Hello. A few years ago I started documenting the appearance of Nixies in broadcast media, and everyone here was invited to contribute. Please feel free to add recent discoveries and new appearances at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12flg9o8OFw3oAlLBToHjpNLt1VdUuMSRkMb-7SJ4xuA/edit?usp=sharing You can also watch the listed movies/media and be sure that our favorite "actresses" haven't changed with age :) Paolo On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 2:43 PM alb.001 alb.001 <[email protected]> wrote: > the latest TV advert for MicroSoft PS5 ( PlayStation 5 ) has a flash > scene of nixies doing a countdown. Very cool to still be remembered. > > Pharma Phil > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Nick Andrews <[email protected]> > Date: November 8, 2020 at 10:50 PM > > I suspected as much due to the way the digits looked. On a tv it is hard > to notice, but on the big screen it kinda stuck out. Of course it still > made the typical Hollywood clicking sounds, like geiger counters that don't > have audio clicking away in movies... > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2020, 9:19 PM Richard Scales < [email protected]> > wrote: > > I think you will find that these are 'edge lit' displays - perspex sheets > with the digits engraved, lit at the edge by incandescent bulbs which > causes the digit to 'light up'. > - Richard > > > > > On Sunday, 8 November 2020 23:58:57 UTC, Nick Andrews wrote: > > Just watched Goldfinger at theater. Long time since I was in a movie > theater! In the bomb scene, the counter had what soar to be nixie tubes, > with fainter, yellowish digits. Anybody know what they are? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/376e5c6b-fa0a-4788-8cd8-7e8266fb4be0o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/376e5c6b-fa0a-4788-8cd8-7e8266fb4be0o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-hQRu5SQBZfxWHCsDbYB83pOek66e3Wv64F7-4oJYnA%3DA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-hQRu5SQBZfxWHCsDbYB83pOek66e3Wv64F7-4oJYnA%3DA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/260666499.1491057.1604929424792.JavaMail.open-xchange%40mtlgui01 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/260666499.1491057.1604929424792.JavaMail.open-xchange%40mtlgui01?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CABj2VaZ2P4seM7Zxrvzrv25VYEJjZ5e%3DUMei6SbQyhYgOxZzfQ%40mail.gmail.com.
