actually, what I really want is an AC outlet and some wireless
Now that I've flown to Honolulu from Houston, I wonder how for long other flights will disappoint me. Even my trip from JFK to Edinburgh two summers ago didn't offer personal LCD screens, with remote controls allowing me to select from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Simpsons, Bugs Bunny and Friends, Wallace and Gromit, CSI, random other shows, a few simple video games, and other features. (However, each TV show tends to have just one episode, scheduled for somewhere in a three-hour loop on one of the ten given channels.) I wondered how long it would be before every commercial airplane, even those for domestic travel among the contiguous states, would have such entertainment systems. But what if instead everyone has video iPods and wants to watch content they've brought along? Will the seatback in front of me instead merely have a larger LCD than my iPod and an [USX]HDMI input? What if the airplane has some new movie I haven't downloaded yet? Can I stream Die Hard 2025 from the wireless data repository for the duration of the flight? Can I skip the iPod and just login to my online media library?
What am I overlooking? When does the future get here?
What am I overlooking? When does the future get here?