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I hate that part of what I'm paying for in hotels is the damn TV. TVs in hotel rooms have become completely pointless, just like telephones did 20 years ago. Li
by dreamcompiler 7y ago
I hate that part of what I'm paying for in hotels is the damn TV. TVs in hotel rooms have become completely pointless, just like telephones did 20 years ago. Like you, if I want TV I'll use my cell connection or the hotel's wifi to watch Netflix. Hotel rooms without TVs don't seem to exist in the US, but if they did, I'd make it a point to stay there.
- losteric 7y agoPack an HDMI cable? I usually stream Netflix or play video games on those TVs
- yesco 7y agoA surprising amount of hotel TVs don't have a working HDMI port (disabled via firmware lock). Apparently it's intended to work as an anti-theft mechanism, but personally it just makes me hate the hotel.
- dannyw 7y agoI’d love a hotel TV if it has a Chromecast.
- wiseleo 7y agoNew TV deployments at Extended Stay America include Chromecast. I am deploying them now. :)
- scarface74 7y agoExtended stay hotels usually don’t have locked down HDMI ports. We stayed in one for months when we were in between our lease being up and waiting for our house to be built.
- AnssiH 7y agoSome do, e.g. I visited Omena Hotels (https://www.omenahotels.com/en/ https://www.omenahotels.com/en/) a couple of times last year and the rooms had a TV with Chromecast (and Miracast).
- asdff 7y agoI use the telephone all the time in hotels but not for outside calls of course. It's basically a customer service line/alarm clock.
- dreamcompiler 7y agoTrue. It's still handy for ordering room service and reporting a maintenance problem, but I never use it for outside calls. Probably because in the past hotels used telephones as a profit center and charged exhorbitant rates for outside calls. No idea if they still do that, but I behave as if they do.