WCI Home Video (Warner Home Video) with FBI warning

This is the original WCI Home Video logo, complete with FBI warning.

This particular logo was sourced from a VHS copy of "Every Which Way But Loose" from WCI Home Video (though the cassette did bear white "Warner Home Video" labels with blue print but the catalog number on the label was still the same "WB-1028", possibly indicating a later run).

Transferred using a Panasonic PV-S7670 Super VHS VCR through Y/C (s-video) instead of CVBS (composite). S-video out results in better picture quality even with VHS because VHS video is natively Y/C separate; you skip an extra step that can negatively impact the picture (combining the Y/C into CVBS only to separate them again).

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[Jac2Mac]

Was there ever a black and white version of either the WCI Home Video logo from 1978 and the 1980 Warner Home Video logo or not?

[Watcher3223]

@Jac2Mac

I don't believe there was.

[videolover1999]

I have Enter The Dragon On WCI Home Video, But It Dosen't Show The WCI Home Video Logo On It. It Just Has The FBI Warning At 00:02-00:07 And The Warner Bros. Pictures Logo From 1972 And The Start Of The Film.

[Watcher3223]

@videolover1999

Unfortunately, not all WCI Home Video releases had this logo.

[2YourSuccessOnline]

I have the original 1978 version on WCI Home Video, i have never even put in a vcr so i can not tell what the video looks like. The tape number is WB-1013, there is a notation on the cover of the box that holds it that says "This WCI Home Video program is presented in its original theatrical version. TM & 1978 DC Comics Inc. Is this version valuable?

[Watcher3223]

@2YourSuccessOnline

One thing to compare is the run time. The WCI Home Video release may only be 127 minutes while the theatrical film is 143.

Time compression and the omission of the end credits sequence were employed for the WCI Home Video release owing to limits of video tape back then (the tape would have to be thinner to accommodate at least 20 extra minutes to cover the full movie and black screen buffers at the beginning and end of the tape at SP speed and keep it all on one cassette).

[Jac2Mac]

@Jac2Mac Which was a real pity as other VHS companies like Paramount and Magnetic Video used black and white versions of their video logos on black and white movies.

[avickers1992]

@Watcher3223 Do you have this Betamax copy of it? If you do, could you at least upload the closing of it.

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

This version ran from 1978 to 1980. The home video division changed its name to "WARNER HOME VIDEO" in late 1980. The logo was otherwise unchanged until 1986.

[MrServoRetro]

@Watcher3223 That's rare all over. By the way, I own 2 WHV "For-Rental-Only" tapes from 1981, "Dirty Harry" and "Superman II" (which uses the 1983 retail casing. I have that opening uploaded on my channel, if you want to check it out).

[Watcher3223]

@2YourSuccessOnline

"Is this version valuable?"

Probably not as there's nothing offered from the WCI version that has real value compared to another release of the movie on a newer, better quality medium (the Blu-Ray Disc release of "Superman: The Movie" will be more valuable).

There might be collector value if someone was intent on collecting every single home video release of the movie, but chances are that still may not translate into substantial monetary value.