Flat-screen TVs, futuristic in 1958 at DVinfo.net

Andrew Smith · November 9th, 2010, 08:58 AM

I was watching the movie Queen of Outer Space on the box just recently and was mightily impressed with their sci-fi design of the TVs of the future. Given the bulky nature of CRT sets, this must have been absolute fantasy ... along with the rest of the film.

The bezel and screen looks just like a modern day flat-screen TV.

Screen shots attached.

Andrew

Noel Lising · November 9th, 2010, 09:06 AM

This was an amazing look into the future. Even the stand for the flat screen is "modern day".

Colin McDonald · November 9th, 2010, 09:52 AM

Hey, it looks like a gold-plated iMac!
And come to think of it, the two actors look like Mac people :-)

(No flames please, I'm a Mac user mself!)

Andrew Smith · November 9th, 2010, 09:56 AM

I guess they didn't have 3½ inch floppy drives back then, either!

(ducking!)

Andrew

Andy Wilkinson · November 9th, 2010, 10:07 AM

And I think that's supposed to be the remote control in her hand too. Impressive considering this was all imagined before I was even born!

Rick Presas · November 22nd, 2010, 09:53 AM

Whats even crazier is Ray bradbury had predicted Wall-Sized 3-D televisions about 10 years before that.

even crazier predictions of film and literature that came true:

http://www.cracked.com/article_18846...e-fiction.html

It really makes me realize that we currently DO live in the future science fiction and the worlds fair promised us, we're just a little to jaded to care.

November 9th, 2010, 08:58 AM	#1
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,072	Flat-screen TVs, futuristic in 1958 I was watching the movie Queen of Outer Space on the box just recently and was mightily impressed with their sci-fi design of the TVs of the future. Given the bulky nature of CRT sets, this must have been absolute fantasy ... along with the rest of the film. The bezel and screen looks just like a modern day flat-screen TV. Screen shots attached. Andrew Attached Thumbnails

November 9th, 2010, 09:06 AM	#2
Noel Lising Major Player Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 789	This was an amazing look into the future. Even the stand for the flat screen is "modern day". __________________ Noel Lising

November 9th, 2010, 10:07 AM	#5
Andy Wilkinson Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 2,853	And I think that's supposed to be the remote control in her hand too. Impressive considering this was all imagined before I was even born! __________________ Andy K Wilkinson - https://www.shootingimage.co.uk Cambridge (UK) Corporate Video Production

November 9th, 2010, 09:52 AM	#3
Colin McDonald Trustee Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 1,546	Hey, it looks like a gold-plated iMac! And come to think of it, the two actors look like Mac people :-) (No flames please, I'm a Mac user mself!)

November 9th, 2010, 09:56 AM	#4
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,072	I guess they didn't have 3½ inch floppy drives back then, either! (ducking!) Andrew

November 22nd, 2010, 09:53 AM	#6
Rick Presas Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Brownsville Texas Posts: 74	Whats even crazier is Ray bradbury had predicted Wall-Sized 3-D televisions about 10 years before that. even crazier predictions of film and literature that came true: http://www.cracked.com/article_18846...e-fiction.html It really makes me realize that we currently DO live in the future science fiction and the worlds fair promised us, we're just a little to jaded to care.