Comments on: Hack the hotel TV – watch what YOU want on it.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:09:13 +0000

I was able to disable the key lock on an LG tv in a Holiday Inn in England by unplugging the cable tv link, the serial cable from the control box, and unplugging the power from the TV for 5 minutes. When I turned it back on I could access the input and menu buttons on the TV itself…huzzah!

By: Eph

Eph — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:28:56 +0000

One hotel had an LCD TV with the normal cable channels in analog. There wasn’t any protection on the TV but there was no HD. I did a scan for digital channels and found about 50 HD channels as well as 8 porn channels. I’m not into porn, but it was interesting for a while. When I left I blocked the porn channels since this was a family hotel.

At a recent stay at a new Four Seasons in Baltimore, the TV had all inputs available and was a dream to use. In addition, the free internet, described as the slow version, tested at 31mbps. The newer hotels are getting the message.

By: Hotel Maint man

Hotel Maint man — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:56:15 +0000

I work for a Starwood hotel. It’s really this simple. Pick up your room phone, Dial “O” ask the person who answers to send up maintenance and have them set up you monitor or video game. Saves you the cost of the remote or breaking your back to get to the back of the TV. Oh, Removing the cable box to get free movies is illegal. First from Lodgenet, who will prosecute and the Innkeeper. It’s called defrauding an innkeeper.

By: Some Guy In London

Some Guy In London — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:30:14 +0000

At a Marriott in London, fudged around for a bit. Finally discovered going to channel 0 allowed me to switch inputs.

New Zelda, here I come!

By: Karrie Clearwater

Karrie Clearwater — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:21:35 +0000

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By: hoteles en melgar precios

hoteles en melgar precios — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:58:07 +0000

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By: Hotel Guest

Hotel Guest — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:10:01 +0000

Brought new laptop, HDMI & male-to-male pin stereo plug.
Hotel had HDTV w/ coax & ethernet connected to equipment and only POWER button worked.
DISCONNECT ONLY THE ETHERNET FROM THE HDTV resulting in necessary INPUT (for HDMI/DVI) and VOLUME buttons on HDTV becoming functional. Again: “NO HACKING NOR NEED FOR UNIVERSAL REMOTE”.
Heck of a time for laptop to recognize HDTV, but after plugging/unplugging HDMI cable five times, then the 2nd Display was identified, set to 1080p and extended from the main display.

By: Andre

Andre — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:12:49 +0000

idiot said,

“Just yank the power cable of the stupid box they have hooked up right out of the wall. After doing this at a Doubletree I was able to use the input selects again and take advantage of the HDMI and VGA inputs in their fancy pants LG flatscreen.”

-THANK YOU Idiot.
This worked great on an ONCOMMAND at a Quality Inn.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:23:58 +0000

I stayed at a doubletree and guess what? I didnt need to do anything other then plug rca cables from the tv to a dvd player and it found the input right away. My friend and I spent so many hours watching movies that we didnt need to pay those outrageous fee’s for renting movies.