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Background

Deluxe Digital Studios is a leading supplier of DVD and Blu-ray post-production services, including subtitling and localization, video compression, encoding and authoring, among others. Their clients include major Hollywood studios, most notably Universal and 20th Century Fox, as well as a growing number of online retailers.

Established in the early 2000s, the company itself is a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Inc., an American mass media company founded in 1915 by William Fox (founder of Fox Film, a predecessor to 20th Century Fox).

1st Logo (October 22, 2002-May 17, 2005)

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Widescreen
Still

Nicknames: "The Red Globe", "Deluxe Globe"

Logo: On a black/white gradient background, a red globe zooms out while rotating. Then, it becomes solid as the word "deluxe" fades on it (forming the Deluxe Corporation logo). "digital" flies out from the circle letter-by-letter, as the texts "design", "compression", "authoring", and "production services", in white, appear under "STUDIOS", which appears letter-by-letter under "ital". The Deluxe logo then flashes, and "A DIVISION OF DELUXE GLOBAL MEDIA SERVICES LLC" fades in.

Variants:

A widescreen version exists, which appears on widescreen releases of certain DVDs from the period.
A still version without the changing text exists.

FX/SFX: The globe moving, the letters appearing.

Music/Sounds: A synth drone is heard all throughout the logo. When the letters appear, several whooshes and beeps are heard, and a boom is heard at the end. None for the still version.

Availability: The animated version is fairly common, but the still version is rare. Sometimes paired with the Macrovision logo for Universal DVDs.

Seen at the end of Universal, MGM and 20th Century Fox between late 2002 and early 2005.
It was also seen at the end of some Artisan Entertainment and Lions Gate Home Entertainment releases (the former they folded into the latter studio).
It also appeared on some HBO Video releases.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (May 17, 2005-October 17, 2006)

Fullscreen
Fullscreen with byline
Widescreen

Nicknames: "The Grid", "Deluxe Grid"

Logo: An iris-in effect brings forth a red/black background with a grid and a continuously scrolling filmstrip that transforms into 1/0 binary codes after reaching the center. The logo from before flies faintly from left to right over the background. Then, a transparent square flashes in, where the Deluxe circle zooms out and "digital" and "STUDIOS" slide in from left and right, respectively. The texts "DESIGN", "COMPRESSION", and "AUTHORING" appear above the square, fading in word-by-word while they slowly space out, before ending with "PRODUCTION SERVICES". The codes and text continue to move as the logo fades out.

Variant: On early Universal DVDs with this logo, it is in a crimson red color, and below reads "A DIVISION OF DELUXE LABORATORIES" with a red glow.

FX/SFX: The binary text scrolling, the flash, the (changing) text fading.

Music/Sounds: A sound that sounds like air blowing, then a loud whoosh sound when the square flashes.

Availability: Uncommon, as this logo was only used for nearly two years.

It was seen at the end of 2005-2006 DVDs from Universal, 20th Century Fox, and MGM (before Sony took over distribution).
It also appears on the Lionsgate releases of Saw: Special Edition, The Barbie Diaries, Arthur's Missing Pal, and the 2005 UMD release of Young Guns.
It even appears on some HBO Video and New Line Cinema releases.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (September 5, 2006-March 8, 2016)

Fullscreen
Widescreen

Nicknames: "The Sketch", "Deluxe Sketch"

Logo: On a white paper-like background, the logo sketches itself in at a bottom angle, before angling itself upward as it zooms out to the center. To the tune of the logo music, the Deluxe logo faintly flashes as all the normal colors begin painting in. With the background now bright silver, the Deluxe circle becomes shiny as a duplicate of the text on it shoots out letter-by-letter. The Deluxe circle flashes again as its color "inflates" inside, while the entire logo then raises to fully render in CGI. At the same time, the background becomes a darker silver metal flooring, with a large blue spotlight shining on the Deluxe logo. The logo's shadow moves from right to left as the flooring shines on top from the opposite.

Variants:

On the pan and scan version seen on full-screen only DVDs, the logo starts at the left side and when it angles, it pans until it's centered.
On Blu-ray releases, the logo cuts to black instead of fading out.

FX/SFX: Very good CGI, blending both CGI and 2D animation to astonishing results.

Music/Sounds: A piano theme that builds up to a majestic climax and ends with a held-out synth drone and a faint "hiss" with the shine.

Availability: Common.

It was seen at the end of 2006-2016 Universal Studios Home Entertainment DVDs and Blu-rays, as well as 20th Century Fox DVDs/Blu-rays until mid-2009 as well as Summit Entertainment releases from 2008-2011.
Like the previous logos, this logo was paired with the Macrovision logo on Universal DVDs until early 2007. It does not appear on the original release of Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses, but subsequent Barbie titles from this timeframe do have it. Fox DVDs and Blu-rays since 2009 no longer have this logo, with the introduction of the region-specific warning screen.
It was seen at the end of a lot of Universal DVDs and Blu-rays from late 2006 to early 2016, as well as pre-2016 Blu-ray/multi-film set DVD reissues of older Universal products.
It was also seen at the end of 2006-2009 20th Century Fox/MGM releases from the era.
It also appeared at the end of Summit Entertainment self-distributed titles from 2008-2012.
It also appeared on the Lionsgate releases of Saw II: Special Edition and The Last Unicorn: 25th Anniversary Edition.
Some Universal DVDs and Blu-rays released around this time do not have this logo at the end, as they either go straight to the main menu or replace it with the 2013-2016 Sony DADC logo instead.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (March 15, 2016-)

Nicknames: "2010s Deluxe", "Where's Digital Studios"

Logo: On a white background, three red swirls fly into the screen as a bright red light moves in to the center of the screen. The swirls form the Deluxe circle from the previous logos, however "deluxe" is in a different font. There are still some swirls in the circle. The "digital studios" text is also absent.

FX/SFX: Again, nice CGI.

Music/Sounds: A long whoosh accompanied by twinkling sounds.

Availability: Current and common.

Seen on most Universal DVDs and Blu-rays since March 2016.
Some Universal DVDs and Blu-rays released around this time. Some titles do not have this logo at the end, as they either go straight to the main menu or replace it with the 2016-present Sony DADC New Media Solutions logo instead.
It does not appear on any Ultra HD Blu-rays released by Universal as they use a 4K Ultra HD version instead, nor on Fox titles in all formats, as they kept using the same region-specific warning screen and then updated to Disney's version in May 2020.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Logo (August 9, 2016-)

Nicknames: "4K Deluxe", "The Red Globe II", "Universal Deluxe"

Logo: On a white background, a red circle zooms out, which later turns into a globe, and back into the circle with the word "deluxe" in the same font as the previous logo.

FX/SFX: The circle zooming out, and the turning of the circle.

Music/Sounds: A calming three-note string tune, along with some shining.

Availability: Only seen on Ultra HD Blu-rays from Universal. This logo does not appear on standard Blu-rays or DVDs from Universal, as they use the variant mentioned above instead.

Editor's Note: Same as before.

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 '''Variants:'''
 *A widescreen version exists, which appears on widescreen releases of certain DVDs from the period.
+*A still version without the changing text exists.
-*A still version without the changing text exists, which is seen on the 2003-04 DVDs of ''The Money Pit'', ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'', ''The Dream Team'', ''Babe'', ''Empire'', ''Blue Crush'', ''Far from Heaven'', ''Jaws: The Revenge'', ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life'', ''The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat'', ''Green Eggs and Ham'', the John Hughes High School Reunion Collection DVD set (which included ''Sixteen Candles'', ''The Breakfast Club'' and ''Weird Science''), ''Midnight Run'', ''Ed (1996)'', the 2003 re-releases of ''The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island'' and ''The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock'', ''National Lampoon's Animal House: Double Secret Probation Edition'', and ''The Night of the Following Day''.
 '''FX/SFX:''' The globe moving, the letters appearing.
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 '''Availability:''' The animated version is fairly common, but the still version is rare. Sometimes paired with the [[Macrovision]] logo for Universal DVDs.
+*Seen at the end of [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal]], [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM]] and [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox]] between late 2002 and early 2005.
-*Seen at the end of [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal]] and recorded [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment|DreamWorks]] DVDs from late 2002 to early 2005, such as ''2 Fast 2 Furious'', ''The Cat in the Hat (2003)'', the 2003 DVDs of ''Casper'' and ''The Land Before Time'', ''The Fast and the Furious: Tricked Out Edition'', ''E.T. The Extra Terrestrial: 20th Anniversary Edition'', ''Hulk'', the first two Bourne movies, ''Scarface: 20th Anniversary Edition'', the first two seasons of ''Monk'', ''Schindler's List'', ''Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy'', ''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'', ''An American Tail'', ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', ''Santa vs. the Snowman'', ''Bruce Almighty'', ''Johnny English'', ''Shrek 2'', ''The Rundown'', ''American Wedding'', ''Along Came Polly'', ''About a Boy'', ''Peter Pan (2003)'', Love Actually, ''Thunderbirds (2004)'', ''Shaun of the Dead'', ''Dawn of the Dead (2004)'', ''The Legacy'', ''Sssssss'', ''Melvin and Howard'', ''Van Helsing'', ''Ned Kelly'', ''Connie & Carla'', ''Seabiscuit'', ''Two Brothers'', ''The Chronicles of Riddick'', ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'', ''Friday Night Lights'', ''Wimbledon'', and ''Vanity Fair''.
+*It was also seen at the end of some [[Artisan Entertainment]] and [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment|Lions Gate Home Entertainment]] releases (the former they folded into the latter studio).
-*It was also seen at the end of [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|Fox]] DVDs from late 2004 to mid 2005, such as ''Taxi (2004)'', ''DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story'', ''Fat Albert'', ''Alien vs. Predator'', ''Flight of the Phoenix (2004)'', ''Napoleon Dynamite'', ''I, Robot'', ''Elektra'', ''The Sandlot 2'', ''The Clearing'', ''First Daughter'', ''The Simpsons Christmas 2'', seasons three and four of ''King of the Hill'', ''Paparazzi'', ''Class Action'', ''Sideways'', ''Kinsey'', and ''Francis of Assisi''.
+*It also appeared on some [[HBO Home Entertainment|HBO Video]] releases.
-*It was also seen at the end of [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM]] releases, such as ''Evelyn'', ''Bulletproof Monk'', ''Barbershop 2: Back in Business'', ''Sleepover'', ''Saved!'', ''Soul Plane'', ''The Ride Back!'', ''Absolute Beginners'', ''Get Shorty: Collector's Edition'', ''Of Mice and Men'', the 2005 reissues of ''The Graduate'' and ''Raging Bull'', and the first season of ''Dead Like Me''.
-*It was also seen at the end of some [[Artisan Entertainment]] releases (before they folded into Lionsgate), such as the Special Edition of ''The Running Man''.
-*It was also seen at the end of some [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]] releases such as ''Saw'', ''The Punisher (2004)'', the Ultimate Editions of the first three ''Rambo'' movies, the Special Editions of ''Red Heat'' and ''Universal Soldier'', and ''Dragons: Fire & Ice''.
-*It also appeared on some [[HBO Home Entertainment|HBO Video]] releases, such as the first season of ''Entourage'' and ''Carnivale'', and the first two seasons of ''The Wire''.
 '''Editor's Note:''' None.
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 '''Logo:''' An iris-in effect brings forth a {{Color|red}}/black background with a grid and a continuously scrolling filmstrip that transforms into 1/0 binary codes after reaching the center. The logo from before flies faintly from left to right over the background. Then, a transparent square flashes in, where the Deluxe circle zooms out and "'''digital'''" and "STUDIOS" slide in from left and right, respectively. The texts "DESIGN", "COMPRESSION", and "AUTHORING" appear above the square, fading in word-by-word while they slowly space out, before ending with "PRODUCTION SERVICES". The codes and text continue to move as the logo fades out.
+'''Variant:''' On early Universal DVDs with this logo, it is in a {{Color|crimson|crimson red}} color, and below reads "A DIVISION OF DELUXE LABORATORIES" with a {{Color|red}} glow.
-'''Variants:'''
-*On early Universal and early recorded DreamWorks DVDs with this logo, it is in a {{Color|crimson|crimson red}} color, and below reads "A DIVISION OF DELUXE LABORATORIES" with a {{Color|red}} glow. This variant appeared on ''October Sky: Special Edition'', ''Shark Tale'', ''Ray'', ''Meet the Fockers'', ''The Motorcycle Diaries'', ''David Lynch's Dune'', and ''Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)''. This variant is extremely rare.
-*A widescreen variant exists. DVDs that have this include ''The Cabinet of Caligari'', ''Valley of the Dolls'', ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'', and the widescreen releases/sides of ''Robots'', ''Walk the Line'', ''9 to 5: Sexist, Egotistical, Lying, Hypocritical Bigot Edition'', and ''Aquamarine'' (the fullscreen versions/sides have the standard version). Strangely, it appears on both the widescreen and fullscreen sides of ''Little Manhattan''.
 '''FX/SFX:''' The binary text scrolling, the flash, the (changing) text fading.
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 '''Availability:''' Uncommon, as this logo was only used for nearly two years.
+*It was seen at the end of 2005-2006 DVDs from [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal]], [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox]], and [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM]] (before Sony took over distribution).
-*It was seen at the end of 2005-06 DVDs [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal]] and recorded [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment|DreamWorks]] DVDs such as ''White Noise'', ''Kicking and Screaming'', ''The Producers (2005)'', ''King Kong (2005)'', ''Jarhead'', ''The Wedding Date'', ''Prime'', ''Munich'', ''In Good Company'', ''Madagascar'', ''Doom'', ''Land of the Dead'', ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'', ''Inside Man'', ''Brick'', ''Cinderella Man'', ''The Skeleton Key'', ''American Dreamz'', ''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'', ''Nanny McPhee'', ''Unleashed'', ''The Constant Gardener'', ''Little Miss Marker (1980)'', ''More American Graffiti'', ''House M.D.: Season Two'', ''The Office: Season One'', ''Bring It On: All or Nothing'', ''The Wizard'', and the 2005-06 reissues of ''The Return of the Pink Panther'', ''Marnie'', ''Backdraft'', ''Jaws'', ''The Sting'', ''The Frighteners'', ''The Blues Brothers'', and ''Vertigo''.
-*It was also used on 2005-06 DVDs from [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|Fox]], such as ''Fever Pitch'', ''Robots'', ''The Cabinet of Caligari'', ''Because of Winn-Dixie'', seasons six and seven of ''The Simpsons'', ''King of the Hill: The Complete Fifth Season'', ''Family Guy: Volume Three'', ''Night Watch'', ''Fantastic Four (2005)'', ''Transporter 2'', ''Kingdom of Heaven'', ''Mr. and Mrs. Smith'', ''The Ringer'', ''Walk the Line'', ''Aquamarine'', ''Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story'', ''Just My Luck'', ''24: The Complete Fourth Season'', ''Pet Alien: Spaced Out'', ''M*A*S*H: The Complete Ninth Season'', ''Like Mike 2: Streetball'', ''In Her Shoes'', ''The Proud Ones'', and the 2005-06 reissues of ''Ice Age'', ''9 to 5'', ''Young Frankenstein'', ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'', ''The Towering Inferno'', ''The Longest Day'', ''The Poseidon Adventure'', ''The Fly (1986)'', and ''The Fly II'', as well as some Goosebumps DVDs.
-*It made an appearance on [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM]] releases from mid-2005 (before Sony took over distribution), such as ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose'', ''Beauty Shop'', and the second season of ''Dead Like Me''.
 *It also appears on the [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment|Lionsgate]] releases of ''Saw: Special Edition'', ''The Barbie Diaries'', ''Arthur's Missing Pal'', and the 2005 UMD release of ''Young Guns''.
-*It even appears on some [[HBO Home Entertainment|HBO Video]] releases from 2005-06, such as ''Out of Season''.
+*It even appears on some [[HBO Home Entertainment|HBO Video]] and [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Cinema]] releases.
-*It also appears on the [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Cinema]] releases of ''Domino'' and ''Take the Lead''.
 '''Editor's Note:''' None.
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 * It was seen at the end of 2006-2016 Universal Studios Home Entertainment DVDs and Blu-rays, as well as 20th Century Fox DVDs/Blu-rays until mid-2009 as well as [[Summit Entertainment]] releases from 2008-2011.
 *Like the previous logos, this logo was paired with the Macrovision logo on Universal DVDs until early 2007. It does not appear on the original release of ''Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses'', but subsequent ''Barbie'' titles from this timeframe do have it. Fox DVDs and Blu-rays since 2009 no longer have this logo, with the introduction of the region-specific warning screen.
+*It was seen at the end of a lot of [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal]] DVDs and Blu-rays from late 2006 to early 2016, as well as pre-2016 Blu-ray/multi-film set DVD reissues of older Universal products.
-*It was seen at the end of a lot of [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal]] DVDs and Blu-rays from late 2006 to early 2016, such as ''United 93'' (on which it first appeared), ''Flower Drum Song, Heroes: Season One, Hollywoodland, Scoop, The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers, Opus n' Bill in a Wish for Wings, Breach, Hot Fuzz, The World's End, Because I Said So, Children of Men, Evan Almighty, The Break-Up, Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Dallas Buyers Club, Larry Crowne, Sanctum, Cowboys & Aliens, The Kids Are All Right, Man of the Year, Charlie Wilson's War, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, the first three Curious George films, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie, the 20th anniversary edition of Harry and the Hendersons, Leap Year, Land of the Lost (2009), Couples Retreat, Drag Me to Hell, Robin Hood (2010), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Georgia Rule, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Legacy, Balls of Fury, American Gangster, Eastern Promises, Man of the Year, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Mamma Mia!, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Burn After Reading, Public Enemies, Mr. Bean's Holiday, Wanted, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, 9 (2009), It's Complicated, Duplicity, Johnny English Reborn, The Grey, Larry Crowne, Battleship, Side Effects, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, Beethoven's Big Break, Snow White and the Huntsman, Safe House, the first two Purge movies, Dracula Untold, The Incredible Hulk, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Bruno, Frost/Nixon, Hanna, Dream House, Tower Heist, Little Fockers, The Strangers, The Little Engine That Could, Ride Along, Hop, Bridesmaids, both Ted movies, the first two Despicable Me movies, Minions, Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers, The Lorax (2012), Big Miracle, About Time, Dumb and Dumber To, 2 Guns, Riddick, Rush (2013), The Nut Job, Ouija, Silent Hill: Revelation, Homefront, Lone Survivor, Jurassic World, the Fast & Furious sequels from Tokyo Drift up to Furious 7, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Gunman, Lucy (2014), House M.D.: Season Four, The Office: Season Three, both seasons of Lipstick Jungle, Non-Stop, Milk, Oblivion, R.I.P.D., As Above, So Below, The Gift, Unbroken, Danny Collins, Blackhat, Seventh Son, My All American, Everest, Crimson Peak, Steve Jobs, The Danish Girl'' (which is one of the final releases to have this logo), a re-issue of ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' (2000), the Deluxe Edition of ''The Mummy Returns'', the 30th anniversary edition of ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'', and the first two ''Pitch Perfect'' movies, as well as pre-2016 Blu-ray/multi-film set DVD reissues of older Universal products.
+*It was also seen at the end of 2006-2009 20th Century Fox/MGM releases from the era.
-*It was also seen at the end of 2006-2009 20th Century Fox/MGM releases from the era, such as ''Garfield and Friends: A Cat and His Nerd, How I Met Your Mother: The Complete First Season, Reba: Season Five, Night at the Museum, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, X-Men: The Last Stand, Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, Everyone's Hero, 28 Weeks Later, Eragon, Day Watch, Little Miss Sunshine, I Think I Love My Wife, Juno, Firehouse Dog, Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), The Hills Have Eyes 2, Death Sentence, Borat, An Affair to Remember: 50th Anniversary Edition, The Secret Life of Bees, Live Free or Die Hard, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Space Chimps, Futurama: Bender's Big Score, Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Miracle on 34th Street (1947), The Omen (2006), Mirrors, Jumper, That Thing You Do!: Tom Hanks' Extended Cut, The Simpsons Movie, Valkyrie, Igor, The Onion Movie, Home Alone: Family Fun Edition, Deception, Taken, Bride Wars, The Pink Panther 2, Eight Men Out: 20th Anniversary Edition, Meet the Spartans, Man of the West, The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas, Quantum of Solace, Slumdog Millionaire, The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)'', and ''Horton Hears a Who!'' as well as the 2007 DVDs of ''The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Care Bears Movie'' and ''Back to School.''
-*It also appeared at the end of [[Summit Entertainment]] self-distributed titles from 2008-2012, such the first three ''Twilight'' movies, ''Push, Knowing, Astro Boy (2009), Letters to Juliet'', and ''Fly Me to the Moon''.
+*It also appeared at the end of [[Summit Entertainment]] self-distributed titles from 2008-2012.
 *It also appeared on the [[Lionsgate]] releases of ''Saw II: Special Edition'' and ''The Last Unicorn: 25th Anniversary Edition''.
-*Some Universal DVDs and Blu-rays released around this time such as Straight Outta Compton, The Class of 92: Extended Edition, I Am Ali and Effie Gray do not have this logo at the end, as they either go straight to the main menu or replace it with the 2013-2016 [[Sony DADC]] logo instead.
+*Some Universal DVDs and Blu-rays released around this time do not have this logo at the end, as they either go straight to the main menu or replace it with the 2013-2016 [[Sony DADC]] logo instead.
 '''Editor's Note:''' None.