In-flight entertainment on demand vs linear: advantages and disadvantages

When we talk about entertainment on a bus or coach, we are referring to two types of systems: on-demand on-board entertainment, where it is the passenger who decides what they want to see and when, and linear, in which the same content is played for the entire passenger . In this article we will review the advantages and disadvantages of each of them.

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What is a linear bass in-flight entertainment system

In a linear on-board entertainment system, the content is reproduced through channels that the user accesses in the same way as they would at home, with television, for example. We can go through the different chains, but not stop, advance, restart a program or movie in each of them.

What is an on-demand in-flight entertainment system?

In on-demand in-flight entertainment systems, it is the passenger who builds their own entertainment, choosing what they want to see and at what time of the trip, so that playback is always exclusive to the traveler and also controlled by them.

Advantages of an on-demand in-flight entertainment system

Thus, in a SEI on demand (Inflight Entertainment System) the passenger can:

In this way, in a coach with an on-demand on-board entertainment system, each passenger will be enjoying their exclusive content, it is possible that they are all watching the same movie but each one in a sequence, with the possibility of stopping, fast-forwarding... others see their reproduction affected.

Advantages for the operator

We know the advantages of this system for the traveler, but what about the operator? What are its benefits?

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