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I guess it's never going to happen, but wouldn't it be pretty cool if Netflix/HBO/Spotify provided a content mirror on the aircraft? Could probably only carry a

I guess it's never going to happen, but wouldn't it be pretty cool if Netflix/HBO/Spotify provided a content mirror on the aircraft? Could probably only carry a subset of all content, but pretty cool to just open your app and get some nice Silicon Valley episodes man-in-the-middle delivered to your device of choice.

tyingq 9y ago
It does (sort of) exist for things that aren't on-demand, but rather more like live TV, as the 1-to-many broadcast means less satellite bandwidth used. Some airlines use this today. They should use a local server on the aircraft to cache stuff for "on demand", though I don't think any are doing this today.
- xur17 9y ago
  A lot of flights have a bunch of on-demand movies and tv shows that you can watch that are stored on the plane.
  - tyingq 9y ago
    Yes...there's an older way of doing that with physical disks that someone swaps out. There's not many using a live network to trickle data onto the aircraft and store it for a small local "on demand" library.
ghaff 9y ago
United and, I'm sure, other airlines have a variety of TV shows and movies that you can stream to their app on your phone and tablet over WiFi. Also note that both Netflix and Amazon allow you to download content for offline viewing these days though HBO doesn't currently AFAIK. They have music stations as well although I've never used them as I keep a pretty large library on my phone.
- duozerk 9y ago
  > both Netflix and Amazon allow you to download content for offline viewing these days In both cases sadly still with DRM; beyond the ideological stuff I'd love to be able to download a file and play it with the player I like, or to be able to reencode it. On some aspects pirate services are still better (though only if you care about that kind of things).

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I guess it's never going to happen, but wouldn't it be pretty cool if Netflix/HBO/Spotify provided a content mirror on the aircraft? Could probably only carry a

by filleokus 9y ago

tyingq 9y ago
It does (sort of) exist for things that aren't on-demand, but rather more like live TV, as the 1-to-many broadcast means less satellite bandwidth used. Some airlines use this today. They should use a local server on the aircraft to cache stuff for "on demand", though I don't think any are doing this today.
- xur17 9y ago
  A lot of flights have a bunch of on-demand movies and tv shows that you can watch that are stored on the plane.
  - tyingq 9y ago
    Yes...there's an older way of doing that with physical disks that someone swaps out. There's not many using a live network to trickle data onto the aircraft and store it for a small local "on demand" library.
ghaff 9y ago
United and, I'm sure, other airlines have a variety of TV shows and movies that you can stream to their app on your phone and tablet over WiFi. Also note that both Netflix and Amazon allow you to download content for offline viewing these days though HBO doesn't currently AFAIK. They have music stations as well although I've never used them as I keep a pretty large library on my phone.
- duozerk 9y ago
  > both Netflix and Amazon allow you to download content for offline viewing these days In both cases sadly still with DRM; beyond the ideological stuff I'd love to be able to download a file and play it with the player I like, or to be able to reencode it. On some aspects pirate services are still better (though only if you care about that kind of things).