What happened to the original MV colors?


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Can we say that nearly all the logos from the "white glow" era are wrong on DVD?If that's a fact' date=' the majority of the Miami Vice DVD release had the logos messed up...So far, I could find only one case on DVD that more or less got close to the old look, that is the logo from "Badge of dishonor".[/quote']I'm not exactly sure? I know that whether it was more teal & pink, or more green & violet a white glow or "ghosting" was always around the logo. Exactly who created the green & violet logo, and more importanly WHY, I'm not sure? :rolleyes: To be honest, the startings to the episodes always seemed to be of less quality than the episode content itself--even during the original run on NBC. I'm still wondering that somewhere along the line one of the cable networks airing reruns had to come up with the green & violet logo because the original prints/logos were too faded and/or damaged by then--and it was cheaper to just pop in a different colored logo than try and restore the original. But, that still raises the question to me, of fine...but why not pop in a "new" logo with the same colors as the original? Maybe they tried and it came out more green & violet?? :sick:If they ever do a Blu-Ray release for the show...I truly hope they do it completely right this time, and use the correct logos for every season! But, I bet they wouldn't...it would still be cheaper to use the "syndication"/rerun logos than finding and probably having to restore the original ones. :evil:
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Hey ViceFanMan,Very interesting! It never crossed my mind the possibility of print conservation differences within an episode. Of course, this not only could but it's very likely to happen!So maybe with print aging it became more than necessary to have two or three different "restoration settings" within the same episode, and maybe one of them would be only for the openings... Would the people in charge do this? Of course no!!! Such issue doesn't affect sales at all...Funny, I'm watching a Vice rerun that started a week ago in my Country. Before Vice starts, there's "Bonanza". I've never seen this show before, and it seems nice. And it's unbelievable, the copies they're broadcasting of "Bonanza" seem to have better blues and less grain than MV!!!! Stranger than that, I've noticed on Bonanza some "imperfections" typical of professional videotape (for instance, some real fast and tiny drop-outs, some really subtle undulation on credit titles etc). So maybe it was not print-to-digital, it was print-to-tape-to-digital. TCM Latin America has the strange characteristic of coming up with very strange and old sources for their broadcasts, sometimes very old professional tapes but in good shape. If they had such a thing with Miami Vice (an old professional tape as source instead of an old print), they would broadcast the teal/pink/white glow for the first time in 15 years worldwide!!! We're still on Vice Season 1 here. I'll let you know if anything interesting comes up.

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Hey ViceFanMan' date='Very interesting! It never crossed my mind the possibility of print conservation differences within an episode. Of course, this not only could but it's very likely to happen!So maybe with print aging it became more than necessary to have two or three different "restoration settings" within the same episode, and maybe one of them would be only for the openings... Would the people in charge do this? Of course no!!! Such issue doesn't affect sales at all...Funny, I'm watching a Vice rerun that started a week ago in my Country. Before Vice starts, there's "Bonanza". I've never seen this show before, and it seems nice. And it's unbelievable, the copies they're broadcasting of "Bonanza" seem to have better blues and less grain than MV!!!! Stranger than that, I've noticed on Bonanza some "imperfections" typical of professional videotape (for instance, some real fast and tiny drop-outs, some really subtle undulation on credit titles etc). So maybe it was not print-to-digital, it was print-to-tape-to-digital. TCM Latin America has the strange characteristic of coming up with very strange and old sources for their broadcasts, sometimes very old professional tapes but in good shape. If they had such a thing with Miami Vice (an old professional tape as source instead of an old print), they would broadcast the teal/pink/white glow for the first time in 15 years worldwide!!! We're still on Vice Season 1 here. I'll let you know if anything interesting comes up.[/quote']Yeah, I could see whatever network airing reruns having to look at each episode out of the show to make sure it was still in decent enough condition. If there was too much fading and/or damage, they may have gone in and changed a few things. As I stated before the starting to "MV" always seemed to be of "less" quality than the rest of the episode itself...even during the original NBC run. Therefore, the startings may have been in worse shape than the rest of the episodes when the 90's came around for reruns--so one of them came up with the "new" logo. Who knows?? :rolleyes:You'll have to let me know what logos you see in your country's reruns--and depending on what logos you see, after the first 2 seasons, it will be interesting to know what source your network got their copies of the show. ;) So, the episodes you've seen so far...are they syndicated/edited versions (like all other cable network copies), or do you think they're complete original versions?
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So far, my Countries re-runs (No Exit was the last episode) look most of the time like the DVDs on the episodes original scenes. Nevertheless, some episodes look different than the DVDs. The Pilot, for instance, was different from beginning to end, and that happened maybe because the two parter version was shown, with the "Brother's Keeper" credits. Nevertheless, on this version, they didn't use the longer original opening credits, but the cut one that we all see on Heart of Darkness/Cool Runnin'/Calderone's Return.Thinking about the logos, I got the impression that "Heart of Darkness" had a different pattern. But I noticed something really unpleasant. Though the opening titles certainly look restored on "Heart", they're zoomed in!!!! And I guess other eps have that as well.The logo on "Calderone's Return" part II for certain looks different than the DVDs.The problem is that those cases look different than the DVDs, but to me they are still "wrong" as well, considering the '80s broadcasts I've seen in my Country.I keep the fingers crossed something nice regarding the logos appear from 3rd season on in this re-run. I'll sure let you know! But this promo video already shows at its end they'll probably show the DVD pattern on the "white glow" era. Nevertheless, footage from Smuggler's Blues, The Prodigal Son and maybe By Hooker By Crook are different than the DVDs. So there's hope!

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Pilot scene:

 

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Heart of Darkness logo:

 

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Calderone's Return part II logo:

 

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How does it look to you?

 

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this promo video already shows at its end they'll probably show the DVD pattern on the "white glow" era. Nevertheless, footage from Smuggler's Blues, The Prodigal Son and maybe By Hooker By Crook are different than the DVDs. So there's hope!Here are the picsPilot sceneEingefügtes BildHeart of Darkness logoEingefügtes BildCalderone's Return part II logoEingefügtes BildHow does it look to you?

Yeah, back when "MV" was in reruns here, the pilot "Brother's Keeper" was split into 2 parts for syndication purposes...with editing done for commercial room. However, on the DVD's it's restored to its original glory. :thumbsup:As for the logo on "Heart of Darkness"...it looks like the right logo. I think that was the logo used before "Calderone's Return" Pt. 2--which first introduced the "glow" effect, using pinks and grays. However, I will admit your logo for "Calderone's Return" Pt. 2 looks somewhat different than the DVD's. Don't know which one would be accurate...or if either is? :rolleyes:I would not like other aspects of the starting to be changed or messed with either...such as the zooming in on the names or credits. :evil: That's not original and I don't see the point? It will be interesting to see what logos appear for your 3rd-5th season episodes. But, it wouldn't surprise me if it was cheaper for your TCM to acquire old rerun copies from somewhere and it will be the green & violet logo. :rolleyes: The white glow or "ghosting" was always there though. That aspect is correct.
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Yeah, back when "MV" was in reruns here, the pilot "Brother's Keeper" was split into 2 parts for syndication purposes...with editing done for commercial room. However, on the DVD's it's restored to its original glory. :thumbsup:As for the logo on "Heart of Darkness"...it looks like the right logo. I think that was the logo used before "Calderone's Return" Pt. 2--which first introduced the "glow" effect, using pinks and grays. However, I will admit your logo for "Calderone's Return" Pt. 2 looks somewhat different than the DVD's. Don't know which one would be accurate...or if either is? :rolleyes:I would not like other aspects of the starting to be changed or messed with either...such as the zooming in on the names or credits. :evil: That's not original and I don't see the point? It will be interesting to see what logos appear for your 3rd-5th season episodes. But, it wouldn't surprise me if it was cheaper for your TCM to acquire old rerun copies from somewhere and it will be the green & violet logo. :rolleyes: The white glow or "ghosting" was always there though. That aspect is correct.

 

 

Wow ! just going through this thread and the amount of variation on logos is amazing and great 

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I was just thinking about this the other day. There's another possible reason that the colors on the DVD are so different than what was seen on TV is that the reason they used such a different print to master the DVDs with is that the original prints might be lost or worse yet destroyed. As careless as they were back then with TV negatives I wouldn't be surprised if that's really the case here.

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Yeah, back when "MV" was in reruns here, the pilot "Brother's Keeper" was split into 2 parts for syndication purposes...with editing done for commercial room. However, on the DVD's it's restored to its original glory. :thumbsup:As for the logo on "Heart of Darkness"...it looks like the right logo. I think that was the logo used before "Calderone's Return" Pt. 2--which first introduced the "glow" effect, using pinks and grays. However, I will admit your logo for "Calderone's Return" Pt. 2 looks somewhat different than the DVD's. Don't know which one would be accurate...or if either is? :rolleyes:I would not like other aspects of the starting to be changed or messed with either...such as the zooming in on the names or credits. :evil: That's not original and I don't see the point? It will be interesting to see what logos appear for your 3rd-5th season episodes. But, it wouldn't surprise me if it was cheaper for your TCM to acquire old rerun copies from somewhere and it will be the green & violet logo. :rolleyes: The white glow or "ghosting" was always there though. That aspect is correct.

 

 

Wow the "Calderone's Return" logo is so pink 

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Hi friends,I got some material on a old issue that annoys me since the DVD release, but I believe the problem is at least as old as the Columbia House tapes.It seems that something happened to the original colors of Miami Vice during the last decade or a little bit more, as the series just doesn't seem to look the same as it once did. It sounds like a purist thing, but I suppose others care about it, and I regret that Universal never gave a damn. I'm kind of disappointed MV was released on DVD that way.I will share pics from the logos, comparing different versions. Obviously such differences affect entire episodes, but they're more visible with the logos.From 3rd season on I could never see the original saturated blue/pink color of the logo that rocked most of the eps (but not all) in the 80s. Instead I saw a green/purple pattern that was not that impressive to me. Even the white glow lost power, it became a little dirty, not blind light white. I believe all that has to do with the fact that prints (MV was filmed on print) age and lose blues and get reddish. And MV is not old enough to go to a restoration process, such as the kind that make "Gone With The Wind" prints look brand new on DVD... Unfortuntely, I'd say.Take a look:Eingefügtes BildKillshot: Certainly a source from the '80s (broadcasted in the 90s here in Brazil), with that "blue" sea so common in the original MV from 3rd season on.Eingefügtes BildKillshot: US DVD (no real white glow anymore, a problem almost always present on DVD)Eingefügtes BildContempt of Court: source from the '80sEingefügtes BildContempt of Court: US DVD (the logo looks quite different, and the sea is vinegar, a problem I believe is related to excessive reds in older or bad shape prints)Eingefügtes BildThe Cows Of The October: source from the '80s (really beautiful, and it looks a lot like the "Miami Vice II" album logo, as it looks like the logo adopted on miami-vice.ws, thanks for that ws!!!)Eingefügtes BildThe Cows Of October: US DVD (look how insignificant became the glow)Eingefügtes BildVote of Confidence: '80s look (my avatar nowadays, another example of the pattern we can't see on DVD anymore, though it is a main reference regarding MV, as the album cover of "Miami Vice II" and the logo adopted on miami-vice.ws prove it!)Eingefügtes BildVote of Confidence: kind of depressive (the saturated '80s look is gone, the glow is as thin as it can be, and everything looks like a series from the '70s, kind of an old re-run of Kojak -- nothing against Kojak by the way, but it's another aesthetic world)Eingefügtes BildHonor Among Thieves? '80s look (just a case to prove that not always the logo was blue/pink, sometimes it was green/pink, but still it had a saturated look, to me very nice, absent on DVD)Eingefügtes BildHonor Among Thieves? US DVD (more balanced colors, the sea looks like a sea usually looks in real life, but MV originally showed more magic than the real look of things in real life)http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/eddiequist/mv/freefallsony.jpgFreefall in the '80s (I'm really happy I have it)http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/eddiequist/mv/freefalldvd.jpgFreefall on US DVDPlease, do not compare sharpness/image quality between the different versions, as some are VHSs converted to DVDs and some are official DVDs, so the latter will beat the former by far in that matter.Anyway, the captures were all made using the same equipment, and I didn't change any color parameter of the pic.There's one way of making the DVDs look a little more like the '80s. You have to put the contrast real high, decrease a little bit the brightness and move the "tint" (or hue) control so you get more blues and lose reds. But at a particular point when you make the logos look right, the skin of the people looks wrong... So you have to stop before that point, so there's no real solution, only a kind of so-so emulation of the real MV.If someone have captures of the pics from NBC airings, please PM me, or maybe even share them on this thread. I would suggest you to convert your '80s Miami Vice tapes to DVD or blue-ray one day. Make no mistake thinking that with the commercial DVDs you can simply trash the rest.

 

 

The variation on these logos from Seasons 1-4 are fantastic .

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I'll post below some pictures of Miami Vice logos from first broadcasts (by far the majority) and some early reruns (check notes below) in USA.

 

As many of you know, the official DVDs couldn't keep those colors, mainly because of no restoration as compensation for print film degradation (lost of blue tones, increase of reds). Even though the issue is more evident on the logos (especially from 3rd season on), it's still there during all seasons, during the 111 episodes full run-time.

 

If someone has the original runs of Hit List and Calderone's Demise, it would be a nice add to upload images of their logos here as well.


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Season One

001-Pilot (Rerun on January 25, 1985)

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002-Heart of Darkness (Rerun on April 19, 1985)

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003-Cool Runnin’ (Rerun on February 15, 1985)

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004/005-The Return Of Calderone (Special 2-hour version of episodes 004 and 005 - rerun of Hit List and rerun of Calderone's Demise on May 24, 1985)

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006-One Eyed Jack (Rerun on March 1, 1985)

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007-No Exit (Rerun on March 22, 1985)

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008-The Great McCarthy

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009-Glades 

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010-Give a Little, Take a Little

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011-Little Prince

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012-Milk Run 

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013-Score (aka Golden Triangle)

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014-Golden Triangle (aka Golden Triangle part II)

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015-Smuggler’s Blues

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016-Rites of Passage

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017-The Maze

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018-Made for Each Other 

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019-The Home Invaders 

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020-Nobody Lives Forever 

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021-Evan 

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022-Lombard (Rerun on August 9, 1985)

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Season Two

023-The Prodigal Son (Rerun on March 23, 1986 as NBC Sunday Night Movie)

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024-Whatever Works 

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025-Out Where The Buses Don’t Run 

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026-The Dutch Oven 

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027-Buddies 

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028-Junk Love 

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029-Tale of The Goat

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030-Bushido

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031-Bought And Paid for 

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032-Back in the World 

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033-Phil The Shill 

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034-Definitely Miami (Rerun on August 14, 1987)

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035-Yankee Dollar

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036-One Way Ticket (Rerun on June 27, 1986)

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037-Little Miss Dangerous (Rerun on July 18, 1986)

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038-Florence Italy 

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039-French Twist (Unknown date, it could be the first broadcast, on February 21, 1986, or the only NBC rerun, on July 25, 1986)

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040-The Fix 

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041-Payback

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042-Free Verse 

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043-Trust Fund Pirates

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044-Sons and Lovers (Rerun on September 19, 1986)

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Season Three

045-When Irish Eyes Are Crying

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046-Stone’s War (Rerun on September 11, 1987)

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047-Killshot (Rerun on April 10, 1987)

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048-Walk-Alone 

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049-The Good Collar 

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050-Shadow in the Dark 

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051-El Viejo (Rerun on March 6, 1987)

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052-Better Living Through Chemistry

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053-Baby Blues

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054-Streetwise

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055-Forgive Us Our Debts 

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056-Down for the Count

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057-Down for the Count part II

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058-Cuba Libre

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059-Duty and Honor 

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060-Theresa

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061-The Afternoon Plane 

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062-Lend Me an Ear 

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063-Red Tape

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064-By Hooker By Crook 

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065-Knock, Knock… Who’s There?

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066-Viking Bikers from Hell

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067-Everybody’s in Showbiz

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068-Heroes of the Revolution

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Season Four

069-Contempt of Court

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070-Amen... Send Money 

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071-Death and the Lady (Rerun on January 29, 1988)

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072-The Big Thaw

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073-Child’s Play

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074-God’s Work

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075-Missing Hours

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076-Like a Hurricane

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077-The Rising Sun of Death

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078-Love at First Sight

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079-Rock and a Hard Place

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080-The Cows of October

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081-Vote of Confidence

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082-Baseballs of Death

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083-Indian Wars

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084-Honor among Thieves?

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085-Hell Hath no Fury

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086-Badge of Dishonor

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087-Blood & Roses

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088-A Bullet for Crockett

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089-Deliver Us from Evil

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090-Mirror Image

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Season Five

091-Hostile Takeover

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092-Redemption in Blood

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093-Heart of Night 

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094-Bad Timing

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095-Borrasca

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096-Line of Fire

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097-Asian Cut

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098-Hard Knocks

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099-Fruit of The Poison Tree

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100-To Have and to Hold

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101-Miami Squeeze

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102-Jack of All Trades

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103-The Cell Within

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104-The Lost Madonna

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105-Over The Line

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106-Victims of Circumstance

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107-Freefall

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108-World of Trouble

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109-Miracle Man

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110-Leap of Faith

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111-Too Much, Too Late (USA Network - most probably first run on January 25, 1990, as on the episode end credits the USA network announcer mentions Jemal Hinton fight “tonight†at 9 p.m. live on USA “Thursday Night Fightsâ€, and Hinton indeed fought Hector Diaz on January 25, 1990, a Thursday...)

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Incredible work ivoryjones!  This must have taken you a great deal of time.  It's amazing how different they all look.  I love seeing the NBC logo and the "in stereo" on there.... :D

 

Thank you for sharing!   :thumbsup:

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Wow!  What a change!  I remember thinking when I first began re-watching the episodes on Hulu (on my computer) and DVD (on the computer as well) that the colors in the opening credits and logo were so much duller than I remembered.  Of course initially I thought it was a false memory... I didn't realize the information you shared related to degradation of colors in the film prints.  What a shame Universal didn't try harder to restore the colors for the DVD release :(

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I'll post pictures of Miami Vice logos below, '80s US runs versus US official DVDs.

 

The '80s sources will always be in first place after the episodes' titles. They're mostly first runs (except when noted). The official DVDs will be right below their '80s counterparts.

 

In most cases, the differences are just unbelievable.

 

Colors were severely messed-up on the official DVDs because prints with age have decrease of blue tones and increase of red tones. Apparently (and unfortunately), no print/color restoration was used for the DVDs.

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Season One

001-Pilot

 

(NBC: Rerun on January 25, 1985)

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(DVD)

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002-Heart of Darkness

 

(NBC: Rerun on April 19, 1985)

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(DVD)

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003-Cool Runnin’

 

(NBC: Rerun on February 15, 1985)

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(DVD)

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004/005-The Return Of Calderone X Calderone's Return part I/II

 

(NBC: Special 2-hour version of episodes 004 and 005 - Rerun of Hit List and Rerun of Calderone's Demise on May 24, 1985. This comparison won't tell us much, as The Return of Calderone 2-hour movie version has a unique opening, already a Castilllo-era opening, with pink glow just like Calderone's Return part II/Calderone's Demise, but with Gregory Sierra on credits.)

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(DVD)

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(DVD)

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006-One Eyed Jack

 

(NBC: Rerun on March 1, 1985)

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(DVD)

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007-No Exit

 

(NBC: Rerun on March 22, 1985)

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(DVD)

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008-The Great McCarthy

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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009-Glades

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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010-Give a Little, Take a Little

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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011-Little Prince

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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012-Milk Run

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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013-Golden Triangle

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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014-Golden Triangle part II

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

014-golden%20triangle%20part%20IIdvd_zps

 

 

015-Smuggler’s Blues

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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016-Rites of Passage

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

016-rites%20of%20passagedvd_zpsm2gbib4h.

 

 

017-The Maze

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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018-Made for Each Other

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

018-made%20for%20each%20otherdvd_zpsgfrg

 

 

019-The Home Invaders

 

(NBC)

019-the%20home%20invadersnbc_source1_zps

 

(DVD)

019-home%20invadersdvd_zpsq1uajq9l.jpg

 

 

020-Nobody Lives Forever

 

(NBC)

020-nobody%20lives%20forevernbc_source1_

 

(DVD)

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021-Evan

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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022-Lombard

 

(NBC: Rerun on August 9, 1985)

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(DVD)

022-lombarddvd_zpszlap96rk.jpg

 

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Season Two

023-The Prodigal Son

 

(NBC: Rerun on March 23, 1986 as NBC Sunday Night Movie)

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(DVD)

023-the%20prodigal%20sondvd_zpsubqxbk6a.

 

 

024-Whatever Works

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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025-Out Where The Buses Don’t Run

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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026-The Dutch Oven

 

(NBC)

026-the%20dutch%20ovennbca2_zpsie7vnc6d.

 

(DVD)

026-the%20dutch%20ovendvd_zpsn3g7duxo.jp

 

 

027-Buddies

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

027-buddiesdvd_zpsuxk1goqf.jpg

 

 

028-Junk Love

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

028-junk%20lovedvd_zps3m2szyf7.jpg

 

 

029-Tale of The Goat

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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030-Bushido

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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031-Bought And Paid for

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

031-bought%20and%20paid%20fordvd_zps3azh

 

 

032-Back in the World

 

(NBC)

032-back%20in%20the%20worldnbca1_zpskiip

 

(DVD)

032-back%20in%20the%20worlddvd_zpslohhq1

 

 

033-Phil The Shill

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

033-phil%20the%20shilldvd_zpsezikfsmr.jp

 

 

034-Definitely Miami

 

(NBC: Rerun on August 14, 1987)

034-definitely%20miaminbcsource1_zpsptvw

 

(DVD)

034-definitely%20miamidvd_zpspmri0kdn.jp

 

 

035-Yankee Dollar

 

(NBC)

035-yankee%20dollarnbc_zpsjym4east.jpg

 

(DVD)

035-yankee%20dollardvd_zpsxxed6gek.jpg

 

 

036-One Way Ticket

 

(NBC: Rerun on June 27, 1986)

036-one%20way%20ticketnbc_zpsb7zuf9mg.jp

 

(DVD)

036-one%20way%20ticketdvd_zpsognzgewu.jp

 

 

037-Little Miss Dangerous

 

(NBC: Rerun on July 18, 1986)

037-little%20miss%20dangerousnbc_zpsfysw

 

(DVD)

037-little%20miss%20dangerousdvd_zpsxkoz

 

 

038-Florence Italy

 

(NBC)

038-florence%20italynbc_zpsp9oq5y6o.jpg

 

(DVD)

038-florence%20italydvd_zpsp2mcrcws.jpg

 

 

039-French Twist

 

(NBC: Unknown date, it could be the first broadcast, on February 21, 1986, or the only NBC rerun, on July 25, 1986)

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(DVD)

039-french%20twistdvd_zpsewxvmxtp.jpg

 

 

040-The Fix

 

(NBC)

040-the%20fixnbc_zpsn787wvqr.jpg

 

(DVD)

040-the%20fixdvd_zps4usr0uyd.jpg

 

 

041-Payback

 

(NBC)

041-paybacknbc_zps7i0e845p.jpg

 

(DVD)

041-paybackdvd_zpszy2m6xd7.jpg

 

 

042-Free Verse

 

(NBC)

042-free%20versenbc_zpsquns48df.jpg

 

(DVD)

042-free%20versedvd_zps3hmriezw.jpg

 

 

043-Trust Fund Pirates

 

(NBC)

043-trust%20fund%20piratesnbc_zpsbwqecgj

 

(DVD)

043-trust%20fund%20piratesdvd_zpsjqd644r

 

 

044-Sons and Lovers

 

(NBC: Rerun on September 19, 1986)

044-sons%20and%20loversnbc_source1_zpspu

 

(DVD)

044-sons%20and%20loversdvd_zps8ldnsmdi.j
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Season Three

045-When Irish Eyes Are Crying

 

(NBC)

045-when%20irish%20eyes%20are%20cryingnb

 

(DVD)

045-when%20irish%20eyes%20are%20cryingdv

 

 

046-Stone’s War

 

(NBC: Rerun on September 11, 1987)

046-stones%20warnbca1_zpskkyni7yd.jpg

 

(DVD)

046-stones%20wardvd_zpsb0l2bomi.jpg

 

 

047-Killshot

 

(NBC: Rerun on April 10, 1987)

047-killshotnbc_source1_a1_zpsv1aqimhs.j

 

(DVD)

047-killshotdvd_zpszkdl5j7h.jpg

 

 

048-Walk-Alone

 

(NBC)

048-walk-alonenbca1_zps8kr5buvt.jpg

 

(DVD)

048-walk-alonedvd_zpsdyfcfgd2.jpg

 

 

049-The Good Collar

 

(NBC)

049-the%20good%20collarnbca1_zpsyxtfvybv

 

(DVD)

049-the%20good%20collardvd_zpsbzeaz8tn.j

 

 

050-Shadow in the Dark

 

(NBC)

050-shadow%20in%20the%20darknbca1_zpsw65

 

(DVD)

050-shadow%20in%20the%20darkdvd_zpskok5t

 

 

051-El Viejo

 

(NBC: Rerun on March 6, 1987)

051-el%20viejonbca1_zpszth3rylw.jpg

 

(DVD)

051-el%20viejodvd_zpscvaj6obq.jpg

 

 

052-Better Living Through Chemistry

 

(NBC)

052-better%20living%20through%20chemistr

 

(DVD)

052-better%20living%20through%20chemistr

 

 

053-Baby Blues

 

(NBC)

053-baby%20bluesnbca1_zps67pjyxpt.jpg

 

(DVD)

053-baby%20bluesdvd_zpsjftyzoo1.jpg

 

 

054-Streetwise

 

(NBC)

054-streetwisenbca1_zpstweqlpzj.jpg

 

(DVD)

054-streetwisedvd_zpscuyxr7dx.jpg

 

 

055-Forgive Us Our Debts

 

(NBC)

055-forgive%20us%20our%20debtsnbca1_zpsw

 

(DVD)

055-forgive%20us%20our%20debtsdvd_zpsyxx

 

 

056-Down for the Count

 

(NBC)

056-down%20for%20the%20countnbca1_zpszlw

 

(DVD)

056-down%20for%20the%20countdvd_zps4xzwm

 

 

057-Down for the Count part II

 

(NBC)

057-down%20for%20the%20count%20part%20II

 

(DVD)

057-down%20for%20the%20count%20IIdvd_zps

 

 

058-Cuba Libre

 

(NBC)

058-cuba%20librenbca1_zpsr1yvhvgi.jpg

 

(DVD)

058-cuba%20libredvd_zpsultezaiy.jpg

 

 

059-Duty and Honor

 

(NBC)

059-duty%20and%20honornbca1_zpsdedhe19m.

 

(DVD)

059-duty%20and%20honordvd_zpsnaxffk9d.jp

 

 

060-Theresa

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

060-theresadvd_zps2tbaitf4.jpg

 

 

061-The Afternoon Plane

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

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062-Lend Me an Ear

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

062-lend%20me%20an%20eardvd_zps07zfjtra.

 

 

063-Red Tape

 

(NBC)

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(DVD)

063-red%20tapedvd_zpshe5wlajp.jpg

 

 

064-By Hooker By Crook

 

(NBC)

064-by%20hooker%20by%20crooknbca2_zpsozf

 

(DVD)

064-by%20hooker%20by%20crookdvd_zpsb86m3

 

 

065-Knock, Knock… Who’s There?

 

(NBC)

065-knock%20knock...%20whos%20therenbc_z

 

(DVD)

065-knock%20knock...%20whos%20theredvd_z

 

 

066-Viking Bikers from Hell

 

(NBC)

066-viking%20bikers%20from%20hellnbca2_z

 

(DVD)

066-viking%20bikers%20from%20helldvd_zps

 

 

067-Everybody’s in Showbiz

 

(NBC)

067-everybodys%20in%20showbiznbca1_zpsex

 

(DVD)

067-everybodys%20in%20show%20bizdvd_zpsk

 

 

068-Heroes of the Revolution

 

(NBC)

068-heroes%20of%20the%20revolutionnbca1_

 

(DVD)

068-heroes%20of%20the%20revolutiondvd_zp
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