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APS goes handheld in Hamburg
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APS (Hall 11, Stand 1402) is displaying its digEplayer at this year's WAEA Conference and Exhibition.
According to APS (a subsidiary of Wencor), the digEplayer 5000, winner of the 2004 IFE product of the year award, is the world's first self-contained, hand held portable video on demand entertainment unit.
The system is about the same size and weight as a portable DVD player and contains a 40 gigabyte hard drive. It is typically programmed with 10 or more movies, plus television shows, cartoons, videos and music and has more than 10 hours of battery life.
APS says it currently has content provision agreements with Universal Studios, DreamWorks SKG, Buena Vista, Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox.
Chris Wood, APS' vice president of operations, said that the company has been in talks with some business aircraft providers. 'The digEplayer was on trial with NetJets last year and they really liked it. We are currently working on a business model for the business jet market as it is an area we would like to get into.'
The system benefits from no installation costs; no additional weight or wiring added to the aircraft; up to 100 hours of entertainment; and superior picture and sound quality compared with DVD players or overhead IFE systems.
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Atlas Air to enter 'difficult' business jet market
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Atlas Air Entertainment Concepts, content providers of in-flight video entertainment, says it is set to enter the business aircraft market.
'Through WAEA this year, we have had the opportunity to speak to clients about providing in-flight entertainment content for business jet passengers and we are planning to enter this market,' said Eric Silverstein, the company's vice president.
'There are, of course, some further investigations that we need to carry out. Firstly, we need to ascertain what part of the market will represent a commercially viable business and secondly, we need to find a secure content delivery system.'
However, the business jet market is very different to the commercial market. 'With commercial customers, one airline will have a large fleet containing many aircraft, so we will provide content for the entire fleet.
'This obviously isn't the case for most business jet owners, as most of them will only have one or two aircraft, which makes it more difficult to make it commercially viable,' said Silverstein.
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