Five IT Considerations for the Media-Centric Hotel Room

The TV is the design and media center of the hotel room. It’s the first thing your guests see and has the greatest impact on the overall impression of an establishment. Hoteliers must meet or exceed the technology that their guests already have in their living rooms.

The New Focal Point

Built-in screen sharing technologies allow users to bring their own media and eliminate the need for hotels to supply in-room speakers and docks for mobile devices.

Keeping up with consumer expectations for a Smart TV experience is critical to guest satisfaction.

Implementing the latest display technologies helps reduce energy consumption, providing cost savings that can add up.

Unleashing the best content available requires the properdigital rights management (DRM) and infrastructure.

Growth of the “Second Screen”

Quantifying the Savings:

Now multiply that by 300 rooms...

The Consumer Electronics Association provides simple guidelines to easily determine the ideal screen size for a given room:

2 10’x12” = 120”Convert to inches

120” / 3 = 40”minimum3

Divide by three for minimum size

120” / 2 = 60”maximum

4

Divide by two for maximum size

Design & Industry Trends

unlocking content options

41%

of tablet ownerswatch content intheir bedrooms

Social MediaWeb Surfing

Top‘Second Screen’

Activities

Shopping

TV design for hoteliers comes down to maximizingthe experience and providing a living room environment within the constraints of room size and setup.

45” TV runningfor 5 Hours

vs

LCD131w

LED88w

LED TVsTCO Savingsup to 30%

300x

Annual Electricity Costof CCFL-backlit LCDs:

$6,264.00

Annual Electricity Costof LED-backlit LCDs:

$4,518.00

LED-BacklitSaves$1,746

(Average simulated hotel environment)vs

LCD

LED

Benefits of IP vs. CoaxEliminates Set-Top Boxes

Cost Effective

Simplifies Install

Future-Proof

Centralized Management/Updates

Average Unit Screen Size

2010

33.2”2015 (projected)

39.2”10 feet

Viewing distance in feet

1

Optimum TV screen size isbetween 40 and 60 inches.

Average Unit Pricing Costs

2014

$4502010

$650

Effective DRMsolutions are necessary to provide the latest content. save money, increase reliability, enhance quality, simplify administration/remediation.

To learn about Samsung’s line up of Smart Hospitality TVs with energy-efficient LED technology and interactive content management solutions, visit samsung.com/hospitality

Based on comparison between Samsung LED and previous generation LCD models.

VS.40%of Americans homes

subscribe to streaming video services

In-room bandwidth and video-on-demand are top two

areas of dissatisfaction for hoteliers

Source: Nielsen (2015) Hospitality Technology Magazine (2015)

Source: Niesen (2014) Source: Arris (2014)

Source: Nielsen (2014)

More Visible Image, Same Footprint

50” TVs

189.3 square inches of additional screen area

2” Bezel

20.5

”20

.5”

39.6”39.6”

811.3square inches811.3

square inches

0.5” Bezel

24.5

”24

.5”

43.6”43.6”

1000.6square inches1000.6

square inches

Source: IHS (2015)

Source: NPD (2014)

84% of Americans engage in other digital activities while watching TV.

Design

Technology

Smart/Internet Connected TV3

2

1

Content Management4

5 Mobile Device Supportand Screen Sharing

VS.54%of Americans projected

to have Internet-connected TVs in their homes in 2015

16%of hotels have Smart

or IPTVs in guest rooms

Source: emarketer (2014) Source: Hospitality Technology Magazine (2015)

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