Taj Hotel Movie Netflix

[Katrine Freggiaro]

Im going to be traveling for a few weeks and I'd like to stream Netflix from my iPad Pro to a hotel TV. I looked into the Lightning Digital AV Adapter but, according to the reviews, video is quite degraded. Therefore I've been considering other options. Since a 3rd generation Apple TV can be had for not much more than the cost of the AV adapter, I was thinking that perhaps I would try AirPlay instead. I'm wondering if others have traveled with Apple TV and whether it's necessary to use wifi with Apple TV. In other words, can I connect my iPad to the hotel wifi and then use AirPlay to stream video to Apple TV, which will be connected to the TV using an HDMI cable? Does anyone have any other creative solutions for streaming video to a hotel TV? Thank you very much for your help.

For Airplay, the Apple TV must be on the same network as the iPad. Wired Ethernet or Wifi, your choice. The streaming between the iPad and the Apple TV is done on the wifi network, NOT between the 2 devices wirelessly.

Also, if you didn't know this, AND I am sure a lot of Netflix users don't, if you go into your Netflix account from a web browser or a web browser on your computer, and log into your Netflix account, you CAN change the streaming quality of Netflix to all of your devices to have it stream to a higher quality.

For better quality the Hotel Wifi in your room would need to be able to handle the extra bandwidth from its Internet servers to handle better quality video at say 8-9 and 10-12 Mbps for HD quality looking video on screen.

We pay for 25 Mbps Wifi streaming service and our local Home Wifi with normal video streaming and other devices on the Internet doing whatever, never exceeds 20-22 Mbps of our paid monthly broadband Internet service.

This setting will still give you a good picture onscreen. You'll only notice the lower quality difference at close visual range. At normal viewing distances the streamed picture should still look fine at the Standard definition setting.

If you stream Netflix from your iPad at Standard definition and you get occasional blocky picture or intermittent stutter or buffering 1-3 times during the length of a full feature movie, leave the Netflix playback quality on Standard.

If you can't get Netflix to stream out of your iPad to the hotel TV at all in High or Standard video definition, you will have no choice, but to try Netflix's Auto or Low streaming settings which may yield a less than ideal picture on the TV.

Using a streaming box like Apple TV and using Airplay won't change those factors if Wifi speeds on the Hotel's Wireless network are at peak use by guests and creates limited WiFi speeds/bandwidth/bottlenecks.

Actually, you can use peer-to-peer AirPlay by turning on Bluetooth on the iOS device. See How to use AirPlay on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support. The device locates ATV over Bluetooth and they establish a direct link on channel 149, independent of the network. The ATV may not be happy with no network connection, but it ought to work. The catch for the OP would be if the Netflix app blocks AirPlay. Certainly, the cleanest solution would be a direct HDMI connection.

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If you already know how important streaming is for in-room entertainment and want to know what your options are, I suggest you jump directly to the part about how to provide in-room streaming and Netflix in your hotel.

As the title and the list above says, I will cover mainly two topics in this post. Why you should provide in-room streaming (and especially Netflix) for your hotel guests and how you can go about providing it.

Global usage of cable and satellite subscriptions have been going down for years as consumers are cancelling their pay-tv services at an increasing rate and completely switching to subscription-based OTT (over-the-top) streaming services, also known as subscription video on demand (SVOD), such as Netflix, Disney, Amazon Prime, HBO, Hulu and the like.

For example, Netflix surpassed cable pay-tv providers in the U.S. already in 2017 by number of subscribers and they have just kept growing, adding more original content on the way that compel more and more consumers to turn to streaming.

Netflix is the biggest SVOD service on the planet at the moment. With almost 200 million subscribers they are far ahead of the others. The closest rivals are Amazon Prime Video and the big players Iqiyi and Tencent Video coming out of China, hovering around 119 million and 112 million subscribers respectively.

Looking at the other big english-speaking global services, Amazon Prime Video and newcomer Disney+ have a very respectable (growing) subscriber base, and especially Prime Video has been catching up to Netflix in recent years. but Netflix still manages to stay ahead of the pack.

With Disney+ launching in Eastern Europe and expanding to Latin America later this year, their subscriber numbers can be assumed to increase drastically from the current 50 million that the latest sources report. So, we are likely to see the OTT service boasting a lot more subscribers by the end of 2020.

But the same is probably true for Netflix and Amazon Prime Video as well, as they have been reporting consistent growth so far. Many streaming services have seen an exponential increase in subscribers due to the lockdown caused by the pandemic.

Now that we have established why streaming and preferably Netflix should be a part of every modern guest experience, we can jump into how you actually go about providing it.

There are mainly two ways you can allow your guests to use their own Netflix and other streaming subscriptions on the hotel TV during their stay: casting or choosing a Netflix approved TV system supplier.

For Netflix specifically, there is also a third option: working with them directly to get on their approved list. But, the current list consists exclusively of major hotel brands like Marriott, Hilton, Four Seasons, Hyatt and only at select locations in the U.S.

These companies have likely gone through a rigorous approval process involving a lot of development as Netflix has many requirements and criteria for integrating with any sort of TV system or third-party solution.

Put simply, guests connect to the Chromecast plugged in to the in-room TV over the hotel WiFi by following instructions and scanning a QR-code on the TV, after which guests can start casting their content.

This can be beneficial since it requires less hardware, which leads to a lesser risk of breakage or failure which in turn leads to less maintenance and support expenses for you. You can also use the TV as a hotspot for connecting the guest device to the TV, instead of providing the connection over WiFi.

Sensible hotel TV system suppliers provide advanced casting solutions that connect guest devices to the TV over WiFi via a proxy server. This adds an additional layer of security as well as centralized control while it lets your guests stay on the WiFi.

Guests will be able to cast not only Netflix, but content from any casting-enabled app, like YouTube, Disney or Spotify for example, and most smartphones can cast the entire screen of the device which allows guests to practically view whatever they want on the TV.

Yet all guests are still not used to using their mobile devices for entertainment, or simply do not want to. If your guest demographic consists mainly of people in this category, offering a Netflix app directly on the TV might be the better choice.

The contrast to casting is to provide a ready to go Netflix integration with an app on the TV. For this you would need a TV system and hardware supplier that has been approved directly by Netflix. In other words, a supplier that has gone through the rigorous process I mentioned earlier.

Being approved is a prerequisite for having a Netflix app, there is simply no other way. But the fact that there are approved TV systems is good because that means that you, as the hotel, do not have to go through the process as long as you choose an approved supplier.

Guests can cast basically any content such as videos, pictures, games or music from any casting-enabled app on their device. This includes, but is not limited to Netflix. Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, HULU, NBA, HBO, Youtube, Spotify etc. all support casting in their mobile apps.

If casting, built-in apps or both is the best solution for your in-room streaming and entertainment purposes is up to you, if you have multiple locations it might even make sense to deploy different solutions at different hotels instead of going with the complete solution.

The bottom line is that streaming and bringing the guests' own content into the hotel room is a necessity for the guest experience. How you go about facilitating that is a different question, just as long as you make sure that you do facilitate it.

The collaboration enables guests staying in Connected Rooms to seamlessly access their Netflix account by logging in by entering their credentials either with the remote control or the keyboard on the Hilton Honors app.

Hilton currently has more than 1,800 Connected Rooms, and plans to roll out the technology to tens of thousands of rooms in hundreds more hotels across the U.S. in 2019 as well as the first non-U.S. locations. In the future, travelers can continue to expect more content and features from the evolving Connected Room platform.

Finally, there is a way to offer Netflix for hotels that is far more convenient for guests. It also will save time and money for hotel owners. With the OnlyCast streaming solution, guests can watch Netflix or their favorite streaming content from over 2000 apps right on their in-room TV. Even better, they can watch from their own account without the hassle or security risk of logging in when they get to their room. Instead, guests can just scan a QR code to authorize their smartphone or tablet and start watching their content in minutes. As a result, guests get the content they want, and hotels get happy customers who will be sure to return and show their appreciation in their online reviews.

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