Ritek Digital Studios

Background
Ritek Digital Studios was the DVD replication and authoring division of Ritek Global Media, the U.S. and European division of the Taiwanese company Ritek Corporation. The division was formed on June 19, 2001, and had offices in Glendale, California, Moosic, Pennsylvania, Ontario, California, and Cork, Ireland. In August 2002, Ritek's U.S. and European divisions merged with Deluxe to form Deluxe Global Media Services.

1st Logo (June 19, 2001-September 24, 2002)
Logo: On the animated blue gradient background, we see the spiral which is slowly rotating counter-clockwise throughout. In front of the spiral, there are blue changing numbers set in the order:

00:00:00:00

As it fades in, there is the waving shining logo, which consists of the same spiral in light blue but with the light green "R" at the left, the light green words:

Ritek

Digital

Studios

at the right and the light blue byline "A DIVISION OF RITEK GLOBAL MEDIA" at the bottom. It waves for 4 seconds before it settles back to normal. The light wipe shines the logo's outline and byline as the changing numbers fades out. Immediately following the shining, the changing numbers fade back in, but they are black. It then slowly fades to black.

Variant: On some DVDs, it is a still picture of it after the shining.

FX/SFX: Everything. None for the still version.

Music/Sounds: A rising-gradiently electronic hum. The still version is silent.

Availability: Very rare.
 * So far, the normal version has only been seen on the 2001 Artisan Home Entertainment DVDs of Total Recall and Basic Instinct and the Special Editions of the first three Rambo movies.
 * The still version is more common, but still quite rare, and can be seen on the Universal DVDs of Jaws 2, Beethoven's 4th, Cape Fear, Halloween II, the first two Balto movies, Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice, MacArthur, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Man Who Cried and Big Fat Liar.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (December 11, 2001-June 25, 2002)
Logo: On a dirty white background, the spiral "R" from the previous logo spins in from right with the shadow at the bottom-right. The "R" spins in the S-curve and rests at the left. Next to the "R" at the right, the words "Ritek Digital Studios" sketch themselves in. After that, the "R" shifts right a little bit & leans right to poke the text. The light shines in at the right side of the "R" and moves to the right, changing the text's color to green while shining. During the shining, the background fades to black with the shining silver byline "A DIVISION OF RITEK GLOBAL MEDIA" at the bottom. They then fade out.

FX/SFX: The "R" moving, the text and the shining.

Music/Sounds: Several whooshes, followed by a sketching sound and a synthesized tune.

Availability: Extremely rare. It was used in tandem with the previous logo.
 * Seen on some Universal DVDs from the era, including Jurassic Park III, Spy Game and A Beautiful Mind.
 * Also seen on MGM releases from the era, including Khartoum and Coming Home.

Editor's Note: None.