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Any Airbuses From United Have DirecTv Upgrade?

4engines4lnghll From United States of America, joined Aug 2010, 63 posts, RR: 0
Posted (5 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1209 times:

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Does anyone know if the airbuses originally from United have the DirecTv upgrade like the domestic 737s?
Ive looked on the United website which shows the current status of the upgraded 737 fleet. (and 2 of the 9 757-300s)

https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/travel/Pages/DirecTVFleetStatus.aspx

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[Edited 2012-11-30 01:03:51]

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United1 From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 5337 posts, RR: 8
Reply 1, posted (5 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1167 times:

Quoting 4engines4lnghll (Thread starter):

Does anyone know if the airbuses originally from United have the DirecTv upgrade like the domestic 737s?
Ive looked on the United website which shows the current status of the upgraded 737 fleet. (and 2 of the 9 757-300s)

Not yet...they haven't announced whether or not the Airbii will be receiving DirecTv or not. My guess is that they won't but who knows.

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avek00 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 4092 posts, RR: 18
Reply 2, posted (5 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 989 times:

Quoting United1 (Reply 1):
Not yet...they haven't announced whether or not the Airbii will be receiving DirecTv or not. My guess is that they won't but who knows.

It's highly unlikely that they will receive the DirecTV upgrade -- it's a very nice feature to have, but the future of IFE rests with wireless solutions, and I expect United will prioritize installation of the planned robust Wifi systems on fleet types that presently lack DTV/AVOD.

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dlednicer From United States of America, joined May 2005, 505 posts, RR: 6
Reply 3, posted (5 months 3 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 824 times:

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The legacy Continental 737 and 757 fleet has LiveTV, not DirecTV.

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777STL From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 3033 posts, RR: 3
Reply 4, posted (5 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 814 times:

Quoting dlednicer (Reply 3):
The legacy Continental 737 and 757 fleet has LiveTV, not DirecTV.

That's the name of the IFE, but it is indeed a DirectTV satellite feed.

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