day After Tomorrow''.
-* It can also appear on Universal DVDs, such as ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas'', ''Halloween III: Season of the Witch'', ''Josie and the Pussycats (2001)'', ''The Fast and the Furious'', ''The Mummy Returns'', ''Mulholland Drive'', ''How High'', ''The Scorpion King'', ''Shenandoah'', and ''The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water''.
-* On MGM Home Entertainment releases, this is known to appear on the first two ''Legally Blonde'' films, the original release of ''Die Another Day'', ''Ghoulies II'', ''It Runs in the Family'', ''Rollerball (2002)'' and the Special Editions of ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', ''Escape from New York'', and ''Thelma and Louise''.
-* It also appears on some Artisan Entertainment releases, such as the 2003 Extreme Edition DVD of ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day.''
-* It even appears on some HBO Home Video releases, such as ''I Spy: A Thing That Flings and Other Stories''.
-Editor's Note: This video is somewhat nice to many due to the animation and the tune, though it can be unexpected if the viewer didn't expect it to appear.
-[[Category:Technology Logos]]
-[[Category:American Technology Logos]]
-[[Category:Authoring Logos]]
-[[Category:American Logos]]