Hi-Fi Stereo

Logo (June 13, 1995-August 2, 2005)

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Visuals: On a black background, a bright lens flare flashes brightly on the center of the screen, as a band of 9 curved bands (supposed to resemble sound waves) stretch outwards horizontally. As the lens flare fades, the bands are revealed to be thinner towards the ends and are colored in a red-blue color spectrum. As the bands fully expand out, "H I F I" and "STEREO" fade in above and below the bands respectively.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A reversed cymbal crash, then an echoing whoosh, along with LFE vibrations and a microphone feedback in the end.

Availability: Seen on most Columbia TriStar VHS tapes of TV shows, as well as promotional tapes (except for the demo VHS versions of As Good as It Gets and Gattaca, which use the Surround Sound logo instead) and some movies released by the company on VHS (mainly pre-1990's films from companies other than Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures).

• Examples for this logo include The Quick and the Dead (1995), Mixed Nuts, Party of Five, Bear in the Big Blue House VHS releases (including the original eight volumes), The Muppet Movie, Dragon Tales VHS tapes, Immortal Beloved (where the bumper is placed between the CTHV logo and a trailer for The Run Of The Country, presumably an editing error), The Indian in the Cupboard, The Nuttiest Nutcracker, some demo VHS tapes of Kermit's Swamp Years, Love and a Bullet (before the 2001 CTHE logo) and The Berenstain Bears (2003 version) VHSs.
• The logo made its final appearance on Dragon Tales: Sing and Dance in Dragon Land!, which was released on August 2, 2005.