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Feb 9, 2017 | 7:15 pm

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brizone

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Ad

I'd trade IFE for just a great way to hang my iPad on the seat in front of me. I'm too tall to sit it on the tray table and see it comfortably.

There's an FT thread for that: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...seat-back.html

Also see: https://www.wired.com/2015/08/airhoo...r-kickstarter/

It makes sense that all the hardwired IFE goes away (along with all the associated gear, and weight it adds). It had its time, but it's so easy to stream to your device now. I just watched a movie last night on Alaska on my Macbook Pro (on one of the E75's: no other IFE option on those) and it was just fine. The only downside is that for the moment the selection on the DigiPlayers seems to have more current stuff (perhaps a licensing issue?).

Now if they could just increase the Gogo connection speeds to the internet...

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