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To: tech101 who wrote (11168)	9/1/2005 2:51:26 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

techi01, you say that ".. the in-flight VoD service is not much different from the system you find in every hotel/motel with many TV channels.. " I don't know enough about the subject to state anything definitively, yet, but what you state would be easy to accept were it not for the fact that hotels have a variety of ways in which they distribute content. Even though the software that drives airborne and hospitality systems is similar in both cases, each of those models would scale differently and be subject to different constraints, thus require different designs and possibly different gear. Cable riser systems in hotels, moreover, are not the same as the wiring harnesses found in aircraft frames. I.e., hotels use coaxial distribution, for the most part, while aircraft manufacturers are increasing their use of fiber (and possibly low-capacitance twisted pair), thus necessitating different media drivers and interfaces, as well. Wouldn't you think? or is this not sufficient in your view to constitute a major design difference for the two venues?