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And yet... imagine my abashment when I sit down for my 5 hour flight across the country and suddenly realize the airplane TV's don't support bluetooth.

by hbosch 8y ago

tcskeptic 8y ago
I don't know which airline you were flying or which country you are flying across, but in the US all the major carriers that I am aware of that have (or had have, they are being phased out) seat-back video now have the ability to stream to an app on your device. (Though most times I travel I take a pair of Sony WH-1000 MX2s with me. Great noise cancelling, bluetooth or cable attachment to standard ports, overall excellent, lousy touch controls)
- gamblor956 8y ago
  I don't know what airlines you fly, but that is not true of the Southwest, Continental, Delta, or American Airlines flights I took in the past year.
- cptskippy 8y ago
  Of the last 5 flights I took on Delta out of Hartsfield, zero had that capability. The same goes for Southwest, Britsh Airways, Alitalia, Aerlingus and United. Oh and the Alitalia flight I was on just last Friday still had those dual mono jack atrocities while the flight attendants only had those crappy stereo ear buds. I think one guy on the whole flight had an adapter while the rest of us got one channel of audio from a stereo signal for 8 hours. The meal was decent though.
  - mackmgg 8y ago
    All of the recent Delta planes with WiFi support streaming to a phone with their app, but some of the older planes still don’t. Southwest offers entertainment exclusively through a phone though, they don’t have anywhere to plug headphones into on any of their planes.
    - nathanaldensr 8y ago
      You should see the permissions the United app requests of you on Android. (Hint: Nearly all of them)
birken 8y ago
Fortunately I spent a lot more time on land than I do on airplanes, but for a frequent flyer that is spending the majority of their time airborne that could be a problem. But even if they did work I'd still recommend a nice pair of bose quietcomfort headphones or some other noise cancelling headphones for those airline trips.
- falcolas 8y ago
  So now you're up to two $300+ sets of low-to-medium quality headphones? Works for me.
jvzr 8y ago
You can try Airfly (haven't used it, don't work for them) https://www.twelvesouth.com/product/airfly https://www.twelvesouth.com/product/airfly

And yet... imagine my abashment when I sit down for my 5 hour flight across the country and suddenly realize the airplane TV's don't support bluetooth.

by hbosch 8y ago

And yet... imagine my abashment when I sit down for my 5 hour flight across the country and suddenly realize the airplane TV's don't support bluetooth.

tcskeptic 8y ago

I don't know which airline you were flying or which country you are flying across, but in the US all the major carriers that I am aware of that have (or had have, they are being phased out) seat-back video now have the ability to stream to an app on your device. (Though most times I travel I take a pair of Sony WH-1000 MX2s with me. Great noise cancelling, bluetooth or cable attachment to standard ports, overall excellent, lousy touch controls)

gamblor956 8y ago
I don't know what airlines you fly, but that is not true of the Southwest, Continental, Delta, or American Airlines flights I took in the past year.
cptskippy 8y ago
Of the last 5 flights I took on Delta out of Hartsfield, zero had that capability. The same goes for Southwest, Britsh Airways, Alitalia, Aerlingus and United. Oh and the Alitalia flight I was on just last Friday still had those dual mono jack atrocities while the flight attendants only had those crappy stereo ear buds. I think one guy on the whole flight had an adapter while the rest of us got one channel of audio from a stereo signal for 8 hours. The meal was decent though.
- mackmgg 8y ago
  All of the recent Delta planes with WiFi support streaming to a phone with their app, but some of the older planes still don’t. Southwest offers entertainment exclusively through a phone though, they don’t have anywhere to plug headphones into on any of their planes.
  - nathanaldensr 8y ago
    You should see the permissions the United app requests of you on Android. (Hint: Nearly all of them)

birken 8y ago

Fortunately I spent a lot more time on land than I do on airplanes, but for a frequent flyer that is spending the majority of their time airborne that could be a problem. But even if they did work I'd still recommend a nice pair of bose quietcomfort headphones or some other noise cancelling headphones for those airline trips.

falcolas 8y ago
So now you're up to two $300+ sets of low-to-medium quality headphones? Works for me.

jvzr 8y ago

You can try Airfly (haven't used it, don't work for them) https://www.twelvesouth.com/product/airfly https://www.twelvesouth.com/product/airfly