Jun 6, 2011

Best In-Flight Entertainment: Virgin America RED

Flickr/ Thomas Hawk

 

They led this category in 2010, and there are still no domestic airlines that come close to Virgin America's seat-back entertainment consoles. Each seat includes a nine-inch-wide touchscreen that offers 18 Dish Network channels, along with 25 on-demand movies that you can control just like your DVR (pause, rewind, etc.). Also included are interactive games and seat-to-seat chats, so you can actually converse with your co-worker in 14B about the presentation—without leaving your seat.

COST: Free (some movies require payment).

 


Lou Dubois is a Philadelphia-based Social Media Editor for NBC Universal's local news affiliate (WCAU-TV). He is an experienced writer, editor and marketer who has worked with and written about Fortune 500 companies and small businesses, focusing on social media, emerging technologies, small business success, entrepreneurship, sports business and corporate policy.  Previously he worked for Social Media Today, Sports Illustrated, the Associated Press and SOBeFit Magazine, along with various newspapers. @lou_dubois