Can I play my Xbox on Emirates flight?
Mar 29, 2015, 3:10 am
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Can I play my Xbox on Emirates flight?
Hello, After flying with the amazing Emirates, I noticed they had charging sockets for laptops, can I bring my Xbox and small flat monitor and play in flight? I'll be travelling with a buddy, long haul.
Thanks Jack.
Thanks Jack.
Mar 30, 2015, 2:46 pm
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The X-Box will draw too much for an airline seat power plug, and that is before factoring in the need for the monitor. Many seats barely cope with charging a Macbook Pro with a 60 watt charger, the Xbox One uses a 112 watt supply.
Apr 3, 2015, 5:22 pm
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The Xbox power supply draws far too much current to be usable from the power supply in an airline seat, sadly. OP, this is not a viable option for entertainment onboard. I'd recommend looking into a Nintendo 3DS for portable gaming fun - there are plenty of great games on that platform and travel is the perfect excuse to enjoy them.
Additionally, Xbox power supplies are specific to one country's voltage, and most onboard power is 110VAC. Judging by the OP's username, they likely have a Thai 220VAC power supply that would fail in spectacular fashion onboard.
Source: have previously plugged US Xbox power brick into Chinese mains supply. Toasty. Oops.
Additionally, Xbox power supplies are specific to one country's voltage, and most onboard power is 110VAC. Judging by the OP's username, they likely have a Thai 220VAC power supply that would fail in spectacular fashion onboard.
Source: have previously plugged US Xbox power brick into Chinese mains supply. Toasty. Oops.
Apr 4, 2015, 1:40 am
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The Xbox power supply draws far too much current to be usable from the power supply in an airline seat, sadly. OP, this is not a viable option for entertainment onboard. I'd recommend looking into a Nintendo 3DS for portable gaming fun - there are plenty of great games on that platform and travel is the perfect excuse to enjoy them.
Additionally, Xbox power supplies are specific to one country's voltage, and most onboard power is 110VAC. Judging by the OP's username, they likely have a Thai 220VAC power supply that would fail in spectacular fashion onboard.
Source: have previously plugged US Xbox power brick into Chinese mains supply. Toasty. Oops.
Additionally, Xbox power supplies are specific to one country's voltage, and most onboard power is 110VAC. Judging by the OP's username, they likely have a Thai 220VAC power supply that would fail in spectacular fashion onboard.
Source: have previously plugged US Xbox power brick into Chinese mains supply. Toasty. Oops.
Apr 6, 2015, 12:33 am
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I've wondered about this before too. Two good questions. Can you send video to the video screen and can you power a console. The first I think is a no, but an interesting question. The second is a no. Not enough wattage. A Windows laptop with a controller hooked up via bluetooth is probably your best option.
As for someone's ask your parent answer, I'm pretty sure there will be grandparents in the back on the terribly long flight to dubai playing plenty of games.
As for someone's ask your parent answer, I'm pretty sure there will be grandparents in the back on the terribly long flight to dubai playing plenty of games.
Apr 6, 2015, 1:51 pm
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fair - 110V equipment connected to a 220V supply usually fails spectacularly, while 220V equipment connected to a 110V supply usually simply doesn't work.
But I don't have knowledge of the circuitry used inside the Xbox power supply, other than knowing it's capable of supplying fairly high current to the console - the potential for failure is always there when operating equipment out of spec. While the spectacularness of the failure may be up for debate, it's certain it won't work - and onboard an aircraft isn't the right place to experiment to find out how much magic smoke gets let out of the supply
But I don't have knowledge of the circuitry used inside the Xbox power supply, other than knowing it's capable of supplying fairly high current to the console - the potential for failure is always there when operating equipment out of spec. While the spectacularness of the failure may be up for debate, it's certain it won't work - and onboard an aircraft isn't the right place to experiment to find out how much magic smoke gets let out of the supply
Apr 8, 2015, 12:44 pm
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Apr 9, 2015, 11:43 pm
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Please note that OP is getting the same answer (no, this won't work) on the Emirates thread where he cross-posted.
