Of course it is needed in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen ... Some "smart" TVs could do skype in the past,

Of course it is needed in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen ... Some "smart" TVs could do skype in the past, I'm not sure if they needed external headsets of worked with builtin mikes.