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http://filelime.com]]>Aug 10th 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/]]>Aug 15th 2007 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/
And YES you little smartasses, IT RUNS DOOM!!

It makes me want o fly again!]]>Aug 10th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/

...but WILL IT BLEND?!?!?!!!!]]>Aug 11th 2007 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/
What's with the virginity pledge??]]>Aug 10th 2007 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/
http://www.virginamerica.com/va/search.do?method=landingFlight&tripType=rt]]>Aug 10th 2007 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/
(I know, I know...it's a test version for the 1st flight, but bloody -everything's- in beta these days...)]]>Aug 10th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/
Maybe I missed it, but they should have team games say trivia type games that various rows of passengers could compete against. That would be cool if others played.]]>Aug 10th 2007 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/
Oh yeah, they also have AC power for each grouping of seats (2 per side), THAT was AWESOME!]]>Aug 10th 2007 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Wonder if acess to the intenet is free?
hehe unmeterd satellite....NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW!!!! *starts to dll interwebs*]]>Aug 17th 2007 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/
However, living in Singapore, and flying Singapore Airlines (SIA)at least once a month throughout Asia, they have had a similar system (KrisWorld)in place for at least the past 10 years, currently they have 80 movies available on demand (all free). In seat power has also been available for some time. In fact SIA were the first airline in the world to have individual in seat entertainment.

Infact, SIA are currently upgrading KrisWorld in all classes. First gets a 23" LCD screen, Business gets a 15.4" LCD screen and Economy a 10.6"LCD screen (full details can be found here, http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/exp/new/index.jsp).

I guess its about time the US airlines caught up with the best airlines in the world, but, its taken a Brit to do it!
]]>Aug 10th 2007 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/flying will actually be fun now...and this will at least temporarily make up for the fact that we don't have commercial supersonic flight in the year 2007! ]]>Aug 10th 2007 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 10th 2007 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/
If it's in Economy, then that makes Virgin pretty much THE BEST AIRLINE EVER. IN SEAT ORDERING AND FREE COKE!]]>Aug 10th 2007 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/
Virgin is the only transatlantic airline I'll be using from here on out.]]>Aug 11th 2007 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/
I almost think that the seatback entertainment systems aren't necessary with most everyone having their own laptops and handhelds. Just think, in about 2 years when all phones are iphone-ish and you can use wifi on a plane, just tell passengers to browse to the inflight webpage with their phone or laptop and now you don't need magazines or seatback systems - saving another 10 pounds per seat. Saving fuel is the goal here.

Now if only all the passengers could lose 20 pounds off their butts... and on shorter flights you could grab your drink bottle and snacks before you get on the plane, you could save a lot of storage bins and heavy fluids and ice too... more weight saved!]]>Aug 11th 2007 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/
Isn't that about the price of buying a DVD in the states nowadays?]]>Aug 11th 2007 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 11th 2007 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/I like it.]]>Aug 12th 2007 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/Aug 14th 2007 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/hands-on-with-virgin-americas-red-in-flight-entertainment-syste/....dude if they can out linux on it someone can hack it, if they encrypt credit card info someone can decrypt it.
Basically your inviting a hacker into a LAN full of innocent people and sensitive information, it gets so much worse when your playing on their turf though. The way I see it is this a big juicy target for a man in the middle attack, unless they create some sort of authenticated Ethernet.
Personally I wouldn't let a credit card near it till i know i cant hack into it, but even then I'd be cautious I know very little in the way of penetration techniques compared to many of my friends.
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