George C Posted September 4, 2022 #26 Share Posted September 4, 2022 54 minutes ago, leisuretraveler223 said: I don't even have one at home anymore. Are you actually planning to travel with DVDs? We always brought some dvds on older rccl ships , tv shows are pitiful on rccl, we don’t spend the day watching tv but I like watching when my wife is dressing , never watch a whole movie but watch some music videos or Big Bang episodes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted September 4, 2022 #27 Share Posted September 4, 2022 I watch TV and movies while on a cruise and I have no excuse. I guess I better contact me TA to cancel them all😇 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vjmatty Posted September 4, 2022 #28 Share Posted September 4, 2022 19 minutes ago, molly361 said: I watch TV and movies while on a cruise and I have no excuse. I guess I better contact me TA to cancel them all😇 I wonder if reading books on a cruise also means you should stay home? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted September 4, 2022 #29 Share Posted September 4, 2022 12 hours ago, pfdaxe358 said: Not stirring the pot Mr busy body. Making a rational opinionated comment. I believe that is the idea of an open forum. SMH I think opinionated as in arrogant correctly describes your comment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted September 4, 2022 #30 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, leisuretraveler223 said: I don't even have one at home anymore. Are you actually planning to travel with DVDs? Why would they ask about a DVD player if they were not bringing DVDs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted September 4, 2022 #31 Share Posted September 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, ldubs said: Why would they ask about a DVD player if they were not bringing DVDs? Concierge did have a small selection that you good borrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted September 4, 2022 #32 Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) Just now, George C said: Concierge did have a small selection that you good borrow. Makes sense. Thanks. One would hope if they have a DVD selection they also have a way to play them! 😃 Edited September 4, 2022 by ldubs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted September 4, 2022 #33 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, George C said: We always brought some dvds on older rccl ships , tv shows are pitiful on rccl, we don’t spend the day watching tv but I like watching when my wife is dressing , never watch a whole movie but watch some music videos or Big Bang episodes. We have PlutoTV loaded on our iPads. Watch Johnny Carson every evening on the stateroom tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted September 4, 2022 #34 Share Posted September 4, 2022 52 minutes ago, George C said: Concierge did have a small selection that you good borrow. I'll assume the key word here is "did"...Haven't seen this in years as being something the CL did used to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted September 4, 2022 #35 Share Posted September 4, 2022 26 minutes ago, Ashland said: I'll assume the key word here is "did"...Haven't seen this in years as being something the CL did used to offer. I have not cruised on the ships that used to have them so I am not sure , in last 5 years did mostly celebrity or oasis class and one MSc yacht club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RobInMN Posted September 4, 2022 #36 Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, hey-buc said: Don't you still have to have a good wifi for this to work? Not sure if you are referring to the DVD Player or the FIrestick, but you wouldn't need WiFI for the DVD Player. Firestick, yes. I had Voom S &S, and as the WiFi quality went down, the picture quality decreased. But it was still usable. See my answer in this thread: Edited September 4, 2022 by RobInMN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RobInMN Posted September 4, 2022 #37 Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) Duplicate Edited September 4, 2022 by RobInMN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted September 4, 2022 #38 Share Posted September 4, 2022 We used our firestick with very little to no problems on our recent Arctic Circle cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thethreeofus Posted September 5, 2022 #39 Share Posted September 5, 2022 48 minutes ago, Ashland said: We used our firestick with very little to no problems on our recent Arctic Circle cruise. May I ask how you connected it? Last cruise we were on they had the “input” button blocked so we couldn’t change it to use the fire stick. What is the trick to change the input? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RobInMN Posted September 5, 2022 #40 Share Posted September 5, 2022 37 minutes ago, thethreeofus said: May I ask how you connected it? Last cruise we were on they had the “input” button blocked so we couldn’t change it to use the fire stick. What is the trick to change the input? It seems to depend on the ship. On Jewel, we could just switch it. This is the first, and so far only, time I've tried to use the Firestick. I've read other threads that say that on newer ships, like you indicate, the remote either doesn't have an input button or that it is locked out. I'd have to search and find the instructions, but I think it involves, turning off the TV, disconnecting the network cable, then turning the TV back on. Without begin connected to the network, it will no longer boot automatically to the ship menu locking you out. I am not sure if it will automatically detect the HDMI Input or if you can then use the Input button to switch. The other thing I have seen mentioned (and I brought one, but did not need to use it), is to bring a universal remote. I believe I read that the difference on which method you can use depends on whether or not you can view your bill via the TV. If traveling internationally, you may want a VPN service installed. Especially for any streaming service where you can get local channels (YTTV or Hulu+Live) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted September 5, 2022 #41 Share Posted September 5, 2022 1 hour ago, thethreeofus said: May I ask how you connected it? Last cruise we were on they had the “input” button blocked so we couldn’t change it to use the fire stick. What is the trick to change the input? We've had no problem on the older ships and the newer ones bringing our firestick and universal remote to use when necessary. On one of the newer ones our cabin steward had an electrician come to our cabin and they showed my DH how to access the input and disconnect the interactive TV. On another ship they even came and switched out the TV for us. Amazing service we tend to get when staying in suites. Thanks RCI !!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moltar Posted September 5, 2022 #42 Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 3:40 PM, Ashland said: Not available in any OS we've been in the last few years. This is a thing of the past. Yep, hence 20 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted September 5, 2022 #43 Share Posted September 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, Moltar said: Yep, hence 20 years ago Do you book suites ? They definitely were there less than ten years ago . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moltar Posted September 5, 2022 #44 Share Posted September 5, 2022 4 minutes ago, George C said: Do you book suites ? They definitely were there less than ten years ago . Please read my first post on this at 10:28am Saturday morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted September 5, 2022 #45 Share Posted September 5, 2022 22 minutes ago, Moltar said: Please read my first post on this at 10:28am Saturday morning We have done 6 grand suites well after your 2002 cruise that had DVD players 3 on navigator 2 on Liberty and one 7 years ago on brilliance all had DVD players, only suites we cruised on without dvd was oasis and last years allure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgecrest Posted September 6, 2022 #46 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Another option is to RIP your DVDs to .mp4 files. Then copy them to your tablet or thumb drive. You will need an HDMI cable and a cheap universal remote. I just recently returned from a Celebrity Summit B2B to Greenland and Iceland where I was unsuccessful in getting my universal remote to change the input on the TV. So we watched the movies on my tablet. I did not think to disconnect the network cable from the TV. Now I know and as G..I. Joe would say "and knowing is have the battle." Having all my favorite movies available was great as we both got Covid on the second leg and had to quarantine for 7 days. Enjoy your cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadeeelisa Posted September 13, 2022 #47 Share Posted September 13, 2022 I just asked about a DVD player from my Suite Concierge for my upcoming trip on Serenade of the Seas and they stated they don't have them on the ship any more. I am hoping my Firestick will work. I have 4 sea days and the activities during the day are kinda meh. The plan is to relax on my balcony, defrost in my suite and stream a movie or 2, and catch up on my reading. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigar King Posted September 14, 2022 #48 Share Posted September 14, 2022 I haven't seen them in a while. We were just in a OS, and the cabinet where it used to be was empty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotico Posted September 15, 2022 #49 Share Posted September 15, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 3:38 PM, Ashland said: We also brought our firestick on our Jewel July cruise and had no problem watching Netflix, Amazon Prime, Paramount Plus and Hulu. We hooked it up and could see it on our large OS TV. We do this on all our cruises and have had no problems. So just to be clear, you need an internet package to use a firestick/appletv in your cabin? We were just planning on bringing our DVD player along with a bunch of movies for the kids at night before going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RobInMN Posted September 15, 2022 #50 Share Posted September 15, 2022 36 minutes ago, Scotico said: So just to be clear, you need an internet package to use a firestick/appletv in your cabin? We were just planning on bringing our DVD player along with a bunch of movies for the kids at night before going down. That is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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