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| − | We need some pics and info on the viewscreen used in Nemesis. It was obviously different from previous versions as it could be turned off. -- [[User:Redge|Redge]] | [[User talk:Redge|''Talk'']] 19:40, 16 Aug 2004 (CEST) |
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| − | :I think it was mentioned in the script that the screens were now turned off during spaceflight, because people became dizzy of the gazing stars at warp. By the way, in First Contact also, the screen was seen turned-off. [[User:Ottens|Ottens]] 19:46, 16 Aug 2004 (CEST) |
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| + | What are the small things that look like screens on stalks - they're at every (or almost every) console on the [[bridge]] in {{TOS|The Cage}}, as well as at several (but fewer) bridge positions in {{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}, such as beside the [[command chair]]? --[[User:Defiant|Defiant]] 02:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC) |
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| − | ::Yes, but I mean the different type of turned off. If the old viewscreen was turned off, it was still there. When the new type was turned off, it dissappeared, and you could see the bulkhead. -- [[User:Redge|Redge]] | [[User talk:Redge|''Talk'']] 12:07, 21 Aug 2004 (CEST) |
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| + | :They are basically video communicators. Unlike the audio communicators found in the rest of the original series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager, and enterprise episodes, this is ,for some reason, more advanced. None the less, they are the same thing as the audio communicators. I guess they were too expensive to be placed all over the ship and in every episode. [[User:Captain Jon|Captain Jon]] 02:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC) |
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| − | :::It is stated in the commnetary(?) on the First Contact Special Edition DVD that the viewscreen in that film is a holographic screen. Why and when this change was made, and why it was changed beck to a physical screen, are not explained in canon. The screens could always be turned off, but they rarely ever are as they function as a window to provide the audience with a reference as to where the ship is during the show 23:43, 28 March 2005 (EST) |
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| + | ::Thanks for replying, but I was kinda hoping for a name. Is there any chance someone could look it up in the script of "The Cage" or "Where No Man...", or are these unavailable? --[[User:Defiant|Defiant]] 01:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC) |
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| + | It probably says "looks at small screen", but there might be a non-canon reference in a TOS novel.[[User:Captain Jon|Captain Jon]] 02:47, 29 January 2007 (UTC) |
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| − | Anyone know what the little flashy dots are directly above and below the viewscreen are? I am curious what they are for, they appear on pretty much every ship in the star trek universe but I have never heard what their purpose is other than make that little beepy noise every couple seconds. --[[User:BMS|BMS]] 00:17, 4 Jan 2005 (CET) |
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| − | Has it ever been explained canonicaly how the view screen provides a 360 degree view of the ship? Cameras obviously but has it ever been delved into further? The cameras themselves would have to be pretty impressive to main a 10^6 focus. |
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| − | ::I can't remeber the specific referance, but there is at least one occasion in both TNG and VOY where the respective Captain order's a specific camera (ie aft port, or something of that liking) be put on screen. [[User:Jaz|Jaz]] <sup> [[User Talk:Jaz|<span style="color:#9900FF;">talk</span></sup>]] 03:13, 16 April 2006 (UTC) |
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| − | :::Camera-like sensors. --[[User:70.106.24.39|70.106.24.39]] 21:17, 16 April 2006 (UTC) |
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| − | It seems that the view on the screen isn't as much the feed from a traditional camera as it is the extrapolation and representative visual of various sensors. There is plenty of support for this, I know at least one episode of TNG where the somputer was tricked into thinking a craft was there and produced a false image of it on the screen as a result. Also, various views of objects while traveling at warp speeds support it. Remember, the speed of light is constant for the most part. So if a craft is in front of you and you chase it, both FTL, then no light can catch it to bounce back at you, and if your looking at something chasing you the light bouncing off of it likewise couldn't catch up. So in the world of Trek purely optical based sensors are obviously too limited to show them what they see. Now I'm SURE they can just view things via direct optical sensors or just going to a window, but for many situations it's just not adequate. BTW, I doubt you'd want to turn the main screen off very often; the bridges all lack windows and would be claustrophobic if not for the screen. --[[User:JCoyote|JCoyote]] 10:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC) |
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| − | Should we not add a list of all the various alien viewscreens shown? I understand that such an endeavour would probably take a lot of time and effort, but should we not start constructing such a list? --[[User:Defiant|Defiant]] 13:07, 20 May 2006 (UTC) |
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| − | "[[Broken Bow (episode)|Broken Bow]]" shows the viewscreen with a diagram-like display over an image of space. "[[United]]" shows the viewscreen with a lone diagram, with no image of space beneath. --[[User:Defiant|Defiant]] 13:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC) |
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| − | according to Earth Romulan war canon i believe ships of the ENT period shouldnt have viewingscreens at all |
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| − | :Actually, it was never stated that ships never had viewscreens, only that there was no visual contact between forces of Earth and those of the Romulans. --[[User:Shran|From Andoria with Love]] 00:56, 26 October 2006 (UTC) |
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| − | ::Agreed. Given that audiovisual telecommunications technology was in wide use (In Color!) at the time the original episode aired, long before the Earth-Romulan War, it's safe to assume that any lack of visual communications was intentional on the part of of at least one group involved. ENT established that Romulans were busy infiltrating Vulcan society; as long as they were doing so they had a vested interest in concealing their appearance to prevent infiltrators being rooted out. --[[User:JCoyote|JCoyote]] 22:40, 30 October 2006 (UTC) |
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What are the small things that look like screens on stalks - they're at every (or almost every) console on the bridge in TOS: "The Cage", as well as at several (but fewer) bridge positions in "Where No Man Has Gone Before", such as beside the command chair? --Defiant 02:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- They are basically video communicators. Unlike the audio communicators found in the rest of the original series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager, and enterprise episodes, this is ,for some reason, more advanced. None the less, they are the same thing as the audio communicators. I guess they were too expensive to be placed all over the ship and in every episode. Captain Jon 02:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for replying, but I was kinda hoping for a name. Is there any chance someone could look it up in the script of "The Cage" or "Where No Man...", or are these unavailable? --Defiant 01:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
It probably says "looks at small screen", but there might be a non-canon reference in a TOS novel.Captain Jon 02:47, 29 January 2007 (UTC)