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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 10:32 AM
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The future for in-flight movies (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fast_track/9604474.stm

Keith Wallace reports on how technology could bring about major changes to in-flight entertainment in the skies.

Airlines are looking at options to link your phone or laptop to the aircraft's entertainment system or the internet and touch-screen ordering for your drinks and snacks on board.

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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 11:51 AM
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1. I really like the touch-screen ordering on Virgin America, but the amenity I remember most
fondly was a linked seat-back entertainment system that had seat-to-seat chat functions and multi-player games (like trivia). It was on a Delta flight, IIRC...
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 02:32 PM
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2. Emirates has power and USB hookups... plus state of the art VOD systems
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 02:38 PM
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3. Does that mean you'll be allowed to watch all of the various
Airport and Airplane! movies, too? :P
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