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Cutting the Cable Cord in Vacation Rental Unit
We have a vacation rental property in Las Vegas, NV. Studio unit at the front of our home. It currently has a 35 inch HDTV with Directv. I'm contemplating taking the Directv received out of the unit and replacing it with a Roku/AppleTV/Google Chrome, etc. to offer streaming services, or maybe a DVD player with access to those streaming services.
I'm curious if anyone else has done anything like this. My chief concern is over complicating the TV for guests.
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I cut the cord about a year ago and it has made no difference to my guests. I get a few "how to" questions, but nothing too challenging. Similar to @Michael Perez, I do pay for premium TV channels and have a ROKU installed on all TV's with a shared Netflix account and a digital antenna installed for local stations. I did have to crank up my internet speed a bit, but it's still saving me about $100 a month per property.