I feel like I'm going to be one of the few (if only) dissenting voices against everyone else here: I actually LIKE the screens in the back of the chair in front of me. My general experience with them for long flights, while buggy with a bad screen, etc. has been very good. This is due to what is generally a pretty good selection of movies, often with many I haven't seen but know about and would like to see, or fun surprises that I would have never considered otherwise. (example: I got to see "Shin Godzilla" on a flight to Japan recently. I had never heard about it, but it turned out to be one of the most interesting movies I saw of the multiple I selected, and just generally a very interesting movie in general with strong commentary against the government's handling of the power plant disaster) These turn out to be very beneficial for me, as when I'm on a long plane ride I often "shut down" and don't want to do anything except brainlessly watch movies or potentially read certain books that suck me in very well. On the long flights to Australia and Japan I've done recently this has allowed the flight to pass quickly and easily for me.

I'm sad to see them go. I don't want to watch movies on some silly app on my phone which is much smaller than the screens now. I want to use my phone to read books and save the battery charge for texting people or driving when I land.