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Logo (1996-February 21, 2006)

Visuals: On a black background, two sets of three spherical lights appear and trace around the edge of an invisible disc, creating indigo streaks before quickly turning towards each other and ramming together. This causes the disc to glow a light blue indigo shade before it dies down, as the lights are shown to form an indigo "S" with thinning ends. The text "SURROUND SOUND", in a digital font, fades in below the "S" in a purple-white gradient color.

Trivia: This logo, created by Rod Dyer Design, was intentionally designed alongside Sony's "Maximum Television" ad campaign, which featured a tag with a similar logo, animation and music; one of these ads can be seen on the 1996 VHS of Jumanji (which, ironically, lacks this logo).

Variant: On some tapes, the logo cuts off earlier than usual.

Depending on the release, when the logo cuts off, the music cuts off as well or keeps playing (in particular, the handful of Columbia TriStar VHS releases that are THX-certified (e.g. Men in Black) contain the latter variant due to it preceding the THX "Broadway" logo, as does the VHS release of Matilda, a non THX-certified release).

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A triangle ding, a faint sweeping sound, then a "clang" and an echoing female choir.

Audio Variant: On monophonic VHS tracks (ironically enough), some of the sounds, such as the sweeping sound, are omitted.

Availability:

Seen on most Columbia TriStar/Sony Pictures VHS tapes of movies made starting from 1996 that are compatible with Dolby Surround, such as Big Daddy, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, Muppets from Space, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Thomas and the Magic Railroad and Kermit's Swamp Years. This was used all the way until Sony's final tapes in early 2006, with the last releases from them on the format being Zathura and Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild.
It was absent from the 1996 VHS release of Jumanji (see above), but a print version can be found on the back cover. It was also absent from the VHS of Spanglish.
While this doesn't usually appear on promotional tapes, it does appear on the demo VHS versions of As Good as It Gets and Gattaca.
DVD releases generally did not use this logo, but the print logo can be seen on some early releases from the time.

Legacy: This logo has been fairly popular among Sony fans.

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-'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see three sets of spherical lights curving together and combining to form an "{{color|indigo|S}}" made out of {{color|indigo}} lines. Then underneath that, the words "{{color|indigo|SURROUND SOUND}}" appear in a thin font.
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, two sets of three spherical lights appear and trace around the edge of an invisible disc, creating indigo streaks before quickly turning towards each other and ramming together. This causes the disc to glow a light blue indigo shade before it dies down, as the lights are shown to form an indigo "'''''S'''''" with thinning ends. The text "SURROUND SOUND", in a digital font, fades in below the "'''''S'''''" in a purple-white gradient color.
+'''Trivia:''' This logo, created by Rod Dyer Design, was intentionally designed alongside Sony's "Maximum Television" ad campaign, which featured a tag with a similar logo, animation and music; one of these ads can be seen on the 1996 VHS of ''Jumanji'' (which, ironically, lacks this logo).
-'''Variants:''' On some tapes, the logo and the music cuts off earlier than usual, or alternately, when the logo cuts off, the music remains (in particular, the handful of [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar]] VHS releases that are [[THX]]-certified contain the latter variant due to it immediately proceeding the THX "Broadway" logo).
+'''Variant:''' On <u>some tapes</u>, the logo cuts off earlier than usual.
-'''Trivia:''' This logo, created by Rod Dyer Design, was intentionally designed alongside Sony's "Maximum Television" ad campaign, which featured a similar logo, animation and music; one of these ads can be seen on the 1996 VHS of ''Jumanji'' (which, ironically, lacks this logo).
+*Depending on the release, when the logo cuts off, the music cuts off as well or keeps playing (in particular, the handful of [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar]] VHS releases that are [[THX]]-certified (e.g. ''Men in Black'') contain the latter variant due to it preceding the THX "Broadway" logo, as does the VHS release of ''Matilda'', a non THX-certified release).
 '''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A triangle ding, a faint sweeping sound, then a "CLANG!" and an echoing female choir.
+'''Audio:''' A triangle ding, a faint sweeping sound, then a "clang" and an echoing female choir.
-'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On monophonic VHS tracks (ironically enough), some of the sounds, such as the sweeping sound, are omitted.
+'''Audio Variant:''' On <u>monophonic VHS tracks</u> (ironically enough), some of the sounds, such as the sweeping sound, are omitted.
-'''Availability:''' Fairly common.
+'''Availability:'''
-*Seen on most Columbia TriStar/Sony Pictures VHS tapes of movies made starting from 1996 that are compatible with [[Dolby Surround]], such as ''Big Daddy'', ''Close Encounters of The Third Kind'', ''The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland'', and ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad''. This was used all the way until Sony's final tapes in early 2006, with the latest known releases from them on the format being ''Zathura'' and ''Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild''.
+*Seen on most Columbia TriStar/Sony Pictures VHS tapes of movies made starting from 1996 that are compatible with [[Dolby Surround]], such as ''Big Daddy'', ''Close Encounters of The Third Kind'', ''Muppets from Space'', ''The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland'', ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad'' and ''Kermit's Swamp Years''. This was used all the way until Sony's final tapes in early 2006, with the last releases from them on the format being ''Zathura'' and ''Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild''.
-*It was not seen on the 1996 ''Jumanji'' VHS (see above), but a print version exists in the back cover. It was also absent from the VHS of ''Spanglish''.
+*It was absent from the 1996 VHS release of ''Jumanji'' (see above), but a print version can be found on the back cover. It was also absent from the VHS of ''Spanglish''.
-*While this doesn't usually appear on promotional tapes, it does appear on the demo VHS of ''As Good as It Gets''.
+*While this doesn't usually appear on promotional tapes, it does appear on the demo VHS versions of ''As Good as It Gets'' and ''Gattaca''.
-*Also seen on a few DVDs from the time, mostly from the logo's early years.
+*DVD releases generally did not use this logo, but the print logo can be seen on some early releases from the time.
 '''Legacy:''' This logo has been fairly popular among Sony fans.
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+[[Category:Sound technology logos]]