For questions concerning in-flight entertainment on screens placed on, in front of, or behind seats.
Questions tagged [inflight-entertainment]
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Why are in-flight entertainment systems not very evolved?
Why don't in-flight entertainment systems have the capability to connect to our own devices and play movies? Or why don't they have arena gaming?
Are there any regulations that prevent engineers from designing innovative in-flight entertainment…
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How does the in flight entertainment system works?
I board an aircraft, wait for it to takeoff, then find the headphones somewhere near my seat plug them into the two-pin point, and it works! But, how does it works for hundreds of other passengers simultaneously? Where is all the content stored, how…
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Is there any plan to make flights more interactive using smartphones?
This question might be a little bit off-topic, but I'll give a try.
Me and many people are aeronautics "aficionados" that would love to know about flying data during flight. Today we all have smartphones that run apps for everything: why couldn't…
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How much power is needed by aircraft IFE systems during flight?
How much power is needed by aircraft In Flight Entertainment systems during flight if they operate all the devices connected in the cabin?
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What are the points 1864 and 1922 on this in-flight map?
This was taken in a Emirates flight Dubai-Paris in December 2015.
What are on these 2 locations?
Why these numbers? Are they dates?
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Do airlines black-list certain movies on their inflight entertainment system?
Do airlines trust the common sense of the responsible employee, when it comes down to NOT making certain movies available?
Besides excluding movies not appropriate for minors, are movies like United 93, Snakes on a plane or Alive officially a…
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How accurate is the inflight location information?
I'm wondering how accurate the location information displayed on the in-flight entertainment system is. As I recall, it always shows quite direct routes, such as this:
However, I'm wondering how accurate this information is. I can image that…
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Is the word “bomb” muted in inflight movies?
I was recently on a transatlantic flight and watched the movie Steve Jobs on the plane’s entertainment system. Every movie I tried, including that one, had a message right at the start saying the movie had been edited for content.
In one scene, the…
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Why do in-flight entertainment systems separate the left and right channels in their earphone jacks?
I have seen a number of in flight entertainment systems which utilise two 3.5mm jacks for their earphone jacks, instead of the 1 jack with 2 channels normally used in almost all applications.
An example (from Singapore Airlines) is shown below.
A…
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What are the rules around the clarity of safety videos? For example, how visible must screens be to each passenger, and how loudly must the video be?
What are the rules around the clarity of safety videos, and who sets them? For example, considering airplanes without individual screens for passengers (which was common in the 90s and 00s): How far away can the screens be? What is the minimum size…
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Which operating systems do entertainment systems run on?
Which operating systems run the In-Flight Entertainment Systems on commercial passenger aircraft?
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