Originally Posted by
nacho
Mr. Nacho and I stayed at Hamburg Marriott, and we brought our own laptop for movies. We brought our HDMI cable to connect to the TV (we checked beforehand that they have LCD there).
We plugged in the cable but not able to change to HDMI. We could do it at CY Hamburg.
I wonder if Marriott tries to block people to use their TV to watch movie?
i have faced similar issues at many marriot hotels all over the US. in general i have found that FS marriotts have TVs that are modified to not accept any direct inputs, although some will have a collection of inputs on the desk that can be used.
other brands, in particular springhill suits, have TVs that you can plug things into.
i have not been able to discover a universal rule for which hotels that have TVs that you can plug items into. it seems to not only vary by brand, but also location.