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Background

20/20 Vision was a British division of RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (later "Columbia TriStar Home Video") from 1990 until 1997, which only released films on rental video. They also managed to release some tapes in other parts of the world, such as Brazil and Greece.

Logo (1990-1997)

Visuals: An image of a blue eye zooms in slowly, as an animated white eagle flaps its wings and flies towards the camera, with time-lapse footage of clouds moving as a faded overlay. As the eagle reaches the apex of its flapping, it's suddenly struck by 4 arrays of diagonal lines, causing it to disappear and get briefly replaced with a geometric version of the eagle before it fades out. A massive array of flashing lines, rays and circles begin to strike the center into an X-shape (largely inspired by the 1988 BBC News intro from Robinson/Lambie-Nairn) and reform into the eagle once more, but in metallic silver, and a blue rectangle outline appears around the eagle. The eagle then shoots a red laser beam from its eye to create "20·20 VISION" in the rectangle, with the two "20"s in coral pink and "VISION" and dot in white, and the eagle shimmers briefly.

Variant: At the beginning of tapes after it finishes, it zooms out to the top left of the screen to make room for a warning screen.

Technique: 2D computer animation, with hand-drawn animation for the eagle and live-action cloud footage.

Audio: A synth fanfare, with whooshing sounds accompanying the laser beam shooting out of the eagle's eye.

Availability: Examples of videos which have this logo include their releases of Rock-A-Doodle, Stone Cold, The Silence of the Lambs and Bad Boys.

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 ===Background===
-'''20/20 Vision''' was a British division of RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (later "[[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]") from 1990 until 1997, which only released films on rental video. They also managed to release some tapes in other parts of the world, such as Brazil and Greece.
+'''20/20 Vision''' was a British division of [[RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]] (later "[[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]") from 1990 until 1997, which only released films on rental video. They also managed to release some tapes in other parts of the world, such as Brazil and Greece.
 ===Logo (1990-1997)===
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-[[File:20-20 Vision.jpg|center|350px]]
+-20 Vision.jpg
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-'''Visuals:''' We begin with an image of a {{color|blue}} eye as the screen zooms in on its pupil that has an animated white eagle flapping its wings and flying towards the camera with a couple of clouds moving in the background. After that, the eagle suddenly gets struck by 4 arrays of diagonal lines, causing it to disappear. A massive array of flashing lines, rays and circles begin to strike the center into an X-shape and reform into a {{color|silver|metallic silver}} geometric version of the eagle (a la the 1988 BBC News titles). The background becomes black and a {{color|blue}} rectangle outline appears around the eagle, which then shoots a {{color|red}} laser beam out of its eye to create "'''20·20 VISION'''" in the rectangle, with the two "'''20'''"s in {{color|hotpink|coral pink}} and "'''VISION'''" in white. The eagle shines one more time, then the whole logo fades out.
+'''Visuals:''' An image of a {{color|blue}} eye zooms in slowly, as an animated white eagle flaps its wings and flies towards the camera, with time-lapse footage of clouds moving as a faded overlay. As the eagle reaches the apex of its flapping, it's suddenly struck by 4 arrays of diagonal lines, causing it to disappear and get briefly replaced with a geometric version of the eagle before it fades out. A massive array of flashing lines, rays and circles begin to strike the center into an X-shape (largely inspired by the 1988 [[Draft:BBC News|BBC News]] intro from Robinson/Lambie-Nairn) and reform into the eagle once more, but in {{color|silver|metallic silver}}, and a {{color|blue}} rectangle outline appears around the eagle. The eagle then shoots a {{color|red}} laser beam from its eye to create "{{color|hotpink|'''20}}·{{color|hotpink|20}} {{font|Arial|VISION}}'''" in the rectangle, with the two "'''20'''"s in {{color|hotpink|coral pink}} and "'''VISION'''" and dot in white, and the eagle shimmers briefly.
 '''Variant:''' At the beginning of tapes after it finishes, it zooms out to the top left of the screen to make room for a warning screen.
-'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation. Probably designed and animated by Lambie-Nairn, who also made the 1988 ''BBC News'' titles with the similar aesthetic.
+'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation, with hand-drawn animation for the eagle and live-action cloud footage.
 '''Audio:''' A synth fanfare, with whooshing sounds accompanying the laser beam shooting out of the eagle's eye.