You answer a question I have been pondering about digesystem. Essentially, there is still a device, now embedded in the back of every seat that still contains its own HDD. This sounds like the portable device, but with many more features that linux will drive. The content loading device seems to me to be consistent with whatever sort of content loading device EDIG or Wencor uses now - but instead of loading portable diges at the storage warehouse/service center, they load them via the central ``server`` on the plane

I think some alternative ideas were to use the central server as the storage/delivery node, and have each device in the seat be a receiver of content via either hard wire or wireless feed.

Going the digesystem way still seems to require a core element (the local storage drive - encrypted and powered by MOS) that is already proven with digeplayer.

Also, has EDIG management been saying all along that MOS also helps to manage HDD devices where there is much content, and that the problem with early DAP players was that the HDD`s were too small to really require MOS as a key ingredient?

I remember when EDIG told us that audio was not the future, video was, but with these players, the larger capacity drives can be crammed with more stuff, so maybe this makes it more necessary for MOS to be relied upon.

I don`t know, but thanks anyway for your post and for the constant tech insights.