HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel TVs

Bollywood Content Coming to a Hotel Room Near You

amandak — 2009-04-29T16:40:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Bollywood_on_TV.jpg" class="top"> Can't satisfy your thirst for Bollywood entertainment? Never fear, it's spreading faster than swine flu. The Acentic digital TV people have set up a deal with Shemaroo Entertainment (a "leading Bollywood content house") to get more gleeful song-and-belly-dance onto your hotel room television. They say they've recognized that there's a high demand amongst hotel guests for this kind of programming, although we don't remember putting Bollywood requests on any guest suggestion forms ourselves.The South Asian video-on-demand content will include Bollywood films, yoga instructional videos and Indian documentaries. Acentic has deals with hotel chains like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Intercontinental%20Hotels">Intercontinental Hotels</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Marriott%20Hotels">Marriott Hotels</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Movenpick%20Hotels">Movenpick Hotels</a> across the Middle East, Europe and Africa, so there's a high probability you'll

Chicago: Flick This: Control4 Remotes at the James

amandak — 2008-11-21T09:30:17-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/control4remote.jpg" class="top"> Complaining about a room having way too many remote controls is the way things go when hotels get overhyped about their gadgets, but places like <a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+James/ian/131004>The James</a> in Chicago are getting wise to that. The James is one of the first places to want the <a href=http://www.hdmag.com/hospitalitydesign/content_display/industry-news/e3id1661574efeb04245c3bd532992837a0>Control4 remote control</a> in its rooms; the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas is apparently planning to follow.We havent tried this all-in-one remote ourselves yet, but there are a couple of points the marketing hype makes that do impress us. First up, the remote doesnt need a line of sight to be able to operate something, so it doesnt matter if your chubby boyfriend stands in front of the TV--the remote will

London: Hotel TV Technology: Endless Channels and Fast Channel Surfing

amandak — 2008-08-01T10:30:03-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/TV_remote_control.jpg" class="imgborder"> When is a hotel TV more than just a hotel TV? That's easy: it's when it has ultra-fast channel zapping. Yep, that's officially one of the features of the Acentic TV platform that's already in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sofitel+London+Heathrow+T5/ian/258377">Sofitel at T5</a> at Heathrow and has just been rolled out in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cavendish+London/ian/114512">Cavendish</a> in London, too. The TV system features hundreds and hundreds of channels (a whole lot more than Springsteen's 57 channels but we reckon there might still be nothing on), and access to updated info on news, weather and sightseeing. And a really high quality screen. They're targeting guests who expect all this to be laid on and who also expect "an instant response to their

Las Vegas: The Newly Opened Palms Place Gets Thumbs Up and It's Not Just for the TVs

amandak — 2008-05-05T09:30:01-05:00

We gave you a sneak peek of the Palms Place Hotel and Spa back in February and now that it's been up and running for a couple of months, we thought we'd check back in to see how guests have been finding it.

Over on the TripAdvisor guest reviews page, only four people have made a comment so far, but three of them are very detailed so we've got something to go on.

Overall, things are sounding very positive. While earlier guests reported a few teething problems related to construction, most seem confident that these will be worked out and everybody would be happy to go back again.

North Sydney: Rydges North Sydney Lets You Take the TV Home

amandak — 2008-04-11T11:05:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/North_Sydney_Rydges.jpg" class="imgborder"> Staying in the north side of Sydney has one big advantage--a trip into Sydney means you get to cross over the gorgeous Sydney Harbour Bridge. Right now there's another interesting advantage if you stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Rydges+North+Sydney/ian/123479">Rydges North Sydney</a>, because they've recently upgraded their guest rooms to include new "Dream Beds" ... and since they found the old television sets didn't fit in so well anymore, they've also upgraded them to be 32 inch widescreen LCD TVs.But that's not the good news. The cool part, we think, is that Rydges now has 166 old TVs (less a few that they've already given away) that guests can take home if they want. Rather than just dumping their 24