“Portable DVD players were the first answer,” said Palmer, “and they will be with us for some time to come.” But, the problems associated with the handling and updating of media are continually a headache he told us. As a result, Alaska put a notice in their company newspaper asking for ideas and solutions to the IFE problem…and Bill Boyer had a better one. “Bill brought us a simple concept, but one we thought, might be difficult in execution.” Given a cautionary go-ahead, APS built a mockup and after agreement, took the concept to eDigital for the initial design of a development unit.``

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