{"id":44248,"date":"2014-08-08T07:59:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T13:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/08\/the-evolving-airline-media-environment.html"},"modified":"2014-08-12T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T19:55:10","slug":"the-evolving-airline-media-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/08\/the-evolving-airline-media-environment.html","title":{"rendered":"The evolving airline media environment"},"content":{"rendered":"
All I have to say is, "I'm glad I always have a book with me."<\/p>\n

Aside from being a big #firstworldproblem<\/a> , this is kind of interesting. I was thinking the other day (in a discussion about cell phones on planes) about how you never see those seat-back telephones any more. I'm grizzled enough to remember how cool it was when they first appeared (though I never used them).<\/p>\n

Flash forward to today, and seatback TV displays may be disappearing the same way. It's cheaper and easier for airlines to provide (for a price) streaming to the tablets that so many folk are already carrying (the picture quality is probably better, though the convenience would be lower). (The gasp-shudder in the article over the inconvenience to the flight attendants having to manually give the safety briefing is … cute, given that the majority of flights I'm on still do just that very thing.)<\/p>\n

Honestly, aside from international flights, I rarely use the movie\/TV functions on planes anyway, so it doesn't bother me — though it does raise the specter of making sure I take my tablet on such flights, just in case I need it. \u00a0But, again, glad I always have my Kindle with me.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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Why your brand-new plane doesn’t have a seat-back TV<\/a>
\n Earlier this year, I boarded a United flight from Newark to San Diego. After passing the first few rows, a young boy turned to his mother and asked, “Why\n <\/p>\n

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