Bringing a console to a hotel

I'm not really certain. Might be worth looking into getting a handheld system of some kind, you can be sure those will work. Not sure about the newer stuff, but both PSP and DS have some great stuff in their libraries.

I wouldn't know, I've only been to a hotel once... But... Gaming laptops ftw <3

depends on the hotel
most flat panels have component/composite inputs
but then again ive stayed at some where the tv only has rf input

I could probably bring it with you, but the question is really how much you trust the staff at the hotel. I honestly don't recommend it.

You'll probably be ok, although I have stayed in places that pretty much padlock the tv in place. If I had to get round the back to plug stuff in on such a tv I'd have had problems. Would depend on where the inputs are.

Many moons ago I did rent a Dreamcast for a weekend and had it hooked up to a hotel room tv.

Get a portable console instead maybe?

The real question is - how much do you trust staff of hotel? There are lots of places where staff thinks they can take your things or even money from your wallet you forgot at hotel when you went out somewhere. But you can always look for a hotel that has safe or something like that in it's rooms. Or leave "Do not disturb" on your door knob. But think about it.

it depends on the quality of hotel you go to, but it is pretty likely that if they have wifi they're going to have RCA jacks on their TV's. The last hotel I stayed at, rented out consoles and games at the front desk but had no problem with a person bringing their own.

Here's my advice: don't let your console in a hotel room. In fact, leave nothing of value in your hotel room. ( especially if you're staying in a cheap/er hotel)

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I used to travel all the time for work myself, and i always brought a 360 and 80% of the time I could hook it up to the hotel tvs. I also had a projector I brought with me and i would pull pictures off the wall and hang sheets to the wall :P nothing like 144" Call of Duty 2vs2 matches.

I'm pretty sure you can. Just make sure not to leave your console lying around, like Multy25 said.

call the hotel and ask ? maybe ?!

I work at a hotel [and older one, too] and you could hook up a console with rca ports in most of our rooms or coax on any older tv. [we have digital cable boxes with inputs in every room with a newer tv.]

Dude, that's the exact same thing I did back in the day when I was training to be an insurance agent. I took my xbox to the hotel and played AssCreed 2 until I passed out. Fun times. And yeah, there's usually a TV there. My hotel was a four star one and it sported a big flat bastard. Don't know if it was HD or not though, because I didn't have an HDMI cable with me, but if your PS3 can be connected to older TVs too then sure, it's worth a try.

I took my PC to a hotel for a week's stay. I had work to do and don't believe in laptops. People in the elevator gave me strange looks. They were holding towels for the pool and I was holding a monitor and an uninterruptible power supply.

The television might be permanently affixed to whatever it's mounted on. But I wouldn't expect the inputs to be physically blocked. It won't hurt to call the hotel and ask though.

Also, how big is your "puppy" if it breaks screens?

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I stayed in a hotel about two years ago, I can't remember exactly what kind of TV was there but I think it might have been a smallish CRT thing. Anyway, I was there for a week so my friend brought over his NES and we played that. Unless there's some kind of cable box or something that uses up the ports which you can't unplug (I have no idea how cable works) I don't see why you wouldn't be able to do it. I doubt it'd be an electricity thing, hotels provide power points expecting you to bring your phone charger or laptop or hair straightener or whatever so I don't see why they'd plug up the tv ports so you can't plug your console in.

I've actually been in this position myself. I was away from home for 2 weeks and had to bring my PS3 to keep my sanity. It shouldn't be a problem.

Depends on the hotel. Contact them and ask.

Here is the catch. A lot of the place use wall mounts that have VERY little room behind them. Depending on the exact model of the TV and the mount the ports may technically be available to use but impossible to reach with normal sized hands and arms.

Brought my Xbox to many hotels. If it isn't a super cheap hotel then it most likely will have HDTV's or TV's with hookups for your console at least. Best thing to do is call and ask what kind of TV's they have.

Never had a problem with people stealing anything either. I always packed it up before I left and put it one of the drawers.

How about just call and ask??

The night before my wedding, I took my xbox 360 and plugged it in no problemo. Just make sure if you have HDMI to take a scart cable incase the hotels tv's don't have HDMI insert.

I've found even just access to power to be really variable even at decent hotels -- some are bad about leaving free outlets anywhere you can reach. So also bring a power strip or extension cord to plug your console into.