Comments on: Turn your iPad into an airplane seat-back video screen using 2 cents’ worth of materials

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:32:00 +0000

I’m often surprised by how often some companies repeat their ads in a given timeframe, on the same channel. Pissing off your intended audience is a very real danger

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:50:00 +0000

Yes, like for two hours before takeoff while planes are lined up to be de-iced and then another 10 hours for the duration of the flight (with a couple of brief meal breaks when the jerk in front of you puts his seat back up). Don’t get me started!

By: EH

EH — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:15:00 +0000

Maybe this guy can help with the table-latch:

http://www.storesupply.com/pc-13043-668-1-14h-hanging-tab-77010.aspx

By: ChicagoD

ChicagoD — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:08:00 +0000

Ask nicely.

Actually, if there is an adjustable headrest there should be room between the headrest and actual seat back.

By: styrofoam

styrofoam — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:03:00 +0000

With the smart cover, you can prop it up near vertical. Don’t lie it flat with the hinges away from you- stand it upright with the triangle and hinges at the bottom.

Problem solved for $0 more!

(Unless there’s something wrong with standing it upright on the tray- you lose a few inches as opposed to hanging it, but not neck-craning angles.)

By: edgore

edgore — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:55:00 +0000

See “Or All the Seas with Oysters” by Avram Davidson re:multiplying earbuds

By: Wolf Ilandl Butler

Wolf Ilandl Butler — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:51:00 +0000

I’ve done this before. It really depends on the construction of the seat. In some cases- you can also hang it off the little hook for the tray-table. It doesn’t put the iPad much higher, but it frees up some space on the tray-table if the seat isn’t reclined back too far… :)

By: winkybb

winkybb — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:49:00 +0000

Yep, it is the advertising I can’t stand. There is a bank I will honestly NEVER use because they drove me crazy with incessant in-flight ads during a period when I was doing a lot of international travel for work. Just the sight of the logo makes my blood boil.

By: winkybb

winkybb — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:47:00 +0000

At last, a use for those white ear-buds that I swear are breeding at our place. Put two pairs in a drawer for a few months and they multiply into a tangled mess of white cables and non-ear-shaped white bulbs. Looks like some sort of parasitic worm infestation.

Seriously though, and iPad on a tray table is just fine by me. I wouldn’t bother with this.

By: lakelady

lakelady — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:45:00 +0000

I don’t know about anyone else but most of the planes I fly on don’t have that kind of plastic on the seat in front of me to wrap the string around, the whole thing is fabric with a smaller video inset into the back. Somehow I don’t think the person in front of me will take kindly to me wrapping a string behind their head to make this work.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:38:00 +0000

Surely this is a threat to national security.

By: pupdog

pupdog — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:31:00 +0000

I missed it if it was in the write-up, but the pictures DO show a different set of headphones plugged in. PLEASE don’t try this without headphones – no one wants to hear you catching up on Vampire Diaries…

By: ChicagoD

ChicagoD — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:20:00 +0000

Just hope the person doesn’t give you a lap full of iPad by reclining . . .

By: WaferMouse

WaferMouse — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:16:00 +0000

Because hey, it’s not like you couldn’t pick up any crappy old headphones anywhere in the world and have a better listening experience. Apple should start advertising them as “Air Hangers with built-in micro speakers”

(Disclosure: Mac and Android and Sennheiser user)

By: Funk Daddy

Funk Daddy — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:05:00 +0000

Anything is better than some of the crap offered up on many flights. Funny to that it isn’t always top shelf entertainment & ads, because there is no audience like a captive audience.