Cutting the Cable Cord in Vacation Rental Unit

[Neil Henderson]

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. 

[Michael Greenberg]

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.