How to make the most of your hotel television

We've covered a number of newer hotel chains that actually recognize the importance of delivering HDTV programming and HD VOD to guests, but for the vast majority of places still living in decades past, there's Gadling's latest how-to guide. If you're sick and tired of checking into hotels with ancient TVs and lackluster programming, there actually are some options. For one, it's always smart to carry a bit of media on a PMP and bring along every connection cable you can imagine. Furthermore, those with Slingboxen and other place-shifting solutions can usually pipe their content from laptop to TV with the right connections. If you're looking to get schooled in the ways of good travel, hit that read link and open wide.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 9:49PM]

Slingboxen? Come on now.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 9:54PM]

Slingboxen....is that a Brian Regan reference?

[Asok Posted Mar 27th 2009 11:58PM]

The big yellow one is the sun. The yellow one is the sun.

[FNG Posted Mar 28th 2009 9:02AM]

what the hell?!?!? Engadget, how can you have a post with a zune in it? all this time reading on Engadget I thought they didn't work for anything...

[EatMoreBread Posted Mar 28th 2009 10:16AM]

Most hotels I go to have TVs specifically made for hotels, which means no inputs at all.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 4:18PM]

Exactly.

Its much easier to just buy a pocket projector and be done with it.

Why carry all that other stuff? Cut down on all those cables and mess and save lots of grief.

[ChiWax Posted Mar 29th 2009 3:20AM]

I was just at the Mirage in Vegas and used the beautiful wall inputs to play music and video from my PSP on the Phillips LCD. It was so slick and easy to do...kudos to the Mirage..Q

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 30th 2009 11:02AM]

Or you could buy a PCH with an internal hard drive and literally have your entire collection of HD movies with you every where you go.