HBO (1976)

[genericusername5370]

Back when they used to have the HBO Guide.

[1957pinup]

Yep, forget that "HBO stuff, this is Home Box Office bitch!

[digamejh]

Nyan HBO!!

[cameron20101000]

this is old home box office from mid-late 1970's

[JHollowayNetwork]

actually 1978, because in 1976, HBO continued to use to 1975 ID slide.

[motrojam]

this is "Home Box Office" lol.

[bluenowait]

I think I've seen this exact logo on a few motel signs, while traveling.

[Gmancrap]

hbo? I think they would be sued lol.

[bluenowait]

No they wouldn't. I see tons of lodging signs with the HBO logo to promote the fact that network is available for free in the hotel rooms.

[Gmancrap]

Ohhh ha ha nvm I didint understand what you where saying. my bad.

[LocoYoFla]

@bluenowait Yeah the same hotels that advertise they have color TV.

[prfsnlwannabe]

@bluenowait No doubt, I definitely see it every so often myself, as well. I was recently able(thanks to the dates I've heard others post about when HBO first separated the B and the O on their logo, identify a sign I saw recently next to an older motel(and per comments on other videos) as likely from either 1981 or 1982.

[Cinemax1980]

This is cool,thanks for posting.

[verranth1]

Please feel free to visit my Yahoo group dedicated to Vintage HBO Guides from 1976 to 1985!

Just go to yahoo groups and type in:

Vintage HBO Guides

[Kargaroc286]

how was this recorded? vhs wasnt out until 1978

[bmtimv]

beta

[TheAdmiester]

Or film, but I have to agree with you. Film couldn't have that much quality.

[subcin]

There were video machines available long before the first VHS or even Beta machines, usually they were called VTR instead of VCR. They used huge 3/4 inch videotapes the size of a large hardcover book. We had one called "The Great Time Machine" that probably weighed more than the TV set.

[pvx]

Ahh yes, Quasar's "The Great Time Machine", also known as VX (it's lesser known official name)! This was a very short-lived format developed and made by Quasar in 1974 (IIRC), shortly before Betamax & VHS came and stole the limelight in the early days of the "Video Format War".....

[kascnef82]

This logo is different than the current one, with the o next to the b close together. Around 1980, the B was separated from the o, and in 1983, the logo became 3d for the first time in the now legendary feature presentation intro.

[Kargaroc286]

THE HBO IN SPACE IS *NOT* CGI!!!!!!

[SpongLena]

He didn't say it was CG.

[SarahSunshine88]

Damn, hbo was on back in the 70s?

[vivalaestero]

Yep, HBO started on November 8, 1972.

[Kargaroc286]

oh my freaking god it was on that early!  so when did they start encrypting?

[pvx]

Around 1985, IIRC. Before then, all you needed was just a satellite dish & receiver, it was transmitted in the clear until sometime in '85. After then, well, that what's what prompted "Captain Midnight" to hijack HBO that same year). :)

In fact, there is a HBO promo here on YouTube from '86 that discusses their switch to being scrambled 24/7 (prior, it was only 12 hrs a day): watch?v=Hacx07usrH8

[blackmoviefan]

lol scary to watch that kind of logo since it was made in the 70's

[dingorex]

Why is it called home box office,isn't the box office where you pay the exorbitantly high price for a ticket not where one watches the movie?

[bigbill1991]

That is why it says home first.

[Hollywood49]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this...it used to be on here, but got lost some time ago. Thanks again!

[logoboy95]

Cool! :D