The TSA has quietly changed its carryon inspection rules to require DVD players and large video games to be removed from luggage for separate inspection. No news of these changes appears on the TSA web site, but USA Today has reported on the change:
Small electronic items, such as cellphones, MP3 players, iPods and portable video game systems do not have to be removed from passenger’s carrying cases.
“Everything seems to be running smoothly,” United Airlines spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said Sunday of the change, which went into effect Saturday. Elaine Sanchez, spokeswoman at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, also reported no problems even though, she said, Sundays are among the busiest days of the week.