Abstract: A lodging entertainment system provides a variety of products and services, including free television, pay-per-view movies, video games, guest services, and guest-selected recording of television programs for time-shifted viewing. Through the use of an interactive program guide, the guest may select programs being aired during the guest's stay at the hotel for later viewing, or may elect to record a television program while watching the same or another program.

Abstract: An entertainment system for a lodging establishment such as a hotel includes a head end which provides television programming, movies, video games, Internet access and guest services to televisions within individual guest rooms. The guest services is provided by the head end include video checkout, though which the guest may review a folio of charges to the guest's room and approve those charges for payment on the guest's credit card. A receipt for the approved charges is sent by e-mail to an e-mail address provided by the guest during the check-in process, or during video checkout.