So, I'm in a hotel room last week, and I'm working on my computer. I look up at the TV, and for some reason there is a menu on the screen (overlaid on top of the program) that said "Channel, Barker, Firmware, Address."

I don't know if I was sitting on the remote and did something to bring up this menu or what, but I played with the choices and discovered that:

1. Barker allowed me to set which channel is displayed when you first turn the TV on.

2. Channel allowed me to add/delete channels from the list of allowed channels.

So, I, being evil, and possessed of a little bit of knowledge about how OnCommand works, realized that I could add and view the channels just above the real barker channel.

When you order a movie (G-Rated, I'm sure), OnCommand shows it on an available channel in this range and then enables only your TV to reach that channel.

So, in the 10 or so channels above the barker, I could see the movies that anybody in the hotel was presently viewing.

Needless to say, no one was watching "Catch Me If You Can!" The irony (aside from the fact it was all straight porn ) was that the volume buttons controlled the menu, so there was no way to turn down the volume on the set, so if I wanted to watch one of these, everyone near my door was going to know about it.

I could find no way to exit the menu after adding these channels, and I finally had to unplug the OnCommand box to reset it, and the channels went away along with the menu!!

So, anyone had this experience? Anyone know how to do it again (maybe someplace with better movie selections!)?

This happened to me at the Doubletree (now Westin) Pasadena a few years ago. Found this channel and it was showing the adult movies. I think it was an endless loop of the Pamela and Tommy Lee video.

"Love you, babe!"

I have codes for several TV systems... makes things like this happen:

http://www.tarom.net/gallery/view_ph...ondondo&id=aaa

Isn't that illegal though.
Hacking to ONCommand so to speak.
-UN

I think this is a method of stealing, is it not?

I saw this before when the guy was fixing my TV. He was programming the channels I could see with a special remote and that remote went through every channel, including several porn ones. I thought they were subscribed to some porn channel, but I guess it makes more sense that someone was watching it and hence I saw 'their' channel for a second. I didn't say anything and obviously the guy hoped I didn't see nothing.

So somehow your remote had the proper setting to access the special menu. I'll leave the ethical questions aside but it was interesting to see how the system works

I don't see the codes?? Am I missing something?

I was able to get free movies simply by hooking up a VCR to the TV with OnCommand. After watching a movie, I was using the VCR to control the TV, and when I got to the 70's, movies started showing up. I wasn't able to order what I wanted, but could watch what anyone else had ordered. This was at a Marriott. Haven't tried it anywhere else.

I can see another thread coming:

Hotels that come with vcrs in your room so you can watch free movies