Which do you like better...

[Riskygodfather]

So which communicator do you like?

[Sentinel]

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

[Rico]

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]

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]

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]

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]

i thought it was incorporated in the badge solely

[Riskygodfather]

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

[the_wasd_man]

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]

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

[Riskygodfather]

Thank you Spock!

[spock]

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

[Riskygodfather]

You could also check out the startrek website.

[spock]

True

[Rico]

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.