Originally Posted by
tdracer
The problem with view screens is unless you give every passenger their own camera that they can pan/scan, it's not going to be even remotely the same - you'll be looking at the camera view, which probably won't be the view of interest.
Pan/scan isn't an issue with an all-round camera and some software - think Google Maps/Street View.
Come to think of it, with Google Maps you don't even need the camera!