Digital Video Compression Center

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)
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.

Variant: On the earliest DVDs with this logo, the URL is missing. This variant only 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.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

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, The Hurricane, Beethoven's 2nd, The Mummy (1999), Far and Away, The Lonely Guy, Kindergarten Cop, Hard Target, Primary Colors, Snow Falling on Cedars, Bring It On, The Family Man, Man on the Moon, Meet the Parents, Apollo 13, Black Dog, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Tremors 2: Aftershocks, The Bone Collector, EDtv, Notting Hill, 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, Titan A.E., Bedazzled, Cast Away, The Edge, Office Space, Bulworth, Fight Club, Cleopatra, Ravenous, Edward Scissorhands, 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 DVDs of the Rocky Anthology, The Princess Bride, The Terminator, The Pride of the Yankees, Leaving Las Vegas, The Man in the Iron Mask, 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, What Dreams May Come, Barb Wire, Barney's Great Adventure, The Big Lebowski, and Topsy-Turvy.
 * It also appeared on HBO Home Video releases, such as Gotti (1996), The Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead and Switch.
 * It also appeared on the New Line Home Video release of 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).

2nd Logo (2001-2004)


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.

FX/SFX: The laser, the letters cutting out, and the text fading.

Music/Sounds: A buzzing sound followed by a tense rhythmic tune.

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, Bratz the Video: Starrin and Stylin, Garfield as Himself, the first four seasons of The Simpsons, seasons three 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, The Bible: In the Beginning..., Garfield and Friends: Volumes 1 and 2, the first three seasons of Family Guy, the first season of 24, 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), Black Widow (1987), 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, American Pie 2, The Mummy Returns, Mulholland Drive, How High, The Scorpion King, Shenandoah, and The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water.
 * On MGM 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.