Note..PEA is not an embedded system.....

For an embedded system...

Install design by Inflight Canada ......IMS TDL server.... embedded DigEplayer...installed in 72hrs.

See total system cost of a digEsystem

ability to receive TV or inflight data....available with demand

http://www.calweb.com/~doncheri/Embeded2.jpg

Don`t count out Rockwell....Wencore is working with

Decuir; Tracy L. (Cypress, CA)

``Tracy DeCuir comes to Tenzing as Director of Airline Programs. In DeCuir`s eight years with Rockwell Collins and Hughes Avicom, he held several director positions including product marketing manager, director of product development, airlines program/engineer manager, and installation engineering manager. Tracy DeCuir holds two patents for co-inventing Delivery of Live Television Content to Aircraft as well as Lightening Protection of Aircraft Electronic.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1=DeCuir&s2=Aircraft&OS=DeCuir+AND+Aircraft&RS=DeCuir+AND+Aircraft

For Tenzing....they can do what they do for MAS IFE network

``Tenzing`s Ground Control System routes messages to email addresses and various SMS gateways. The ground system also supports the passenger credit card transaction processing, authorization and billing functions. Tenzing also offers additional features such as: flight summary emails to passengers sending messages from the aircraft, up to 12 different E-greeting options, and configurable marketing brand space with each message.``

doni