Has the in-cabin TV show/station selection improved?

[orville99]

7 minutes ago, CruisinShips said:

How did the remote change the input if it wasn't programmed to the TV?

The latest generation of universal remotes designed for smart TVs "find" most smart TV's control code automatically. The RCA one we have actually turned the cabin TV on as soon as we pointed it and pressed the On button on the remote.

[orville99]

31 minutes ago, ReneeFLL said:

 

Done.

 

Anyone have any luck with something like this on the Brilliance? Would really like some shows on a TA.

Some of the older ships are still using older TVs with a coax connection for the TV feed, so they may not even have any HDMI ports. We found this coax configuration on Mariner as well, but there were HDMI ports on the TV. So, it's hit or miss on what you'll find on any given ship or class.

[Plum Happy]

8 minutes ago, orville99 said:

Some of the older ships are still using older TVs with a coax connection for the TV feed, so they may not even have any HDMI ports. We found this coax configuration on Mariner as well, but there were HDMI ports on the TV. So, it's hit or miss on what you'll find on any given ship or class.

You can find adapters for this at Amazon.  Google adapters for non HDMI TVs.

Edited September 13, 2019 by Plum Happy

[pattak619]

15 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

TV on Anthem was worse than ever!

This is why I bring my music and mini speaker

[orville99]

58 minutes ago, Plum Happy said:

You can find adapters for this at Amazon.  Google adapters for non HDMI TVs.

True, but unless you bring a small coax wrench, you are going to struggle to detach the existing coax connection. Some of those haven't been disconnected since the TVs were initially installed.

[Plum Happy]

25 minutes ago, orville99 said:

True, but unless you bring a small coax wrench, you are going to struggle to detach the existing coax connection. Some of those haven't been disconnected since the TVs were initially installed.

No, the device has the red and white cable attached, the other end will have the HDMI input, plug in the cable and the other end plug the HDMI cable into your device.  Or you can purchase a HDMI to RCA cable from Amazon for $9.99 (HDMI to RCA Cable,HDMI Male to 3RCA AV Composite Male M/M Connector Adapter Cable Cord Transmitter (NO Signal Conversion Function), One-Way Transmission from HDMI to RCA 5ft/1.5m) or

 

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Edited September 13, 2019 by Plum Happy

[orville99]

22 minutes ago, Plum Happy said:

No, the device has the red and white cable attached, the other end will have the HDMI input, plug in the cable and the other end plug the HDMI cable into your device.  Or you can purchase a HDMI to RCA cable from Amazon for $9.99 (HDMI to RCA Cable,HDMI Male to 3RCA AV Composite Male M/M Connector Adapter Cable Cord Transmitter (NO Signal Conversion Function), One-Way Transmission from HDMI to RCA 5ft/1.5m) or

 

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The problem is that the Red, White, and Yellow RCA plugs on stateroom TVs are normally either dead, or in accessible from the TV menu.

[Plum Happy]

32 minutes ago, orville99 said:

The problem is that the Red, White, and Yellow RCA plugs on stateroom TVs are normally either dead, or in accessible from the TV menu.

This is why you have the Universal Remote.  In this case, you would select A/V instead of HDMI.

Edited September 13, 2019 by Plum Happy

[Ashland]

If any of you have trouble doing this as we did at first on Freedom we mentioned it to our cabin steward and she sent an onboard electrician to help us (and we gave him a nice tip he even came back the next day to check that everything was still working...bless his heart) said he is called upon to do this all the time for passengers.

[layormai]

The one thing people are really failing to understand about onboard television is that onboard television is bad BY DESIGN.

Every cruise line out there wants you to turn your TV off and get out of your room.  They program the channels to encourage you to turn the TV off and get out there.

 

Meet new people...use the facilities...see the shows...SPEND MONEY.  The last thing they want is for guests to hide out in their rooms, ordering room service and not adding to the energy of the ship.  Even things like sporting events will usually only be fed to public spaces, so that you have to get out of your room to watch it.  You can go watch the NFL Sunday ticket in the sports bar, but not in your stateroom.  You can watch a free movie at the pool, not in your stateroom.  Seeing a pattern yet?

 

It's like the opposite of airplanes, where they want to keep you in your seat.  On ships, they want you to turn it off and get out there.  The sooner people realize this, the sooner they can turn off their TV and go have some fun. 

 

Nobody is saying this...but that's absolutely the truth.  Ship TV won't get better, because it's bad BY DESIGN.

[Judyrem]

3 hours ago, layormai said:

The one thing people are really failing to understand about onboard television is that onboard television is bad BY DESIGN.

Every cruise line out there wants you to turn your TV off and get out of your room.  They program the channels to encourage you to turn the TV off and get out there.

 

Meet new people...use the facilities...see the shows...SPEND MONEY.  The last thing they want is for guests to hide out in their rooms, ordering room service and not adding to the energy of the ship.  Even things like sporting events will usually only be fed to public spaces, so that you have to get out of your room to watch it.  You can go watch the NFL Sunday ticket in the sports bar, but not in your stateroom.  You can watch a free movie at the pool, not in your stateroom.  Seeing a pattern yet?

 

It's like the opposite of airplanes, where they want to keep you in your seat.  On ships, they want you to turn it off and get out there.  The sooner people realize this, the sooner they can turn off their TV and go have some fun. 

 

Nobody is saying this...but that's absolutely the truth.  Ship TV won't get better, because it's bad BY DESIGN.

Agree completely, but when this grandmother needs some down time especially after snorkeling, swimming etc, I would like a glass of wine and a nice movie later in the evening.

[Plum Happy]

1 hour ago, Judyrem said:

Agree completely, but when this grandmother needs some down time especially after snorkeling, swimming etc, I would like a glass of wine and a nice movie later in the evening.

I so agree with you, what if you happen to not feel well and decide to stay in.  There are people who need some downtime.

 

Anyway, I found a video that you may want to watch which shows you what you can use to hook up your iPad/iphone to a HDMI connection to your tv.

 

https://www.pcmag.com/article/331956/how-to-connect-your-iphone-or-ipad-to-your-tv