Mystery roundie in movie "Ice Castles"

[old_tv_nut]

They went looking for a prop, and that is what they found. Remember that movie studios were originally very antagonistic to TV, and the people working on the film probably knew next to nothing about real TV studio equipment. Strange and inaccurate depictions of TV exist in most early movies that have TV incidental to the plot. Even if the film people knew better, there was no need to be realistic, as it was irrelevant to the plot and the movie audience didn't know what it should look like anyway.

Edit: I looked up the date of Ice Castles - 1978. Didn't realize it was that late. The film crew certainly knew what a real monitor looked like by then, but obviously used the most expedient prop.

[Indian Head]

Doesn't seem as bad as the tv series "American Dreams" using a Philco Predicta as a studio monitor on "Bandstand."

[wa2ise]

As for TV sets used in TV studios, well, in the lobby of the NBC network in New York City they had an RCA TV set playing whatever was being piped for public consumption over the NBC network.

TV stations do keep around a TV set so they can quickly see that the transmitter is in fact working. The transmitter is usually several miles from the studio.

[Hawkwind]

Originally Posted by Indian Head

Doesn't seem as bad as the tv series "American Dreams" using a Philco Predicta as a studio monitor on "Bandstand."

How about "Down With Love"? The Philco Predicta in Catcher Blocks apartment was one of those reproductions from a few years ago. He would have had a roundie anyway...

[wa2ise]

Come to think of it, if I was the prop guy in that Ice Castles movie, I would have rigged the meter to change readings, say an intermediate reading that then goes down when the ice skater falls on her rear... As if it was a "quality of performance" reading.