Behind the service desk is a neat faux-neon display (which unfortunately wasn't fully functional) -- I remember this being one of the first places I saw faux neon being used as a modern thing in the late 2010s. But that modern appearance is spoiled by the old CRT surveillance monitor hanging from the ceiling above, displaying nothing but some green text (which must be massively burned into the tube by now). I have no idea why Macy's didn't take that down when they upgraded the fitting rooms!
You know, now that I mention it, one of the first places I saw an non-pocket LCD TV 'in the wild' (in other words, not at a high-end electronics store or something trying to be a high-end electronics store like Sears' The Great Indoors) was actually at the Willowbrook Mall Foley's/Macy's. It was probably still Foley's at that time. It wasn't being used as a security monitor, but it was being used in some kind of clothing display where it was looping some kind of video. That was probably 20+ years ago so that was probably more modern than this scene with the hanging CRT! Granted, Foley's probably had hanging CRTs at that time as well and it just simply didn't seem remarkable enough to even notice.
ReplyDeleteIs that a fake TV hanging from the Customer Service sign? I've seen those before, but I can't really remember what they do. The fake neon is hardly the most convincing fake neon I've seen, especially in the LCD lighting era, but I guess it is better than some of the other things we've seen at this store!
That 'Girl Power' signage in the other photo is giving off some serious 'The Powderpuff Girls' vibes. That must have still been on when that decor was made, lol.
Wow, I guess they were a lot more with the times back then! I'm just barely too young to remember a time when there weren't flatscreen monitors/TVs all over, even though my parents still used a CRT as their TV up until it died circa 2010! (And they're still using that 2010 TV to this day.)
DeleteI think it is! Some of these signs have real monitors in them, but the vast majority of the time they're just a lenticular poster (or something along those lines) to give some sort of illusion of movement. With how cheap actual display screens are these days, it's a bit strange to see that, but I guess this option was probably a lot cheaper back when they were installing these!
CRT TVs were still pretty common in 2010 because LCD TVs were still quite expensive at that time. In fact, I still have a CRT TV in use in my bedroom, but admittedly I hardly watch TV at all so it doesn't get used a whole lot. My living room LCD HDTV is from 2008, but it was a high-end Samsung 1080p model at the time which still has an excellent picture and much better sound than any modern TV would have with built-in speakers. It also has 4 HDMI ports, HD component analog ports, SD composite ports, VGA, S-video, and other ports which modern TVs will not have. I won't get rid of that TV unless it breaks!
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