What is the make and model of your satellite box?

Just an observation from my own house. Remote control signals bounce. They bounce so well you might even be able to control a satellite box that's tucked behind the screen with its front aimed towards the ceiling.

I put a flat screen on the MBR wall and went nuts hiding the cable and power wires and didn't want to spoil all that fanaticism with wires crawling up the wall from the dresser. It actually works. This is with Directv controls.

newer tv's have a built in wy-fi receiver . a wireless router(?sp)should come with your internet/ cable/ phone service . if not, they're pretty cheap. it works for me. just a thought.