No Movies between Mainland and Hawaii
Feb 13, 2009, 7:29 pm
#1
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No Movies between Mainland and Hawaii
Just got back to the Mainland from Hawaii on HA. Going over in January there was a movie, coming home in February, Hana Hou didn't indicate a movie, talked to the FA and they said movies have been stopped between the Mainland. Anybody know anything? 
Feb 13, 2009, 9:15 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2008
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Looks like they have shifted to short subject on the west coast & south Pacific-HI segments while keeping full movies for SYD and MNL flights.
Doesn't bother me much, in all the HA transpac flight over the years, I think the last time I actually watched a move was in 2000/2001. A lot of travelers (but not all) bring their own "movie" devices nowadays i.e....iPods, laptops, portable DVD players, etc or just spend the $15 and get the Dig-E-Player with 10 movies on it.
I honestly don't see much impact from this change especially since HA will be introducing full personal IFE with the Panasonic eX2 system on their A332's next year.
Mar 24, 2009, 10:55 am
#4
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I hear so many complain about movies being removed, my friend doesn't want to pay for the Digi, but I'd rather pay $15.00 for content rather than being stuck with just one option. Between IPod movie players and all the other technology I am not sad at all.
Mar 28, 2009, 8:38 pm
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HA website now shows movies back on all 767 flights. Could have been an experiment with short subject. Perhaps they are doing marketing tests or something getting ready for the IFE rollout of the eX2 systems next year on the A332s.