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I'm wondering what part of that setup is necessary for flight. And what is entertainment for the passengers.
by lolc 5y ago
I'm wondering what part of that setup is necessary for flight. And what is entertainment for the passengers.
- formerly_proven 5y agoGoing to guess none of that is in there.
- durnygbur 5y agoThe entertainment electronics are in the headrests so that the kids behind you can regularly hit your headrest for your convenience.
- eb0la 5y agoI believe there are also some boxes under every other seat row that hold the small servers and disks for the thin clients in the headrest.
- durnygbur 5y agoI'm truly mindblown because of such a waste of luggage space, of general space, and of electronics. In recent years airlines have started to charge even for the small handbag fitted under the seat, while packing even more obsolete eletronics into it. I guess the lobbying of copyright, media, and entertainment industries simply prevails everything including reason and safety.
- jaywalk 5y agoAre there really airlines that have both seatback screens and also charge for a small bag that can go under the seat? At least among US airlines, those two things are generally mutually exclusive.
- durnygbur 5y agoThat's rather my collective experience. Cannot tell if a certain airline is simultanously having headrest entertainment system and charges extra for the little luggage. I'm certain though that easyjet and ryanair tightened spaces between the rows and were putting printed ads on the headrests, 40-50cm in front of almost every passenger's eyeballs.
- p_l 5y agoPretty much all of it is necessary for flight in the era of integrated modular avionics, even the brakes are partially implemented in that room. Entertainment might have main content distribution server there, as well as gateway between flight systems and entertainment (how you get current flight info and stuff like plane cameras)