The Stargate Microphone
Not a rant, not a rave, just something that I've been digging for and finally tracked down. Stargate SG1 has, in several episodes and the Ark of Truth movie used a tabletop microphone during interrogations, a small unit with two wire stands that look sort of like antennas. Always struck me as cool, and I've been trying (not terribly hard) to figure out who makes it.
Turns out the unit is a Sony M-100MC, a microcassette model first introduced in 1998. Kind of a let down, not even offering digital recording or other high tech features.