MCA Videodisc

Background
MCA Videodisc Inc. was a brand name used by MCA Video Distributing Corporation from the assets of the defunct MCA DiscoVision plant, formed in 1981, to release titles for the Laserdisc, as well as RCA's SelectaVision format, as well as an aborted attempt to release it to VHD, which went unreleased in the USA. The MCA Videodisc branding was discontinued in 1983 when MCA Video Distributing Corporation was renamed to MCA Home Video.

(1981-1983)


Logo: On a black screen, the words "A PRESENTATION OF" zoom-out in the 1972 MCA font in yellow before dissolving in the center. Following that are streaks of rainbow color that zoom out to the middle of the screen and flash to form...

MCΛ VIDΞODISC

...all in the MCA logo font. More rainbow streaks of light shoot out of the words and then settle back in.

Technique: '80s computer effects.

Audio: There is a deep low pitched whoosh noise which then transpires into a dreamy arpeggiator, ending with some synth bass notes.

Music/Sound Trivia: Besides the whoosh, the audio is borrowed from Tom Elliot's Syndicate.
 * This is sampled in the Boards of Canada track "Split Your Infinities."

Availability:
 * It's seen on all MCA Videodisc releases, both LaserDisc and CED, from 1981 to 1983.
 * Some MCA Home Video releases from early 1983 on LaserDisc and CED, such as Psycho II, may have this instead of the MCA Home Video logo at the start.
 * This appears on a pre-production United States VHD of Smokey and the Bandit, but VHD never made it to commercial release in the US.