Originally Posted by
mitchmu
I'm confused. There will be "entertainment" but there will be no screens on the ceiling and no screens on the seats? So, how does one "consume" this entertainment? Telepathically?
On your own device via streaming over WiFi. Which is quite clear in the OP.
Originally Posted by
mitchmu
As for the screens, give me a break. You turn it off, then they turn it on. You turn it off, then they turn it on. You turn it off, then they turn it on. You turn it off, then they turn it on. You turn it off, then they turn it on. And, then, after that, the "on" button is raised, so if you use your armrest, it goes on again. And, again. And, again.
Not to mention that all the screens around you are always on and endlessly repeating the same **** advertising over and over and over and over and over again.
Have you ever flown a CO aircraft?
I've flown more CO 737s than I'd care to. Last one was SFO-DCA in March. During which I turned off my screen after the safety video - and it remained off for the duration of the transcon. Certainly wasn't off/on over and over again.
In reality the on/off cycling you mention happens only when the FA's have to reset the DirectTV system, which is usually ONCE per flight.
I don't spend much time watching
other peoples' screens, but to each his own.
The background bother from other people's seatback screens is far less intrusive, IMO, than the annoyance from drop down screens that
no-one can turn off and that rarely play anything worth watching. Won't miss them.