Red Reliability Question
Aug 16, 2008, 8:57 pm
#47
Join Date: Oct 2007
Programs: DL, US, XE, VS, VX, AS
Posts: 74
DL anyone?
I am so surprised no one has mentioned this yet... DL has the same piece of junk IFE system. It works flawlessly when not connected to LiveTV (i.e. INTL confg-aircraft and BusinessElite), however I have yet to be on LiveTV flight where all the channels worked. Besides LiveTV, everything seems to work and i often watch the moving map, design a playlist, or watch a movie.
Sounds like similar issues with Red, so I can only think that it is something with DishNetwork or the software behind it.
Sounds like similar issues with Red, so I can only think that it is something with DishNetwork or the software behind it.
Aug 16, 2008, 10:16 pm
#48
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 268
I am so surprised no one has mentioned this yet... DL has the same piece of junk IFE system. It works flawlessly when not connected to LiveTV (i.e. INTL confg-aircraft and BusinessElite), however I have yet to be on LiveTV flight where all the channels worked. Besides LiveTV, everything seems to work and i often watch the moving map, design a playlist, or watch a movie.
Sounds like similar issues with Red, so I can only think that it is something with DishNetwork or the software behind it.
Sounds like similar issues with Red, so I can only think that it is something with DishNetwork or the software behind it.
More to do with the receiving hardware than anything else, although there are also software upgrades that may help as they get the technology more mature. The providers (ie, Dish or DirecTV) have nothing to do with the issues of keeping a signal lock in a moving aircraft over the continental US.
Agreed on Delta's live TV being pretty bad, though, too. They'll get better.
Aug 17, 2008, 7:39 am
#49
Join Date: Oct 2007
Programs: DL, US, XE, VS, VX, AS
Posts: 74
More to do with the receiving hardware than anything else, although there are also software upgrades that may help as they get the technology more mature. The providers (ie, Dish or DirecTV) have nothing to do with the issues of keeping a signal lock in a moving aircraft over the continental US. Agreed on Delta's live TV being pretty bad, though, too. They'll get better.
Agreed on Delta's live TV being pretty bad, though, too. They'll get better.
Aug 17, 2008, 9:05 am
#50
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Miami, FL, USA
Posts: 4,049
I believe that what you're seeing is a default channel when you are trying to watch a channel that does *not* work. Only some aircraft seem to do this.
Aug 17, 2008, 7:02 pm
#51
Join Date: Nov 2007
Programs: TrueBlue, HHonors
Posts: 339
Aug 17, 2008, 9:31 pm
#52
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Miami, FL, USA
Posts: 4,049
Tomorrow's another plane (A320).
Aug 19, 2008, 1:45 am
#53
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Miami, FL, USA
Posts: 4,049
Agreed! Btw, I'm 2 for 2 in flights (yesterday and today) with Red working well (for me). Saturday was Virgin and Tonic, and today was Fog Cutter. Actually, there was a problem on Fog Cutter in that Red did not work in row 14 only. But most of the channels worked for the rest of us.
Tomorrow's another plane (A320).
Tomorrow's another plane (A320).