Re: Suggestions for suitable screen sharing when in hotels

Chris wrote:

Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2024-04-12 02:57, Chris wrote:

>
When travelling it'd be nice to be able to watch my netflix or player on
the hotel's/accommodation's TV. What do people recommend? I usually carry
an ipad/iphone with me and I travel mainly in the UK and europe.
>
A bit of searching suggests there's only three or four options options:
chromecast, fire stick, roku, Apple TV.  With Apple TV the only one
recommended for iOS. Is that really the best option? Sounds like a major
faff. I travel light so a single would be ideal.
>
What are people's real world experiences, please?

>
If it isn't free on the hotel TV I don't watch it.
>
If I were on a long trip with several days at a time in one hotel, I
might carry along an Apple TV and movies on my iPhone or laptop.  But
haven't to date.  There's usually something better to do.  (Read).

 That's also an option :)
 

If you're out of country, then Netflix might be an issue:
>
- access on your account in a different country (VPN can fix this unless
Netflix objects to that specific VPN provider).
>
- they might think you were password sharing and bill you.

 Not that had that issue here in multiple countries. The only thing I had a
couple of years ago was a show not being available in a particular country
due to licensing restrictions. A VPN fixed that.
 

You can easily avoid all these problems. Just never book a room at any hotel that does not provide apple TVs. It isn't worth it.