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Hawaiian Airlines/digEplayer/TransPacific Flights
Hawaiian Airlines Gets Personal With digEplayer In-Flight
Entertainment System Carrier Orders 1,500 Portable Units for Transpacific Flights TACOMA, Wash., July 13 /ewswire/ -- Starting in August, Hawaiian Airlines' award-winning in-flight service will set a new standard of quality for travel to Hawaii with the introduction of the digEplayer personal entertainment system. Developed by APS, the digEplayer is the world's first self-contained portable audio/video on demand in-flight entertainment system. Hawaiian will be the first airline to offer the digEplayer on transpacific flights to Hawaii; Sydney, Australia; Pago Pago, American Samoa; and Papeete, Tahiti. Customers will enjoy a wide range of entertainment to select from, including 10-15 first-run, full-length movies; 8-10 short subjects or situation comedies; 20 music videos; and 100 audio tracks. The battery- powered, lightweight (3 lbs.) unit fits comfortably on a seatback tray or customer's lap, and will be available free in First Class and for a $10 rental fee in Coach Cass, subject to availability. "We are extremely excited that Hawaiian Airlines has decided to make digEplayer the first choice of onboard entertainment for its passengers," said Bill Boyer, Chairman and Founder of APS, Inc. "We are equally excited that Hawaiian Airlines will be the first airline to use the digEplayer in wide body aircraft." Hawaiian is purchasing 1,500 digEplayers from APS following a very successful two-month test run earlier this year. Gordon Locke, Hawaiian's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales, commented, "The response by our customers to the digEplayer was phenomenal. The units were an immediate hit and sold out on every flight we tested them on. Customers raved about having their own personal entertainment system and the freedom to pick and choose movies, TV shows, and music that matched their interests. Parents especially liked how the systems kept their children entertained during the flight." Locke added that the digEplayer builds on the superb quality of service that Hawaiian brings to the Hawaii travel experience. "When you combine our award-winning in-flight service and industry-leading on-time reliability, Hawaiian is already providing travelers with the best available flight experience to Hawaii. But we're always looking for ways to improve. The digEplayer will make a flight aboard Hawaiian and the experience of traveling to and from Hawaii that much more enjoyable." In addition to the digEplayer, Hawaiian will continue to provide transpacific customers its full complement of onboard entertainment currently being offered. This includes a first-run, full-length movie for a headset rental fee, a variety of music and audio channels, and special in-flight videos produced by Hawaiian that highlight the people, culture, and islands of Hawaii. More about the digEplayer: The digEplayer 5500 (TM) is the world's first portable, Audio/Video-On-Demand, In-flight entertainment system. The newest versions of the player can now hold over 60 full length feature movies and 10 hours of dynamic music content from DMX In Flight and In Flight Dublin available on demand for the airline passenger. Current content comes from 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers and Buena Vista. Each unit contains a 40-gigabyte hard drive and utilizes the latest technology licensed from e.Digital Corp (O/S and engineering), DivX (compression) and DRM (security). The digEplayer is a cost efficient means for the airlines to provide a variety of entertainment options from first run movies and television shows to music videos, destination information. |
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