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Alaska Air Introduces Personal Video Player

Alaska Air has introduced personal digital entertainment systems on their flights for a $10 fee (free in first class). Matt Haughey, the creator of the popular group weblog MetaFilter, reviews the system on another of his sites, PVRblog (PVR standing for "personal video recorder").

Overall, he seemed pleased with the system, despite its relatively small size (about 7" screen). He writes:

The amount of content on the device was more that I would have guessed could fit. There were nine full length movies (three recently in theaters, the other six were common video rentals from the past 2-3 years), three TV shows (including the Simpsons!), and a selection of 10-15 songs in ten different genres. That's roughly 15 hours of video and about 6 hours of music.

The screen was bright and crisp, and looked great in daytime light and during action sequences.

Rick Bruner | May 10, 2004 | News | Permanent link
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Comments

This seems like a very good trip. It might have been better if he had visited MyAlaskan.com The trip to Alaska seems pretty good.

Posted by: Boo Ip at Apr 29, 2005 1:28:55 AM