Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:44:32 AM
PEAs to kill the in-flight doldrums
http://www.engadget.com/entry/2622852427551507/
Posted Sep 29, 2004, 9:42 AM ET by Ryan Block
Related entries: Misc. Gadgets, Transportation
You have no idea how happy we are to hear that airlines are finally jumping on the in-seat entertainment bandwagon. Against all logic, all the budget airlines have the good entertainment (like Song and JetBlue) but all the fancier more expensive ones leave you sittin’ bored in your seat; American Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic will soon join the ranks of Alaska Airlines, KLM, and Royal Dutch in being among the first to offer portable console-like players (PEAs, or personal entertainment appliances) to passengers. AA will begin testing the PEA on 747s in November, free for all passengers except coach, and will offer stuff like TV, music videos, and games (movies will be extra). Alaska and those Scandi airlines are apparently already rocking the digEplayer, which is $10 a flight, but has all free content. The Brits at Virgin must be upgrading (the last Virgin flight we took actually already had in-seat entertainment) to the YES! Solo, which out-classes (pun intended) the rest of the devices in screen size and storage. Now if only they could be convinced to retrofit their planes like the sleeper cars in trains, then we’d really be on to something.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/2622852427551507/
Posted Sep 29, 2004, 9:42 AM ET by Ryan Block
Related entries: Misc. Gadgets, Transportation
You have no idea how happy we are to hear that airlines are finally jumping on the in-seat entertainment bandwagon. Against all logic, all the budget airlines have the good entertainment (like Song and JetBlue) but all the fancier more expensive ones leave you sittin’ bored in your seat; American Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic will soon join the ranks of Alaska Airlines, KLM, and Royal Dutch in being among the first to offer portable console-like players (PEAs, or personal entertainment appliances) to passengers. AA will begin testing the PEA on 747s in November, free for all passengers except coach, and will offer stuff like TV, music videos, and games (movies will be extra). Alaska and those Scandi airlines are apparently already rocking the digEplayer, which is $10 a flight, but has all free content. The Brits at Virgin must be upgrading (the last Virgin flight we took actually already had in-seat entertainment) to the YES! Solo, which out-classes (pun intended) the rest of the devices in screen size and storage. Now if only they could be convinced to retrofit their planes like the sleeper cars in trains, then we’d really be on to something.
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