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Screen (1970s-2000's)

Visuals: On a blue background, there are two white horizontal lines, the bottom one much thicker than the other. Between the lines, in an all-caps futuristic font, is this text:

THE FOLLOWING COPYRIGHTED MOTION PICTURE IS

PRESENTED SOLELY FOR PRIVATE HOME VIEWING
BY PAY TELEVISION SUBSCRIBERS. ALL COPYING,
RECORDING OR OTHER USE OF THIS MOTION PICTURE
WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
COPYRIGHT PROPRIETOR IS PROHIBITED, AND MAY
RESULT IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY.

Variant: A grayscale version appears on movies filmed in black-and-white.

Technique: A digital graphic with fading effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Appeared on Warner Bros.-owned films shown on pay cable channels and pay-per-view, the latter almost exclusively by the 1990s, and continued to be used into the 2000s on PPV and VOD prints.

Titles known to have used it include Tequila Sunrise, Batman Forever, Sphere and The Hobbit.
Surprisingly, it appeared on the 1981 VHS release of The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (right after the "Big W" logo). It also made surprise appearances on Disney Channel's prints of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and The Polar Express, TCM's print of Catalina Caper, and Warner Archive Instant's print of A Fine Pair. The black-and-white version was spotted on a print of Tall Story.
It has also been sighted on first two episodes of V (the 1984-85 series) on Tubi. On Freevee's print of the Falcon Crest episode "The Harvest", you can see a split-second of this screen fading out at the start, which was most likely an editing mistake.
This screen was also adopted by Universal Pay Television for some time in the 1980s, being spotted on prints of Banning and The Flamingo Kid.

Legacy: This screen has been noted for its longevity, appearing as late as March 2009.

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-== 1st Warning (197?-Early 2000's) ==
+===Screen (1970s-2000's) ===
+[[File:Warnerpaytvscreen.png|center|350px]]
-'''Warning:''' On a blue background, we see two white horizontal lines, the bottom one much thicker than the other. Between the lines, in an all-caps futuristic font, is this text:
+'''Visuals:''' On a blue background, there are two white horizontal lines, the bottom one much thicker than the other. Between the lines, in an all-caps futuristic font, is this text:
 <center>THE FOLLOWING COPYRIGHTED MOTION PICTURE IS<br>
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 </center>
-'''FX/SFX:''' None, just the warning fading in and out.
+'''Variant:''' A grayscale version appears on movies filmed in black-and-white.
+'''Technique:''' A digital graphic with fading effects.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
+'''Audio:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Appeared on Warner Bros.-owned films shown on pay cable channels and pay-per-view, the latter almost exclusively by the 1990's, and continued to be used into the 2000's on PPV and VOD prints. Titles known to have used it include ''Tequila Sunrise'', ''Batman Forever'', ''Sphere'' and ''The Hobbit''. Surprisingly, it appeared on the 1981 VHS release of ''The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu'' (right after the "Big W" logo), as well as a 2009 Disney Channel airing of ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone''.
+'''Availability:''' Appeared on Warner Bros.-owned films shown on pay cable channels and pay-per-view, the latter almost exclusively by the 1990s, and continued to be used into the 2000s on PPV and VOD prints.
-'''Editor's Note:''' It's amazing how long this was used, and safe to say that it looked pretty dated by the time the 21st century rolled around.
+* Titles known to have used it include ''Tequila Sunrise'', ''Batman Forever'', ''Sphere'' and ''The Hobbit''.
+* Surprisingly, it appeared on the 1981 VHS release of ''The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu'' (right after the "Big W" logo). It also made surprise appearances on Disney Channel's prints of ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' and ''The Polar Express'', TCM's print of ''Catalina Caper'', and Warner Archive Instant's print of ''A Fine Pair''. The black-and-white version was spotted on a print of ''Tall Story''.
+* It has also been sighted on first two episodes of ''V'' (the 1984-85 series) on Tubi. On Freevee's print of the ''Falcon Crest'' episode "The Harvest", you can see a split-second of this screen fading out at the start, which was most likely an editing mistake.
+* This screen was also adopted by [[Universal Pay Television]] for some time in the 1980s, being spotted on prints of ''Banning'' and ''The Flamingo Kid''.
+'''Legacy:''' This screen has been noted for its longevity, appearing as late as March 2009.
+[[Category:Warning screens]]
+[[Category:Warner Bros. Discovery]]
+[[Category:Warner Bros.]]