Three years later Virgin Atlantic became the first airline to offer seat-back screens to passengers across all classes. Before that, inflight movies were shown on drop-down screens. From Airvision's tiny displays, seat-back screens have morphed into sizeable items. In 2012 South Korea's Asiana offered 32-inch (81cm) screens to its first-class flyers, but seat-back screens are disappearing. They're expensive, they add weight and complexity and when most flyers have a smartphone or tablet, airlines are preferring to stream inflight entertainment via an app.

Source: Stuff July 17, 2019 01:07 UTC