VideoNow/End of Disc Bumpers

1st Bumper (VideoNow) (2003-2004)


Bumper: On a white background, we see a stop sign on the top of the screen. Below the sign is the white words "END OF DISC" superimposed on a black bar. The words "PRESS [Stop button]" are below the text. Everything is in black and white.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen at the end of black-and-white PVDs from the time when played on the original VideoNow. It likely does not appear on later models.

2nd Bumper (VideoNow Color) (2004-2007)


Bumper: On the same background as the then-current online bumper, we see a rotating bar reading the black text "end of disc" in bold lowercase letters. The bar rotates left to right, then it zooms out quickly, and at the same time, spins. After that, the bumper fades to black and quickly cuts to white.

Variant: On VideoNow Color discs from France, the bar reads "FIN" (which means "end" in French) in a bold robotic font. Also, the bumper quickly fades in earlier to show the bar quickly zooming in and spinning, and then stopping at the middle of the screen before rotating and zooming out.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Can be seen at the end of VideoNow Color discs, including The Fairly OddParents: Miss Dimmsdale/Mind Over Magic and the original VideoNow Color disc of Drake & Josh: Grammy.

3rd Bumper (VideoNow XP) (2005-2007)


Bumper: On the same background as the 2005-2006 VideoNow startup, we see a disc spinning and appearing from the bottom of the screen, and stopping at the middle of the screen. Afterwards, the disc stops spinning only to reveal the words "END OF DISC" in the VideoNow corporate font. After a few seconds, the screen squeezes out and disappears via a TV shutdown transition.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A remix of the first note of the VideoNow XP startup intro.

Availability: Can be seen at the end of VideoNow XP discs, including Dora the Explorer: Star Catcher and Drake & Josh: Football, as well as the VideoNow Color FX reissue of Drake & Josh: Grammy.