Originally Posted by
Flying_Duck
I have seen many pax use ... their infra-red remote to their PC/video player.
You are assigned about three square feet of space on an airplane. Why would you need to use a remote control?
Also, the rule on AA (and I suspect others) is that "you may use devices with wireless technology as long as the wireless feature may be turned off." I take this to include cellular technology, wifi, bluetooth, zigbee, etc etc etc.