The Window Channel HD wants to improve your hotel room's view

by Richard Lawler, posted Mar 19th 2008 at 11:05AM

So you didn't follow Gadling's travel tips, and end up stuck at some trade show for a week in well-appointed room with a stunning view of the...parking lot. Not that that's ever happened to us, but hopefully in the future we you will be in a hotel with a flat panel tuned to The Window Channel. Designed specifically for hotel operators, the idea is to give visitors a window to anywhere in the world, with five minute, single camera "locked down" clips from Maui, the Champs-Elysées and other locations slightly more glamorous than wherever you really are. Not sure if 1080i and 5.1 surround is worth calling ahead for? Check out TheWindowChannel.com for some lower-res preview clips and see if it doesn't bring you around.

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Taylor @ Mar 19th 2008 12:55PM

A lot of people use sound machines of water, birds, wind, etc. as a calming element at work or at home. I have been wondering how long it would take for someone to create the same thing visually, in HD no less. I enjoy turning on "Sunrise Earth" on the Discovery Channel in the morning as I'm getting ready for work, or when I'm doing a little work before heading out. It will be nice to have something like that all day, not just of sunrises, but other serene scenes as well.

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shetaan819 @ Mar 19th 2008 2:09PM

I used to put on Sunrise Earth as well before I went to work, I'd love to have this channel on Dish..

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Michael @ Mar 19th 2008 4:24PM

so this is kinda like the scenary channel from back to the future 2?

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