{"id":30024,"date":"2014-09-03T10:55:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T15:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=30024"},"modified":"2017-06-30T17:30:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T22:30:37","slug":"in-flight-tvs-could-the-end-be-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/in-flight-tvs-could-the-end-be-near\/","title":{"rendered":"In-flight TVs: Could the end be near?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/no-inflight-tv-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/no-inflight-tv-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"no inflight tv - scaled\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/no-inflight-tv-scaled.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/no-inflight-tv-scaled-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Airlines like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=hotels\/\/Delta_Air_Lines.fDL\/&amp;GCID=78142\">Delta<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=hotels\/\/United_Airlines.fUA\/&amp;GCID=78142\">United<\/a> could be grounding you from television or, rather, they\u2019ll let you watch TV if you pay a fee and think about what you\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n<p>A recent article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/travel\/are-airlines-about-to-turn-off-our-seat-back-tv-96152889922.html\">Yahoo! Travel<\/a> reports that the luxury of your own personal seat-back monitor may soon be phased out with the rise of personal device alternatives. A new program from Delta lets passengers stream in-flight entertainment on their own devices\u2014for a fee. Meanwhile, United supplies the devices on some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=hotels\/\/?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog&amp;GCID=78142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flights<\/a> by renting out tablets to passengers who wish to stream from the airline\u2019s collection of movies and TV shows. <em>Seinfeld<\/em> re-runs anyone?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s an open secret that airlines never liked seat-back screens,&#8221; according to Yahoo! Travel. They\u2019re reportedly expensive to install, to the tune of $3 million per plane, according to an article in the\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>. Not to mention, expensive to maintain. &#8220;Because the bulky devices add a considerable amount to a plane\u2019s weight (an additional 7 percent, according to one airline), a couple hundred of them can singlehandedly eat up an additional $90,000 worth of fuel each year,&#8221; says Yahoo! Travel.<\/p>\n<p>Delta, United, JetBlue and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=hotels\/\/Virgin_America.fVX\/&amp;GCID=78142\">Virgin<\/a> all say that despite offering additional streaming options for personal devices, they&#8217;re still very much in the seat-back systems game; Delta even says it&#8217;ll be adding more seat-back monitors to 150 of its planes through 2016.<\/p>\n<p>So the big question for airline passengers is, with in-flight TV being phased out, will you pay for streaming via Wi-Fi on your own personal devices, or use the seat-back systems if they stay? 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