Flatscreen not internet ready - will it work with this unit? I have a 4 yr old 32" Samsung - not internet ready. Will hooking this unit up to my tv allow me to use my wifi from the house for Netflix? Flatscreen not internet ready - will it work with this unit? I have a 4 yr old 32" Samsung - not internet ready. Will hooking this unit up to my tv allow me to use my wifi from the house for... » Read More Flatscreen not internet ready - will it work with this unit? I have a 4 yr old 32" Samsung - not internet ready. Will hooking this unit up to my tv allow me to use my wifi from the house for Netflix? « Show Less
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Yes it will just make sure your tv has hdmi input btw at 4yrs old it should
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Thanks for your responses. I purchased the Sony BDP-S680. It installed easily and found my home wireless network easily. The most time consuming thing was getting my network info inputted!
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I do not believe so I was trying to stream video to an older flat screen TV w/o HDMI connection to my smart box for Netflix movies and it would not work.
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I just bought this TV, too, but don't have it yet. Do you mean does it come with Internet apps or something? It doesn't. You can hook up a PC display to it, per the specs. You need an external device to connect to the Internet. In regard to watching Netflix on the TV, have you considered getting Roku? It's a very small device you use for streaming on your TV instead of (or also in conjunction with) using your PC. I love it and have the XD which will be used with this Panasonic when it comes. I also just ordered Roku 2 XS (on sale on Amazon) which will be used on the Sony I'm currently using the XD on when that comes. They have a Roku LT, which is cheaper than these two and is $50-$60. There are also channels for all Rokus, though the better ones (like Netflix) charge a fee. Still, cheaper than cable/satellite and you don't have to have your PC on to watch them on TV. You can check them out either on Amazon or Roku.com. Easy to set up and to use, too. BTW, since you already have streaming Netflix to your PC, there would be no additional charge using Netflix with Roku and watching on your TV. You would just need to activate the Roku device through Netflix. Hope this helps you enjoy Netflix on your TV. :)
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You can watch Netflix if you can get the device to work. I bought 3 of them and returned all 3 the very next day. They reboot nonstop and could not do anything with this device. I would not recommend this device. I bought the Artchros tablets and have no problems so far, they are also 9 inches and comes with the Google play store preinstalled and yes Netflix works great in it too.
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Samsung and Amazon work fine on other models, but not this one. Tons of chatter on the net with this. I just went several rounds with Amazon, and they claimed that the hardware (ie processor) won't work with their service. Personally, I find it baloney. , Other models of Samsung before and after work just fine. And other software such as Netflix work without issue. Their answer was to buy a Roku. Personally, I'd skip Prime and stay with Netflix. I'd think long and hard about buying Samsung again too. They both really pissed me off. So sorry.
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I don't know I do have a Samsung but it's not smart. However is plugs into the HMDI port of the tv and your set top box plugs into it. I found out that it works much better with Netflix if you have it hardwired to your home network (as opposed to wireless).
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Jim, could you send me a link to where you read this information? I checked Sony's website and could not find anything mentioning netflix streaming on this device. Thanks -
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I have the Samsung and I love it. I think it depends what you are looking for in a TV. I was shopping for a Smart TV that had a full web browser since I stream most of my TV shows. All smart TVs have Wi-Fi built in but some can only access the internet through specific apps. I also wanted a TV that was easy to use and when I was looking up reviews the Samsung came out on top. Good luck!
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Do you have it connected to an anynet device like home theatre system? I think if you turn off the Anynet(+) feature on the TV this will not happen but I am not positive on that. Anynet available on all Samsung TV's after 2007 I believe.
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I don't believe so - We access Netflix through an auxiliary device that is connected to the TV via an HMDI cable. I did not see any wifi capabilities when setting up the tv.
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Quick Question: I have a wireless router, currently use the Netflix Roku box as wireless, router is another room..Netflix connection all works fine..does this mean this Samsung 2500 blu ray player is NOT wireless for Netflix?? Thanks-
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I'm trying to do the exact same thing. I have a Sony BDP N460, a blu ray player with an ethernet port but no wireless. First let me suggest what I'm currently using. The Netgear XAV101 PowerLine AV (look for the product that includes two units) which sends internet through your existing power wires. You connect an ethernet cable from your router to one of these devices plugged in to an outlet. Then take the second device and plug it in where you want internet access. Ideally you can get about 150 Mbps (when I connected to the next room). But where I need to go is across the house and the speed is at best 47 Mbps. The bottom line however is that it totally works. I can stream Netflix content (in HD) no problem. The quality is noticeable reduced, but definitely watchable, and for content you're not going to watch on blu ray disc anyways, might not be an issue. Now for the question at hand, I just received this item you are asking about. I was hoping it would grab internet wirelessly from my wireless N router. I'm thinking that yes another one may be required. For just under twice as much there is this product http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00126R3P6/ which includes two wireless bridges. This may be what we're looking for. I can't understand why there isn't simply a single device that will connect wirelessly to my wireless router and give internet access to a network device. But maybe it's possible if the tech said so. I hope so otherwise I'm spending more money and I want to stick with Netgear because my experience and the general consensus is that their devices are more reliable than others. And I just noticed the post is a year old. Well maybe this will help someone.
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Mine saw my own home wireless modem and I had to use my password info to connect, but it did connect .I am not very knowledgeable about tablets, but I did manage to even load a Netflix app and it works fine. You many need to return or exchange your item, or find the closest tech savvy person and let them have a shot at it. Good luck!
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I have a cable modem and I occasionally have quality problems. I haven't figured out yet if the trouble is with my network, the player or Netflix. Sometimes I'll get a message saying that the connection is too poor to even connect, so I click OK, reconnect, and generally it loads at high quality. Or sometimes it will load at medium quality so I'll stop the playback so it will load again. More often than not it loads the second time at high quality. It's kind of quirky.I can't answer your question, but thought I'd share my experience. Oh, and I have a 46" Samsung tv.
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I don't think this unit had that function. You can connect to Netflix in the setup menu.
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In regard to answer from shizzyvill, before you decide to use the connection suggestion, we had only one working HDMI input that is working on our Samsung LN42B360 which we discovered too late to use the warranty for replacement. We ordered the Dvds from Netflix.
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Honestly...this product is not going to do anything for your TV. You need something like the "Mini MK802 Android 4.0 Google TV Box HD IPTV Player PC Allwinner A10 1G DDR3" if your goal is to make your TV a "smart" TV. I have not bought one, but it is on my to buy list as my TV has a USB port, but does not have an ethernet port. This will allow me to get the Android Netflix app etc.Amazon won't let me include a link but you can buy that device here at Amazon.com