One thing that surprised me about the ATA Tristar was the IFE. I know it was an old aircraft compared to the 757s and A320s that I'm more used to flying on, but I'd not seen anything like it. Rather than
LCD screens every few rows, or CRT
TV screens down the aisles, there was a screen and a projector at the front of each cabin section. (Actually there may have been TVs further back, I can't remember - I don't think there were.) Also, rather than the standard 3.5mm stereo jack for your headphones, the seats had a bigger hole almost like a figure of 8, and the crew handed out headsets that could plug into these and collected them back at the end of the flight. There didn't seem to be any metal connection between plug and socket, so I've no idea how these worked. At least it stopped people nicking them, they would have been useless with anything else.
It was no use to me anyway. I was sat right next to engine #1, so I couldn't hear the IFE, and I had to almost look sideways at the screen because of my seat's position, so I couldn't see it either.
As much as I loved flying on the Tristar, as far as IFE goes I'd much rather have the flip down
LCD screens - or even better, seatback PTVs.