BA vs Virgin Film Choice
Oct 9, 2018, 4:10 am
#1
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BA vs Virgin Film Choice
Is it just me or does Virgin win this hands down.
Just looking online at what I might watch this week and there is hardly any decent content. Looking at Virgin its much much better and every time I've flown Virgin, their choice has always been great.
I guess this is another cost saving exercise?
Just looking online at what I might watch this week and there is hardly any decent content. Looking at Virgin its much much better and every time I've flown Virgin, their choice has always been great.
I guess this is another cost saving exercise?
Oct 9, 2018, 4:48 am
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Rating of films is very much down to each individual. Over recent years, I haven't found what BA offers to be lacking. Based on your own personal taste, can you cite any examples? I haven't flown with VS since they pulled out of NRT. Not that I rated them very highly in the first place!
Oct 9, 2018, 4:51 am
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Disagree. The Virgin system lumps everything into one, is hard to navigate, and the latest movie choices are almost always as up-to-date as one another.
Main issue is screen quality: if that's no good then I leave the thing off the whole flight to avoid the pain of trying to make out what's on screen.
Main issue is screen quality: if that's no good then I leave the thing off the whole flight to avoid the pain of trying to make out what's on screen.
Oct 9, 2018, 5:39 am
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Is it just me or does Virgin win this hands down.
Just looking online at what I might watch this week and there is hardly any decent content. Looking at Virgin its much much better and every time I've flown Virgin, their choice has always been great.
I guess this is another cost saving exercise?
Just looking online at what I might watch this week and there is hardly any decent content. Looking at Virgin its much much better and every time I've flown Virgin, their choice has always been great.
I guess this is another cost saving exercise?
The 'New Releases' etc... are pretty much always identical from what Ive seen
Oct 9, 2018, 5:45 am
#6
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Safety demonstration videos aside, IFE seems so pointless in an age when bringing your own media is so easy.
Oct 9, 2018, 5:57 am
#7
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I found AA had much better choice on my recent trip to PHX
Returning with BA it was very limited especially in audio
Not sure whether this was down to Rockwell Collins
Still prefer IFE to my own ipad
Maybe I should change
Returning with BA it was very limited especially in audio
Not sure whether this was down to Rockwell Collins
Still prefer IFE to my own ipad
Maybe I should change
Last edited by allturnleft; Oct 9, 2018 at 1:06 pm
Oct 9, 2018, 6:36 am
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ive watched several films on the IFE that I wouldn’t normally have watched elsewhere
Oct 9, 2018, 6:43 am
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On my recent LHR-ORD leg I had a good nostalgic spin through some of my favourite films growing up. Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Matrix and Jurassic Park. This fitted perfectly with the flight time.
Sometimes it's not just about the new releases but the variety on offer which can I imagine be difficult to judge.
In the future I reckon that a service like Virgin Train's Beam will be available to stream to phone or tablet. certainly in Y and W. This should eliminate the pesky IFE boxes from under the seats and make the legroom more comfortable.
Sometimes it's not just about the new releases but the variety on offer which can I imagine be difficult to judge.
In the future I reckon that a service like Virgin Train's Beam will be available to stream to phone or tablet. certainly in Y and W. This should eliminate the pesky IFE boxes from under the seats and make the legroom more comfortable.
Oct 9, 2018, 6:46 am
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I dearly wish BA (well, all the airlines) would ditch the ugly fixed screens (b789, I'm looking at you). Stick a tablet mount somewhere if they really have to.
Safety demonstration videos aside, IFE seems so pointless in an age when bringing your own media is so easy.
Safety demonstration videos aside, IFE seems so pointless in an age when bringing your own media is so easy.
Oct 9, 2018, 8:48 am
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You can already use your own headphones, across all cabins, and have been able to since long before BA had AVOD.
Oct 9, 2018, 8:53 am
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