Originally Posted by notquiteaff

I have had stays where I didn’t turn the TV on. I have also had more than once stay where the TV didn’t turn on. Once or twice I swapped the batteries in the remote and that fixed it. At least once when it was a one night stay I didn’t feel like hunting down new batteries from the front desk and just ignored it.

I guess at this property (which one was it?) guests should be advised to do a full Hertz-style pre and post-stay video inspection of the room to avoid getting charged for damage caused by someone else.