engadget.com — Virgin America invited us to check out the way-decked Airbus A320 with Red prototype in-flight entertainment system: they definitely weren't kidding when they said it's got it all. Movies on demand, pervasive music playlists, in-seat messaging with a QWERTY controller, touchscreen Linux consoles with games, the works!
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lordnibblaFeb 10, 2007
Yeah, all that seems like it would be great, USB!?!? hah Sweet. I'd LOVE to fly Virgin again. Last time (~5? yrs ago) I was on a trip to London for vacation with my dad and brother, and they had a games console in the back of the seat back then too!! But it had snes games witch was pretty cool, idk but it seemed that they had a similar service set up cause I doubt they had a real snes. Well really multiple snes's for each passenger. But it was my guess at the time that they had a similar setup to what they got now runnin snes emus :D I even got all kinds of goodie bags filed with : socks, notepad, toothbrush/paste, AND a rubber ducky.Now thats what I call service!
diggmaddyFeb 11, 2007
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bmsonFeb 11, 2007
This system is coming to Iceland-air later this year.I would also expect it in other airlines.
zombiedogFeb 11, 2007
We are working on internet in flight. Right now there are cost & bandwidth issues. The good news is the planes are ready when the linkup becomes ready.
cbergeronFeb 11, 2007
@spazmotron:And if you don't live in the USA. Virgin Atlantic isn't allowed to fly in the United States.We need to fix that s**t, ASAP.
simtechFeb 11, 2007
I hope you aren't disappointed when your bags don't arrive because there was no room to put them on the plane. All these gadgets take up cargo space and they may have to bump a few bags.
nandasunuFeb 11, 2007
They had practically all this stuff when I flew Virgin Atlantic a few years ago, don't remember seeing any usb ports though. The best thing is that they don't just have one or two episodes of a few shows/movies, they have complete seiries, for some shows (UK office etc.) they have every show ever, on demand... Now if we could get this stuff on Virgin trains also... =)
Closed AccountFeb 11, 2007
*goes in virgin plane**sits down and pops up the Linux monitor*KERNEL PANIC!!
rajulkabirFeb 12, 2007
Asian and Middle Eastern airlines have had this stuff for many, many years. It's mainly in the US (and even worse, Europe) that in-flight service is so horrible.That said, Northwest's A330s for international service have great legroom and the same video-on-demand service that's being talked about here, and have had it for at least four years.The day you see it in coach class on a s**tbucket airline like Lufthansa or KLM is the day the world ends.