I had an interesting experience last night, where I was disappointed, impressed, and educated. Those of you who travel, know that many hotel rooms now come with wide flat LG TVs. They aren’t HD, but they do project in letterbox, which is cool.
Last night, when I checked in, I tried to connect my laptop up to the TV so that I could watch a movie. The RCA plugs were there, and I had the right adaptors for my Mac. Then I started looking for a way to switch the input to the AUX in, rather than standard TV. There were no options on the remote, nor were there in the menu. Then I looked at the TV and found a button called INPUT. But when I pressed it, nothing happened. Disappoint!
So I dialed 0, and got a young woman at the front desk. I asked her how I could connect my computer to the TV and she didn’t say, “Like, I don’t know. Do you want me to call engineering?” Instead she knew the answer and explained it. Impressed!
She said that the movies-on-demand company that they were using was providing the new TVs, and had disabled the ability to connect to auxiliary inputs. They want you to pay for their movies. Makes sense. They upgrading the TVs. Educated!
Now I’m in the middle of my Personal Learning Networks presentation, and will post this blog as an example of blogging. That’s for your patience.