B777ER From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 547 posts, RR: 0 Posted (6 years 1 month 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 5246 times:
Here is a video of Delta's new inflight entertainment system. I like how they went with Jetblues DirectTV competitor, Dish Network for their live inflight tv. So I wonder, who is doing the live tv retro-fits and will DL's planes now have that Jetblue like hump on the top of the fuselage?
JerseyGuy From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 1117 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (6 years 1 month 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 4958 times:
My only concern with the new Delta Long Haul Product is consistancy, will there be enough aircrafts so if one goes machinical, they will still have a aircraft with the entertainment system available.
B777ER From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 547 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 1 month 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 4771 times:
Quoting JerseyGuy (Reply 2): My only concern with the new Delta Long Haul Product is consistancy, will there be enough aircrafts so if one goes machinical, they will still have a aircraft with the entertainment system available.
I imagine not for a long while. I guess I will miss out on this on my upcoming 757 ride from ATL-DFW.
Floridaflyboy From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 1985 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 1 month 4 days ago) and read 4713 times:
I've used the new system between ATL and SLC before, and all I can say is that it truly is the best IFE I've ever had the privilege of using. The new DL long-haul product really hits the nail on the head in terms of making people happy. Another nice thing is, you can check to see if your flight truly will have it the day before or day of on delta.com by checking the flight status and then clicking the flight details link, and it will list the TV's as one of the amenities.
B777ER From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 547 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (6 years 1 month 4 days ago) and read 4660 times:
The only bad thing about it will be is if they dont keep up with the maintenance on it or cleanliness of it. Last flight I had on DL was up front in first and the tv screens were horribly dirty and it looked like it belonged in a 5 year old's room. They can have the best IFE in the world and if it dont work or it the screen if full of finger grease or food stains on it...they accomplish nothing in my book.
AirTranTUS From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (6 years 1 month 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 4589 times:
One thing I don't quite understand is why they use the new interior 757's on ATL-PHX but not ATL-TUS. Neither flight is over 4 hours and are actually about the same. There are also meals in F on the ATL-PHX and vice versa flights, but that is understandable beause DL doesn't have to have a flight kitchen in TUS.
A small question. On Delta.com, does 767-200 under aircraft type equal 767-400ER with the new interior? Thanks.
FA4UA From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 812 posts, RR: 22 Reply 10, posted (6 years 1 month 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 4561 times:
I've heard through semi-reliable sources that it costs about $2 million dollars per 757 to install... roughly $11,600 per seat! Wonder if DL is able to charge a few extra bucks to pay that off??
The debate continues... Starwood or Hyatt... which is better
777KLM From China, joined Apr 2005, 482 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (6 years 1 month 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 4501 times:
Quoting RootsAir (Reply 9): Never knew you had to pay for the IFE. I saw on the video a person inserting her credit card
I believe you only have to pay for the live TV. The other features of the IFE are free.
JetBlue charges $5 for channels 38-40 (FOX InFlight)
Channels 1-37 are free. I think Delta will have a smiliar IFE system.
FFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 732 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (6 years 1 month 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 4427 times:
Quoting RootsAir (Reply 9): Never knew you had to pay for the IFE. I saw on the video a person inserting her credit card
Quoting 777KLM (Reply 12): I believe you only have to pay for the live TV. The other features of the IFE are free.
No, you pay only for pay-per-view movies. The rest of the system, including Live-TV is free.
I have been on a few flights, where they have had to re-boot the system. The same has occured with some other airlines with their IFE. Hopefully the system reliability will improve.
OA412 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 4980 posts, RR: 25 Reply 14, posted (6 years 1 month 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 4418 times:
Quoting AirTranTUS (Reply 10): One thing I don't quite understand is why they use the new interior 757's on ATL-PHX but not ATL-TUS. Neither flight is over 4 hours and are actually about the same. There are also meals in F on the ATL-PHX and vice versa flights, but that is understandable beause DL doesn't have to have a flight kitchen in TUS.
DL competes with both US and FL on the ATL-PHX route but, is the only airline on the ATL-TUS route hence the better product on ATL-PHX.
Crj 900 From Canada, joined Mar 2001, 584 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (6 years 1 month 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 4093 times:
LOL, the best product in the sky she says...
Available on all flights over 4 hrs she says....
At AC we wii have AVOD on all aircraft 74seats and higher (yes that means on the CRJ705 and the EMB175(they're already equipped, others are being retrofitted as we speak) and it's FREE. The only flight we don't turn it on is YYZ-YOW (due to the very short flight time)...
GlobalATL From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (6 years 1 month 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 4032 times:
Quoting AirTranTUS (Reply 10): A small question. On Delta.com, does 767-200
767-200s are no longer flying w/ DL. The 762 that people keep seeing in the DL schedule are the ex-Gulf Air 767-300ER, if I'm not mistaken. It bugs me too when DL shows a 762 in their SKD when there's no such airplane, anymore.
Quoting JerseyGuy (Reply 2): My only concern with the new Delta Long Haul Product is consistancy, will there be enough aircrafts so if one goes machinical, they will still have a aircraft with the entertainment system available.
I'd imagine not. Planes break and lets just say that airlines can't please everybody all at once. A working 757 without IFE is better than being stranded with no other options, period.
Quoting MD90fan (Reply 7): Welcome to the 21st century Delta
Fanoftristars From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 1573 posts, RR: 5 Reply 19, posted (6 years 1 month 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 3695 times:
Quoting MD90fan (Reply 7): Welcome to the 21st century Delta
So since you consider DL part of the 21st century now, let's discuss who hasn't made it yet.
Having said that, DL's product is great. I've never used Air Canada's, but I love the live TV, and I love building music play lists and being able to play games with others on the plane. It's always fun when the first class passengers whoop the people in coach on trivia. (usually there's some guy in 37F that knows EVERYTHING...lol)
Anyway, I get to use the new IFE alot from SLC-ATL, SLC-JFK, SLC-EWR and SLC-BOS and it's really great. Plus because of scheduling, this product ends up on many flights less than 4 hrs. I've had it on SLC-SMF, SLC-LAX, SLC-SEA, ATL-PBI, ATL-JAX, etc, etc. So while people laugh that it's only on flights over 4 hours, it really is on many, many more flights, it will just be guaranteed to be on the 4+ hour flights by next year. The 738s are going into the shop now. I think it will be a while before the 763 domestic gets the IFE, because they need all new seats.
S12PPL From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 20, posted (6 years 1 month 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 3415 times:
I really enjoyed using it recently on my PDX-ATL, and ATL-PDX runs. It's very easy to use, and has a TON of options for each pax. I really liked being able to pause movies if I needed to use the lav, or just wanted to get up and stretch my legs a little.
Delta made a nice decision when they went with this system!!
TK787 From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 4108 posts, RR: 13 Reply 23, posted (6 years 1 month 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2924 times:
It is a shame that the int. flights don't have it. I have a JFK-IST coming up, and I have to sit for 10 hours not having IFE, or maybe???
When I go to flight details on delta.com, DL72 says:
With Live TV, On Demand Music & Games
Floridaflyboy From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 1985 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (6 years 1 month 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2901 times:
Quoting FFlyer (Reply 14): No, you pay only for pay-per-view movies. The rest of the system, including Live-TV is free.
Actually, some of the games cost money, too.
Good goes around!
25 UN_B732: yeah, I think all of the games except for trivia are $5. TV/Music/Radio are free. PS: To whoever called this IFE "nothing special" - which airlines ha
27 Evan767: ...How the hell can you get so offended by a video? That's pretty sad dude... Delta's IFE is "FREE" too.
28 EI A330-200: I don't think he got offended, was merely pointing out that AC has a better system on more aircraft serving more destinations than DL, yet DL was tryi
29 JerseyGuy: Calm down, I was just asking a question, sure if the plane went mechanical and there was no 757 w/IFE available, then of course I'd rather take one w
30 CRJ 900: Evan767 I'm not offended at all. I'm having a good laugh at the DELTA lady saying that they offer the best IFE in North America...which simply is fals
31 Floridaflyboy: This is actually a quite subjective topic. I have flown with both DL and AC and think that both have wonderful IFE systems, but I would prefer DL's o
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