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04-06-2016, 07:25 PM
Flying in eco**my could come with huge, 21-inch screens in the future
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The only thing worse than flying in eco**my is the small low-res TVs that are built into the back of the seats. Bluntly speaking: They're terrible.
The French company Thales (https://www.thalesgroup.com/en)*wants to reinvent the low-cost flying experience by replacing the small (about 7 inches) entertainment screens with huge 21.3-inch HD touchscreens, according to The Points Guy (http://thepointsguy.com/2016/04/thales-digital-sky/).
SEE ALSO: There are lots of problems with airplane Wi-Fi, but speed isn't one of them (http://mashable.com/2016/04/06/speed-3-in-flight-wi-fi/)
Zach Honig, editor-in-chief of The Points Guy took a look at a working prototype of the "Digital Sky" experience at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/06/huge-in-flight-touchscreen-prototype/)
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The only thing worse than flying in eco**my is the small low-res TVs that are built into the back of the seats. Bluntly speaking: They're terrible.
The French company Thales (https://www.thalesgroup.com/en)*wants to reinvent the low-cost flying experience by replacing the small (about 7 inches) entertainment screens with huge 21.3-inch HD touchscreens, according to The Points Guy (http://thepointsguy.com/2016/04/thales-digital-sky/).
SEE ALSO: There are lots of problems with airplane Wi-Fi, but speed isn't one of them (http://mashable.com/2016/04/06/speed-3-in-flight-wi-fi/)
Zach Honig, editor-in-chief of The Points Guy took a look at a working prototype of the "Digital Sky" experience at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/06/huge-in-flight-touchscreen-prototype/)
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