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Jul 20, 2008 | 12:35 pm

haniboo

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VIDIBOX entertainment

hi all,

can anyone tell me how often the video entertainment is changed on the new vidiboxes. we are scheduled to fly two weeks apart and i'm hoping we will have different films to and fro.

Jul 20, 2008 | 3:09 pm

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vidiboxes? is that what LY call their new IFE systems?

Jul 21, 2008 | 1:52 am

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Vidibox content update

Quote:

Originally Posted by haniboo

hi all,

can anyone tell me how often the video entertainment is changed on the new vidiboxes. we are scheduled to fly two weeks apart and i'm hoping we will have different films to and fro.

Hi
The video entertainment program on the vidibox is changed on a monthly basis (on the first day of the month), apart from channel's 2 news edition, which updates daily.
Contents that are identified as popular by the passengers (as is showed by our statistics) might run for a longer period.

Regards
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Jul 21, 2008 | 3:07 am

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Originally Posted by clubman

vidiboxes? is that what LY call their new IFE systems?

This is a different system for planes without IFE. More details in this thread.

Jul 21, 2008 | 3:51 am

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. . . apart from channel's 2 news edition, which updates daily. . .

Any chance we'll be getting the Channel 2 News on the 744's and 777's (old and new) anytime soon?

Jul 21, 2008 | 10:14 am

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Any chance we'll be getting the Channel 2 News on the 744's and 777's (old and new) anytime soon?

Channel 2 special news edition for EL AL is broadcasted today on board all of the 737, 767 and 777 fleet.
Soon, once we upgrade the entertainment systems on board the 747, we will be able to broadcast the news on these planes as well.

EL AL Rep.

Jul 21, 2008 | 11:02 am

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Its on ALL the 777's? Not just ECE and ECF?

Jul 22, 2008 | 1:46 am

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This is a different system for planes without IFE. More details in this thread.

Oh ok, thanks, so it's the portable player.

Jul 22, 2008 | 1:42 pm

haniboo

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can two reasonable people, with similar tastes and a desire to share, share one box?

Jul 23, 2008 | 3:38 am

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can two reasonable people, with similar tastes and a desire to share, share one box?

I very much doubt it, not if you want to see a good quality (as much as these units can provide one anyway) picture.

Why would you anyway?

Sep 29, 2009 | 9:20 am

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cdnchicky

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Audio?

Is someone able to tell me how one listens to the audio on the vidibox? Can I bring my own headphones or are special headphones provided/required?

Thank you!