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| Panasonic Avionics has designed, built, and delivered more IFE systems than all our competitors combined. We proudly maintain a consistent record of being first-to-market in the IFE industry, with seven major applications in the last five years. Our flexible, reliable systems keep our airline customers at the forefront front of changing technology, allowing them to offer their passengers a vast array of information, communication, and entertainment options. |
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System 2000: Panasonic Avionics Corporation entered the full-cabin IFE systems market in 1992 with System 2000, the first IFE system designed to provide in-seat audio and video to each passenger on board an aircraft. System 2000 offers a broadcast-type system with up to 12 channels, similar to a multi-channel cable TV.
System 2000E, a significant evolution over System 2000, was launched in 1995. System 2000E allows passengers to interact with their IFE system, choosing from a wide array of interactive entertainment, games, and telephone communication options, with up to 24 channels of video and 96 channels of high fidelity audio. |
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AVOD (Audio/Video On Demand): AVOD 1.0 was added to System 2000E in 1998, providing airline passengers with true audio and video on demand. AVOD 1.5, a second-generation enhancement to System 2000E, was introduced in 1999, expanding the system's audio and video libraries by a factor of five.
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Interactive Software Engineering: AVOD provides passengers with nearly limitless programming options. With such an increase in programming content, airlines may experience issues managing the volume of content options.
That's why, in 1998, Panasonic Avionics Corporation began offering the services of Interactive Software Engineering, its interactive content arm.
Interactive Software Engineering offers the very latest top-quality programming content including interactive and multi-player games, news and information uplinks from CNN, Reuters, NewsEdge, and offline interactive content from some of the hottest websites around including USATODAY.com, Hollywood.com and ZDNetAsia.com. |
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K Series : Introduced to revenue service in the 1st Quarter of 2001, this groundbreaking modular AVOD system provides a massive digital entertainment library that includes hundreds of hours of movies and audio CDs, as well as true PC-quality video games, Nintendo® Gateway Game Boy® titles, in-flight shopping, live news feeds, e-mail connectivity and Internet content.
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eFX: Launched in the Fall of 2003, our newest system is robust, modular and all-digital. With its scaleable architecture, it provides solutions for a range of aircraft sizes and needs, from business and regional jets to wide-bodied aircraft.
Features such as satellite television, an Ethernet LAN, and a full entertainment and communications suite allow airlines and aircraft owners the options that fit their passenger needs today. And the ability to add new functionality as requirements and technologies grow. |
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eX2: Introduced in 2003, the next-generation wireless system champions the full passenger travel experience while lowering airline operational costs.
Smaller, lighter, and more powerful than any previous wide-bodied systems. Airlines can present their passengers with a fully personalized, experience, from the time they book their ticket, to the moment they arrive at their destination. |
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Global Communications Suite: Panasonic leads the industry again as the only IFE provider delivering wireless, broadband data communications services, and makes them affordable to any airline.
The service supports both data and digital voice communications, including live television. New antenna system provides superior bandwidth in a smaller, lighter and lower drag configuration. Technology opens new possibilities for on-board communications. |
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Panasonic Avionics Corporation is headquartered in Lake Forest, California, with engineering offices in Bothell, Washington; regional centers in Dallas, Singapore, London, Toulouse, Tokyo and Dubai; system production facilities in Osaka; and field service, maintenance and sales facilities worldwide.
Panasonic Avionics Corporation is a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation of North America, best known by the Panasonic brand name. Panasonic Corporation of North America, based in Secaucus, NJ, is the principal North American subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC) and the hub of Panasonic's US marketing, sales and service operations.
Additional information on Matsushita Electric and Panasonic is available at:
www.panasonic.com |
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