Comments on: An Interview with Virgin America’s head of In-Flight Entertainment http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/ Startup and Tech News Tue, 13 May 2008 11:54:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: ann marie http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2226093 ann marie Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:16:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2226093 You're right ife tech, it is 24 channels of directv on Frontier. You’re right ife tech, it is 24 channels of directv on Frontier.

]]> By: ife tech http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2124020 ife tech Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:52:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2124020 Hey zm, its 24 channels of directv on frontier, not 3. Hey zm, its 24 channels of directv on frontier, not 3.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2064661 Lisa Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:29:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2064661 It's a great idea that has been rolled out waaaaay too soon and is still incredibly buggy. It's funny that he didn't mention that - everytime I've flown with them I've been horribly disappointed. If only it worked! It’s a great idea that has been rolled out waaaaay too soon and is still incredibly buggy. It’s funny that he didn’t mention that - everytime I’ve flown with them I’ve been horribly disappointed. If only it worked!

]]> By: links for 2008-03-30 - Smarter Than Your Average http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2063081 links for 2008-03-30 - Smarter Than Your Average Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:45:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2063081 [...] An Interview with Virgin America’s head of In-Flight Entertainment “How often does it crash? The Linux machines, not the planes…” [...] […] An Interview with Virgin America’s head of In-Flight Entertainment “How often does it crash? The Linux machines, not the planes…” […]

]]> By: Linux on Virgin Aeroplanes | Entropy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2061583 Linux on Virgin Aeroplanes | Entropy Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:37:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2061583 [...] An Interview with Virgin’s head of In-Flight Entertainment [via Zemanta] [...] […] An Interview with Virgin’s head of In-Flight Entertainment [via Zemanta] […]

]]> By: Mobile Phone Calls On Aeroplanes! « Who Is This Ollie Parsley?? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2060427 Mobile Phone Calls On Aeroplanes! « Who Is This Ollie Parsley?? Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:39:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2060427 [...] I wonder what will come next? Free WiFi in economy. Before anyone says, I know some airlines do this already. Also Virgin America will be launching free Wi-Fi in-flight soon announced in an interview with TechCrunch. [...] […] I wonder what will come next? Free WiFi in economy. Before anyone says, I know some airlines do this already. Also Virgin America will be launching free Wi-Fi in-flight soon announced in an interview with TechCrunch. […]

]]> By: Michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2059567 Michael Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:41:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2059567 This airline has it down! They will be incredibly successful in the future. They just started to fly out of Seattle two weeks ago, as I stated in my blog! As they continue to add destinations they will be no reason to not fly them. Great prices, and even better amenities! I can't wait for internet connection to enter airspace...this will be a huge breakthrough in technology on board an airplane. Think about how important this will be to so many business people that need to stay in touch while airborne...or even just for entertainment reasons! This airline has it down! They will be incredibly successful in the future. They just started to fly out of Seattle two weeks ago, as I stated in my blog!

As they continue to add destinations they will be no reason to not fly them. Great prices, and even better amenities!

I can’t wait for internet connection to enter airspace…this will be a huge breakthrough in technology on board an airplane. Think about how important this will be to so many business people that need to stay in touch while airborne…or even just for entertainment reasons!

]]> By: gregory http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2058702 gregory Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:47:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2058702 in-flight "entertainment" is so rarely entertaining that i never bother with it. and in the cattle class, impossible to watch a screen three inches from your nose, even if there was something worth watching in-flight “entertainment” is so rarely entertaining that i never bother with it. and in the cattle class, impossible to watch a screen three inches from your nose, even if there was something worth watching

]]> By: Loic http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057688 Loic Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:20:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057688 Well to help them to fix the bugs, they should release "Red" as open source. All airlines could take advantage of it and add new features. Well to help them to fix the bugs, they should release “Red” as open source. All airlines could take advantage of it and add new features.

]]> By: Josh Crandall http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057570 Josh Crandall Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:12:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057570 What about wi-fi? What about wi-fi?

]]> By: Garth http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057487 Garth Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:15:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057487 My first experience with seat back entertainment systems was with Air Canada. I was happy that I wasn't stuck watching "The Shaggy Dog," but at the same time, as a software designer, I was disgusted with the quality of the system. Buttons were too small, fonts were illegible, menu hierarchies made no sense, and on top of this there was a large amount of lag when touching. In my opinion it was about as bad as it could possibly be while still functioning. So I'm happy that these things are becoming widespread, but at the same time, come on, have some pride and make them RIGHT. My first experience with seat back entertainment systems was with Air Canada. I was happy that I wasn’t stuck watching “The Shaggy Dog,” but at the same time, as a software designer, I was disgusted with the quality of the system. Buttons were too small, fonts were illegible, menu hierarchies made no sense, and on top of this there was a large amount of lag when touching. In my opinion it was about as bad as it could possibly be while still functioning.

So I’m happy that these things are becoming widespread, but at the same time, come on, have some pride and make them RIGHT.

]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057482 Chris Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:11:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057482 Unfortunately this system is definitely alpha software, not beta. On my flight they had to "soft reset" the system and then "hard reset" it before it finally started to work 45 minutes into our flight. My girlfriend experienced the same problem on her two flights. They even had to shut the food ordering system for awhile since there was too much of a backlog of orders (rather than having the system just notify the passengers what the wait time would be). Basically it is a cool system that has potential but they should have started off with something more basic but that that wasn't so full of bugs as to make the service pretty pointless. Unfortunately this system is definitely alpha software, not beta. On my flight they had to “soft reset” the system and then “hard reset” it before it finally started to work 45 minutes into our flight. My girlfriend experienced the same problem on her two flights. They even had to shut the food ordering system for awhile since there was too much of a backlog of orders (rather than having the system just notify the passengers what the wait time would be).

Basically it is a cool system that has potential but they should have started off with something more basic but that that wasn’t so full of bugs as to make the service pretty pointless.

]]> By: zm http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057464 zm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:59:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057464 Why don't other airlines do innovative stuff like this? I fly Frontier Airlines regularly and every single seat has a screen behind it. I know they run Linux because I've personally seen it crash and rebooting (Gentoo, if you're curious). Even if I pay $5 for their stupid three channels of DirectTV, I'm usually bored out of my mind. I'd have way more fun hitting on the hottie a few rows down. Why don’t other airlines do innovative stuff like this? I fly Frontier Airlines regularly and every single seat has a screen behind it. I know they run Linux because I’ve personally seen it crash and rebooting (Gentoo, if you’re curious). Even if I pay $5 for their stupid three channels of DirectTV, I’m usually bored out of my mind. I’d have way more fun hitting on the hottie a few rows down.

]]> By: AnonTroll http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057449 AnonTroll Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:48:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057449 These fucking touchscreens are NO FUN if you're in front of someone tap-tap-tapping on your seatback the entire flight. These fucking touchscreens are NO FUN if you’re in front of someone tap-tap-tapping on your seatback the entire flight.

]]> By: logon2 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057444 logon2 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:45:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057444 The community features such as chat and multiplayer gaming are a step in the right direction ... People are generally so antisocial on airplanes, including me. The fact that it's powered by Linux makes it even better :) - Tim The community features such as chat and multiplayer gaming are a step in the right direction … People are generally so antisocial on airplanes, including me. The fact that it’s powered by Linux makes it even better :)
- Tim

]]> By: sdoe http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057402 sdoe Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:16:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/27/an-interview-with-virgins-head-of-in-flight-entertainment/#comment-2057402 How ironic to see this article after just landing in JFK on a VA flight from SFO. Don't get too excited about 'Red' (which most of us on the plane called BLack given what was on our screen.). A lot more testing (and not by passegers) will be required before the 'beta, label is removed from the start-up screen (after about a dozen reboots our crew just gave up.) How ironic to see this article after just landing in JFK on a VA flight from SFO. Don’t get too excited about ‘Red’ (which most of us on the plane called BLack given what was on our screen.). A lot more testing (and not by passegers) will be required before the ‘beta, label is removed from the start-up screen (after about a dozen reboots our crew just gave up.)

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