iTunes movie rental for iPhone use on plane

[Kadman]

I have a trans-atlantic flight this weekend and want to rent a few movies to play on my 3G iPhone during the trip. I know I need to rent from the PC and transfer the rental to my iPhone but my question is this: In order to play the movie, does the iPhone need to connect to the ITMS in order to start the 24 hour viewing counter? I would hope not, but I just don't want to load up a few movies, hop on the plane and then find out this thing needs to phone home before I can start the movie!

Thanks in advance for any help on this!

 

[interesting]

try one with airplane mode on. before you get on the plane

 

[sjjordan]

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don't try it until 24 hours till your flight. I'm pretty sure you can.

 

[sr5878]

yes you can... i just got off a plane and watched a rented movie during the flight.

 

[Michael CM1]

I'm 99% sure that it doesn't need to connect to start. However, don't forget about the 30/24 rule (30 days to play, 24 hours to view once you start playing). If you watch a movie on the flight one way, you'd better finish it instead of counting on watching the rest on the way back. Of course if you're going across the Atlantic, you shouldn't have much of a problem.