Originally Posted by
javabytes
DD-WRT on your home router is a decent solution. You can always buy a VPN router too. Either one is fairly easy, but is going to require a certain amount of config.
Though I have to ask... three weeks isn't a long time. Why not load up on pre-recorded shows? Uplink from home internet connections isn't great to begin with, and bandwidth across the pond isn't likely to be fantastic. Or better yet, get out and explore rather than holing up with TV.
You can ask and I can't answer. My brother-in-law called for help on this and I didn't probe her motives or reasons. I would just buy a couple of first run movies from a DVD Vendor in Russia for $5 and consider that experience. She is also stating in a five star business hotel in St Petersburg. I can't believe that the hotel wouldn't have four or five English language channels.