Gate to gate IFE is great

Just a brief update on my post about inflight entertainment. I've recently had a few trans-Tasman flights on both Qantas and Air New Zealand. The flights are about 3 1/2 hours heading west and 3 hours heading east.

Thanks to IFE being switched on at boarding and not being turned off until touchdown, on Air NZ I was able to watch 2 movies + 1 TV program each flight (in both directions). Compare this with Qantas where it is only possible to watch 1 movie each flight (and warned against selecting a long movie for Australia to New Zealand). The wider selection on Air New Zealand also meant more movies worth watching.