Which do you like better...

Riskygodfather · November 20, 2005, 09:25:19 AM

So which communicator do you like?

Sentinel · November 20, 2005, 01:14:45 PM

The whole shirt thing is a little too slick for my tastes. I like my devices old school.

Rico · November 20, 2005, 01:19:08 PM

Quote from: Sentinel on November 20, 2005, 01:14:45 PM
The whole shirt thing is a little too slick for my tastes. I like my devices old school.

I'm with Sentinel. I'm a sucker for the old style comms. I loved how they made very similar ones on the "Enterprise" series too! :)

Riskygodfather · November 20, 2005, 01:31:05 PM

Ya. I like the way they "flip up" the old ones. Gene Roddenbery must've been like a fortune teller to know that cell-phones would one day look like that!

spock · November 20, 2005, 02:48:41 PM

TOS it is pretty cool and a little more realistic. How can that small badge function as a universal trans and communicator?

the_wasd_man · November 20, 2005, 05:41:58 PM

Quote from: spock on November 20, 2005, 02:48:41 PM
TOS it is pretty cool and a little more realistic. How can that small badge function as a universal trans and communicator?

People in the 60s were probably wondering the same thing about the TOS comunicator. ;)

Personally, I like the TNG-style one better. :P For the same reasons mentionned above.

And I thought the UT was a chip inserted in the ear?

spock · November 21, 2005, 10:35:31 AM

i thought it was incorporated in the badge solely

Riskygodfather · November 21, 2005, 03:08:46 PM

Ya it's not in the ear, just in the badge.

the_wasd_man · November 21, 2005, 06:38:43 PM

Really?

I remember in an episode od DS9... the one when Quark&gang ended up in the 40s... I think it was called little green men. I remember they were having problems with their UTs and had to go into each others ears or something... :-\

Plus my TNG TM doesn't say anything about it beeing integrated...

spock · November 22, 2005, 07:58:38 AM

It doesnt say anythin in the ST Encyclopedia either but i believe Risky

Riskygodfather · November 22, 2005, 06:29:10 PM

Thank you Spock!

spock · November 23, 2005, 10:42:46 AM

no prob. Look in the ST Survival Guide. They have detailed info on gadgets

Riskygodfather · November 23, 2005, 01:25:14 PM

You could also check out the startrek website.

spock · November 25, 2005, 06:52:58 PM

True

Rico · November 26, 2005, 07:57:33 AM

The UT in the Next Gen, DS9, etc...series was incorporated into the insignia comm. on their uniform tunics. There's a few episodes where this is pointed out. It's suppose to be basically automatic as an alien speaks it is translated to the listener.

Which do you like better...

Do you like the communicator from the Original series(like a cell phone) or the one from TNG(the one on the shirt).

Sentinel