Acentic prides itself on bringing the latest blockbusters to guests as rapidly as possible after their cinematographic release. Usually the studios release content to the hotel industry just after it’s been released in cinemas and to the airline industry, and of course, many months before the DVD release or consumer PayTV service offerings. For frequent long distance travelers its often frustrating to only find movies in hotels that they watched for “free” (everything has a price somewhere) on  the plane. Whilst the experience is obviously not the same- the bed or armchair is much more comfortable than the average airline seat and a LCD screen brings a much better viewing experience- many travelers have been content with watching the latest in-flight movie and found the hotel offering lackluster.

This is however evolving, yesterday (or is it today- I guess it depends on which time zone I base myself on) I found myself on a 12 hour flight during which I ate, drank and after the laptop battery failed (not before I hasten to add) I turned to the excellent in-flight entertainment system. I selected a very recent fast-paced action movie (the kind that I would never watch at home because of differing movie tastes with my wife), and sat back and enjoyed it. Stunning scenery and breath-taking action shots were all slightly let down by watching it on a 14 inch screen and my neighbor snoring. I left the plane with a slight backache and having noted the title as a future blue ray acquisition and checked into my hotel. To my surprise this major movie promotion was the very same title as the one I saw on my flight- and in addition it was available in HD on the 37 inch LCD. So not only are we at Acentic immediately getting the latest movies into hotels through our always on satellite upload, we are also now delivering on our Panorama HD platform the latest HD movies with stunning picture quality. I now know what I will be watching this evening in HD to ward off jetlag. And by the way I would never have got around to watching that blue ray at home…