http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/ Engadget Comments for Video: Comptometer does broadcast controls the steampunk way http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/
There are two elements in steampunk - "steam" (as in the era) and "punk" (as in punk). I see the steam era here, but where's the punk?

"Steampunk" isn't just another word for "retro".
]]>Oct 1st 2009 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Oct 1st 2009 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Plus the copper pipe also hints at the steam period.
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"So am I."

Hah!]]>Oct 1st 2009 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/but seriously, what does it do? :)]]>Oct 1st 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/
]]>Oct 1st 2009 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Oct 1st 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Basically, it's a switchboard and it goes in a control room at a TV station, and it's how things get on the air. Buttons pick the source, and it puts out whats on that monitor. That's what it does.

@everyone else
why not have the speed controller be a T-Shift for transitions and not device speed?]]>Oct 1st 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/
It's not a switcher, it's a slo-mo controller for sports broadcasts, etc.

http://hitechsys.co.uk/html/disk_products/sports_controller.html


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Yey!]]>Oct 1st 2009 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/
(Sorry for the all caps my pet peeve got the best of me.)]]>Oct 1st 2009 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Oct 1st 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Oct 1st 2009 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Oct 1st 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Oct 1st 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Oct 1st 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Oct 1st 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/
The writing is so bad, the characters are so poorly conceived, shallow and stereotypical that even when the writers try to put them in peril or add interesting background elements to get people to from an emotional attachment for them it comes off as silly.

Neat idea for a show with lots of potential, but the actual show is trash

That network (I will never speak it's name) is not for science fiction fans, that network MAKES FUN OF science fiction fans. ]]>Oct 1st 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/
What makes a show interesting are the characters, their motivations and personalities, and their interactions.

After all, good Stargate or Star Trek series are few and far between. Unique concepts ("conceits") are getting rare. Farscape and Firefly were two of these rarities - they used extremely unique situations, and combined them with excellent characters.

Hopefully tomorrow's premier of Stargate Universe will be good, but it has a high standard to meet and many are unsure whether it can meet it.]]>Oct 1st 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/
]]>Oct 1st 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Well, now that I've caught up on the new Engadget posts, it's back to Gateworld for me...]]>Oct 1st 2009 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/video-comptometer-does-broadcast-controls-the-steampunk-way/Oct 2nd 2009 1:16AM