UA Stale Movie Selections
Feb 5, 2016, 2:50 pm
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UA Stale Movie Selections
For the past 3 months and multiple Transpac's I have seen little change in the UA movie and entertainment portfolio to a point where the past few flights I have not even turned the screen on.
I have flown multiple sectors on SQ and CX and based on what I watched on those systems my UA screen will be blank for the rest of the year as they catch up ,should I choose to keep flying with them.
Am the the only one who couldn't care less about the Tribeca film festival?
Is UA stretching the term New release to geological time frames ?
Why are they so far behind with the movie product, it is terrible for the frequent long haul flyer
I have flown multiple sectors on SQ and CX and based on what I watched on those systems my UA screen will be blank for the rest of the year as they catch up ,should I choose to keep flying with them.
Am the the only one who couldn't care less about the Tribeca film festival?
Is UA stretching the term New release to geological time frames ?
Why are they so far behind with the movie product, it is terrible for the frequent long haul flyer
Feb 5, 2016, 3:19 pm
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You got something against James Bond ?
I agree...I fly UA way too much on long haul and I have seen every movie they have at least twice. Two trips to Germany and one trip to Asia in January....and I am staring another trip to Asia in the face next week. I'm going old school....books
I agree...I fly UA way too much on long haul and I have seen every movie they have at least twice. Two trips to Germany and one trip to Asia in January....and I am staring another trip to Asia in the face next week. I'm going old school....books
Feb 5, 2016, 3:35 pm
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Or just buy some stuff and load onto a tablet. With the TPAC flight home being overnight, all I need is one movie to watch. On the westbound leg it's nice to have a selection and lots of travel lately means my selection of unwatched movies that I actually want to watch is slim, so on my last trip I just man-upped and spent $40-50 at iTunes on movies I actually wanted to see and they are store don my iPad for just this situation.
Feb 5, 2016, 5:57 pm
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Or just buy some stuff and load onto a tablet. With the TPAC flight home being overnight, all I need is one movie to watch. On the westbound leg it's nice to have a selection and lots of travel lately means my selection of unwatched movies that I actually want to watch is slim, so on my last trip I just man-upped and spent $40-50 at iTunes on movies I actually wanted to see and they are store don my iPad for just this situation.
Feb 5, 2016, 6:06 pm
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It's amazing how far we have come.
30 years ago, there were movies on the overhead.
20 years ago, there were 5-8 looping videos on the armrest monitor.
Now we have dozens upon dozens of choices. I find that I always have something interesting or fun to watch. But yes, if you fly more than 3-4 times in any given cycle, the choices become slimmer. It's those times I watch movies I wouldn't have thought to watch. And I usually am pleasantly surprised.
UA's ife is better than many airlines out there. Perhaps if you fly LH, y will get different movies. But if you fly LH regularly, you will come up against the same dilemma.
30 years ago, there were movies on the overhead.
20 years ago, there were 5-8 looping videos on the armrest monitor.
Now we have dozens upon dozens of choices. I find that I always have something interesting or fun to watch. But yes, if you fly more than 3-4 times in any given cycle, the choices become slimmer. It's those times I watch movies I wouldn't have thought to watch. And I usually am pleasantly surprised.
UA's ife is better than many airlines out there. Perhaps if you fly LH, y will get different movies. But if you fly LH regularly, you will come up against the same dilemma.
Feb 5, 2016, 6:37 pm
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UA AVOD is better than average. Not in the CX/SQ class but really not bad at all. I especially appreciate their "classics" selections.
The area they could really do better is tv series - CX/SQ/TG/AV have entire seasons available where UA will have only one or two episodes.
My favorite of all time.
The area they could really do better is tv series - CX/SQ/TG/AV have entire seasons available where UA will have only one or two episodes.
My favorite of all time.
Feb 5, 2016, 6:45 pm
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UA AVOD is better than average. Not in the CX/SQ class but really not bad at all. I especially appreciate their "classics" selections.
The area they could really do better is tv series - CX/SQ/TG/AV have entire seasons available where UA will have only one or two episodes.
My favorite of all time.
The area they could really do better is tv series - CX/SQ/TG/AV have entire seasons available where UA will have only one or two episodes.
My favorite of all time.
I am perfectly happy with UA's streaming movies...took me three flights to finally finish Prometheus. Weird movie...
Feb 5, 2016, 6:52 pm
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You got something against James Bond ?
I agree...I fly UA way too much on long haul and I have seen every movie they have at least twice. Two trips to Germany and one trip to Asia in January....and I am staring another trip to Asia in the face next week. I'm going old school....books
I agree...I fly UA way too much on long haul and I have seen every movie they have at least twice. Two trips to Germany and one trip to Asia in January....and I am staring another trip to Asia in the face next week. I'm going old school....books
Feb 5, 2016, 7:10 pm
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Feb 5, 2016, 10:07 pm
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