While my regular full-time job has me traveling around the US collecting a nice chunk of airline miles and hotel loyalty points, the level of accommodations is pretty standard. No luxury brands here. So I typically find myself at a Hilton (at least for 2012) anywhere from Hampton Inn to regular Hilton. This week I ended up at the Hilton Garden Inn Annapolis. It's nothing to write home about for the most part since it is pretty much your standard Garden Inn:
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| Standard King |
But there was something that stood out. Now keep in mind that I sleep in hotels about 110 nights a year at many different hotels. This, to my memory, was a first. I saw this little black box behind the elevated TV:
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| Comcast Xfinity Cable Box |
That's right. A Comcast Xfinity Cable Box. Thank the gods. I must admit that I am a bit of a TV nerd. When I do all this travel, I like to unwind in my hotel room watching some TV. However, typically I need to run a great iPad/iPhone app, What's On TV?. The app is great to help me find what's on in my local market. I then need to map that channel to the TV listing provided by the hotel. It accomplishes the deed, but very tedious. This time though, I get this:
I get a full cable menu just like at home. It is so much easier to channel surf with this type of menu system. For a moment I almost fell over thinking that the DVR function would work, but alas, it was not to be. But still, major props to the Hilton Garden Inn Annapolis for having true cable TV for us guests
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