PBS Idents - PBS Home Video Idents (1989-present) - 1989-1998

1989-1998

The first PBS Home Video ident was used from 1989 to 1998. The large 3-D glass profile is set on a black background, filling the screen as it did on the TV ident. Initially, a cloudy sky pattern fills the profile, which then fades to a blue stylized P against the cloudy sky background. Lines shoot into the profile's eye, and "PBS HOME VIDEO" appears below in the familiar slab serif typeface. The text is filled with a "water" pattern. The accompanying music is a classical tune, along with an announcer saying: "The following presentation is from PBS Home Video." On some tapes, a PBS television ident appears afterward. The ident would sometimes lack the announcer.