Because we live in pretty much the middle of nowhere, we have satellite TV at my house. DirecTV to be exact. Lately my mom and I have been noticing all these commercials for this new thing called DirecTV cinema which boasts to have more than 6,000 shows and movies available at the click of a remote, at no extra cost to you.
We were intrigued.
So we investigated. Apparently all you need to do to get this service is connect your internet modem to your satellite receiver with an Ethernet cable and voila! You have free on-demand television!
Unfortunately, our modem is very far away from our TV, so mom and I trekked over to Staples yesterday to get the 25 foot cable we would need to span the gap. Twenty-one dollars later, we headed home to reap our rewards.
After a semi-considerable amount of effort to get the cord to the downstairs satellite box from the upstairs internet modem and some finagling involving a mirror to see where all the cords plug into the back of the box, we discover something spine-tinglingly frustrating. Our receiver is Ethernet port-less.
Epic fail.
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