Originally Posted by
carnarvon
In fact NEV4 can have large or small screens depending on the following scenarios.
1. New plane delivered with NEV4 = large screen
2. Retrofitted plane previously equipped with NEV3 = small screen, as they reused the IFE
3. Retrofitted plane previously equipped with NEV2 = large screen, as they changed the IFE.
I am not 100% sure about case 3., but pretty confident it is correct.
Thanks, this is really helpful information for me.
Hopefully I will get a 772 plane that falls under #3, as there are no 772s that fall under #1 per brunos' post.
Originally Posted by
brunos
The last passenger 772 was delivered 15 years ago (AF on ordered 2 cargo 772 after 2002). NEV4 was introduced in early 2010s, so no new deliveries with NEV4. The 772s with NEV4 are only retrofitted (there are also NEV2 and NEV3).
But I would not say that the recent NEV4 have a large screen, it is quite small. Maybe a bit larger than NEV2 or NEV3, but still small for business class.
Does this mean that there are still 772s that have NEV2 or NEV3 seats?
I thought all 772s at this point are equipped with either BEST or NEV4 seats, but maybe I'm wrong.
Originally Posted by
Goldorak
your case #3 is indeed correct.
The NEV4 large screen is a bit smaller than the BEST screen, but of a very decent size. It is much larger than the NEV2/3 one.
Thanks for the clarification!