TV Connections in the Beach Club

[corpcomp]

Anyone know if we can attach an Amazon Firestick to the TVs?

 

[ScubaCat]

Anyone know if we can attach an Amazon Firestick to the TVs?

Works just fine. There are plenty of inputs, including HDMI.

 

[MinnieFan4ever]

Like ScubaCat said, plenty of inputs. We bring one with every trip.

 

[aoconnor]

Not sure if they've upgraded the WIFI at BCV yet, but the internet was too slow to stream anything on my Apple TV at AKV in November.

 

[DisneyRegulars]

Not sure if they've upgraded the WIFI at BCV yet, but the internet was too slow to stream anything on my Apple TV at AKV in November.

Had a similar experience in jambo house in January. Our Roku sat unused because the connection was miserable.

 

[DenLo]

With all this streaming no wonder the internet slows down at times.

 

[ScubaCat]

Not sure if they've upgraded the WIFI at BCV yet, but the internet was too slow to stream anything on my Apple TV at AKV in November.

Never an issue at BCV. The older (relatively speaking) DVC resorts were hardwired for ethernet in all the rooms, so they now have mini access points behind the living room TVs in most units. The couple of times I've plugged in the Roku, it's been fine.

With all this streaming no wonder the internet slows down at times.

It doesn't take as much bandwidth as people think to stream unless you're trying to stream 4K, which can be solved by limiting the amount per device. It's almost always a misconfiguration or equipment failure that causes these problems.

 

[corpcomp]

Thanks all. It was interesting that the wifi guys at Disney told me that Disney buys smart TVs mostly from Samsung but has the factory disable the smart tv functions. Therefore they said it would not work. Two days into the vaca, I realized our heat had not been working and after three guys tried to repair, the last guy who was an electrical person explained how to get around everything. The TV in the bedroom does not move out from the wall so the HDMI connection was not reachable but the living room was and as long as you have a smart TV remote with a Source button on it, you can change to the HDMI connection. The issue was that the remotes we had did not allow that (only power, volume and channel selections) so they brought me an upgraded one like the ones you have at home. Boy was it cold generally in the high 40's and low 50's. But as I am writing this its 2 in Wilton CT.