Interactive TV at hotels and Google TV

Monday, December 06, 2010

A lot of hotels are now offering interactive TV options to guest. Now you can spend extra money to order movies, entertainment, additional channels, sporting events, and even play games.

Hotels are leveraging the usage of interactive tv options to provide another feature to guests as well as another revenue stream.

Many resorts and hotels are also offering check out, room balance, and even room service ordering directly from the TV. You can check your current list of charges, pay your bill, and directly close your reservation right from your room with your TV remote!

While looking for Las Vegas deals, we noticed that some of the top hotels in Las Vegas offer these extended television features, including the Aria, Vdara, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, Caesars Palace, and many others, check the services offered to see if you have some of these new technology features.



Now on too Google TV, this is the latest buzz in the TV industry.

Some bullet points about the Logitech Revue and Google TV:

Integrates with your HDTV and cable or dish satellite system to provide seamless access to the Web, your TV programming, compatible DVRs, and Android apps.

When using Logitech Revue for the first time, customers may automatically receive an over-the-air Google TV software update. As future updates become available, downloads can be accepted or declined upon system startup.

Searches and controls with an intuitive keyboard controller with built-in touch pad Unifies all your entertainment systems with one controller - no extra mice or remotes needed.

Requires an HDTV with HDMI port, cable or satellite box with HDMI out, cable or satellite subscriptions service and Internet access.