I have flown with various airlines and on some long-distance flights too. While I was happy to work on the plane and read my books, I also wanted to used the in-flight entertainment if it was available.
But unfortunately, I was not able to (ever) have good experiences simply because they are rarely captioned.
Even though various airlines proudly boast about catering for deaf and hard of hearing passengers (and they do on most occasions), it's clear that they are still way behind with their in-flight entertainment, as most of the films are not captioned and (in my experience), neither are the TV programmes either.
Yet, we have to pay the same price as everyone else for a lesser experience. Is that fair?