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== [[Film]] ==

* In the [[Disney Channel]] original movie ''Get a Clue'', Lexi communicates with her best friend via one of these. This probably counts as [[Unbuilt Trope]] a little because when the movie came out in 2002, most people didn't own a web cam, so they could get away with whatever they wanted. Actually, though, the portrayal was accurate.

* Averted in the first ''[[Austin Powers]]'' film, where (in 1996) Basil Exposition communicates via a realistically pixellated webcam view. [[Fridge Logic]] sets in when you consider that in 1969 at the start of the film, however, he was able to contact Austin via a crystal-clear portable television setup.

* Higher resolution images are common in television advertisements with a "screen images simulated" tag.

** Notable aversion: the E-Trade commercials with the "trading baby" employ a lower-quality webcam image, probably to reinforce the idea that it ''is'' a webcam image.

* Averted in the first regular episode of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' where a character on a screen yells that he likes to see who he's talking to when Sinclair starts pacing around the room. Played straight throughout the rest of the show where no one ever complains again when a character turns their back to or walks away from a communications screen.

* Averted in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', of all places. When Joel/Mike and The Mads communicate, they are conveniently addressing the actual camera. It helps that Cambot, who's handling things on the SoL, is mobile.