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Take your movies on flights - samintx - 07-10-2008
USAir is stopping movies I suppose others will stop also
Pay for view on flights?
Re: Take your movies on flights - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-10-2008
In-flight movies suck, anyway.
Re: Take your movies on flights - tahoedrew - 07-10-2008
Yep, my powerbook screen is still bigger when it sits on my lap than those crappy TVs in the aisles!
~A
Re: Take your movies on flights - TLB - 07-10-2008
I heard they are actually doing it to yank all the A/V equipment out of the planes. Saves 500-1000lbs which in turn saves fuel.
Re: Take your movies on flights - samintx - 07-10-2008
Yep, I just hope we don't get in the air and they say "throw your carry ons out the door. We are running out of fuel' ! ! ! ! !
Re: Take your movies on flights - Zoidberg - 07-10-2008
Elimination of frills and extras.. things like, oh, maintenance... uh, radar...
sorry for the lack of seat-belts... just hold on to the straps above your heads... uh, those of you in coach, you don't have straps...
Old Bob Newhart bit;
Re: Take your movies on flights - raz - 07-11-2008
[quote samintx]Yep, I just hope we don't get in the air and they say "throw your carry ons out the door. We are running out of fuel' ! ! ! ! ! I saw that movie. John Wayne was the pilot.
Re: Take your movies on flights - Mike V - 07-11-2008
The budget airlines down here do that.
You can rent a little hard drive player with an LCD monitor from them.
The battery lasts about 3 hours, so you should be able to get in two movies before you have to pay again.
Re: Take your movies on flights - mikebw - 07-11-2008
I have been in older DC-9's that still had big CRTs overhead. I would have ditched those long ago.
Getting rid of in-plane AV systems to save weight is a reasonable idea, but if everyone is just going to bring on their own portable system there will be no savings realized.