B737 IFE seems a bit dodgy?

[MickC32]

Has anyone else noticed the IFE on B737's with seatback screens (not streaming) seems to stop a lot, splutter, slow down, audio doesn't keep in line with video etc?

My last few flights this has happened, once to the point I had to stop a movie. Last night I could barely stand it but really wanted to see the movie through! And this doesn't just happen when announcements interrupt the program. My last 2 flights have been the same aircraft (VHXZD) but just looking at my flight diary, it certainly is other aircraft as well.

A330's and 737's with streaming seem to be fine in my recent experience.

Just wondering if anyone else is noticing this or I'm the problem!

Cheers

 

[Vic]

Noticed this on a recent flight. Sounds was fine at the start of the show, but I was fast forwarding to previously unwatched part. At that point the sound turned to rubbish. Ended up watching on the unoccupied middle seat screen, which fast forwarded fine.
I've had a number of problems with streaming. Stops randomly to spool up. Used to frequently jump back to the start when this happened, but not had this recently.

 

[chrispy3276]

Yep. Happened around every half hour on both of my recent B737 flights. Pretty annoying. I found pausing for around 30 seconds solved the issue - but still, shouldn't really need to do it to begin with.

 

[MickC32]

Yep. Happened around every half hour on both of my recent B737 flights. Pretty annoying. I found pausing for around 30 seconds solved the issue - but still, shouldn't really need to do it to begin with.

I found pausing helped sometimes but not others. First world problem I know but bloody annoying!

 

[gpr49697]

Yes! I've noticed this to in the last 3-4 trips.

 

[moa999]

Interesting. Bad firmware upgrade recently?

 

[straitman]

Has anyone passed this back to the flight attendants?