i'm a bit confused, never owned a blu ray player, i see on the details page it says something about a wireless adapter, do i have to have one in order to watch netflix or hulu or does it automatically connect via my wifi
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The wireless is built in to the blu ray. You will just need to set the network connectin up and configure netflix and hulu. It will walk you throug the steps.
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Thanks so much for the quick reponse.How good is the quality of the movies over the internet? Does the blu ray player hook up to the net and if so is it wireless? Or are you talking about renting movies thru the mail in blu ray.I'm trying to avoid the mail rentals since my family tends to misplace them.
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Update....I connected the blueray player via ethernet cable to the router. I downloaded the newest firmware via cd-r on my computer and placed it in the player and Behold!!!! after going to menu and going to the network menu for updates, it well ,, updated...which took some 20 or so minutes. I then had to reintroduce the player to the samsung wireless Lan which the player accommodated. I am now up and running netflix, pandora, also utube and blockbuster were added to the configuration. Don't try to waste any more valuable time trying to figure out gateway ping and simply disconnect the Lan and hook the player via ethernet cable or you will never get anywhere. Update....I connected the blueray player via ethernet cable to the router. I downloaded the newest firmware via cd-r on my computer and placed it in the player and Behold!!!! after going to menu and going to the network menu for updates, it well ,, updated...which took some 20 or so minutes. I then had to reintroduce the player to the samsung wireless Lan which the player accommodated. I am now up and running netflix, pandora, also utube and blockbuster were added to the configuration. Don't try to waste any more valuable time trying to figure out gateway ping and simply disconnect the Lan... » Read More Update....I connected the blueray player via ethernet cable to the router. I downloaded the newest firmware via cd-r on my computer and placed it in the player and Behold!!!! after going to menu and going to the network menu for updates, it well ,, updated...which took some 20 or so minutes. I then had to reintroduce the player to the samsung wireless Lan which the player accommodated. I am now up and running netflix, pandora, also utube and blockbuster were added to the configuration. Don't try to waste any more valuable time trying to figure out gateway ping and simply disconnect the Lan and hook the player via ethernet cable or you will never get anywhere. « Show Less
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Not sure why. I stream both with no trouble at all. When I start the player a host of streaming services come up, most I don't even recognize. I scroll to the one I want and enter.Now, in the beginning I had to set it up like you did with Netflix. Enter your password and identify your WiFi, that sort of thing. But once I did that I have had no trouble and used it just last night. Good luck
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Yes, I've played older DVD's as well as Blu-ray. With it's wireless capability, I now also watch Netflix on line.
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1. Yes, i have connected a cat 5 cable from my wireless router to my sony player and am able to surf the internet. 2. yes, it came pre~installed and was able to sign up but do not really use the service my self. even though I was successful in downloading a free movie. I really do not subscribe to netflix,I do not see any reason why it should not work if amazon video did. Crackle worked fine for me. Hulu is a subscription service like netflix and unfortunately I do not have any intention of paying for these services.
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Yes usually WPA2 does the trick over WEP. But not for me, not this time because I did have it set up WPA. HEre is what I finally did to fix the problem. I went in and disabled all security, and made it an open network. It hooked up right away, no problem at all. Then, I went in and enabled MAC filtering, and added the mac address of the blu ray to my list of authorized users. Then I went back in and turned on the WPA. At first I had tried WPA and WPA2. So hopefully this will help anyone who has problems hooking up. It is VERY frustrating to have network problems, especially when you read in the reviews which state "within 10 minutes after opening the box I was hooked up to NetFlix and watching movies." LOL. So my first instict was correct, something in the router settings need to be tweaked. I use a Belkin N router.
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It is wifi ready, not wifi built-in. Meaning you have to plug something else in to receive the signal. The problem is that many USB adapters do not work with sony blu ray players. Sony says only their $80 adapter will work. What Janean and everyone is asking which USB adapters will work besides Sony's.
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HDMI cable is needed to connect it to the TV, the Amazon brand cable sold here works just fine with it and its very cheap. And yes it can connect to a wireless router or you can connect it by the LAN output. and ofcourse you would need a paid membership from Netflix to stream their stuff.
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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 found that the blu ray player has to be connected to the network via wireless. A hard wired connection won't allow the iphone app to work. No idea why, but I tried for a long time to get it to work over a wired connection. Everything showed up on the network just as you are finding. It worked the first time via wireless. I found that out via scanning several forums. Hope this helps.
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Ok, that is my problem. I want the one that can connect to Netflix and is wireless. Is there such a thing out there? The prices are almost the same so I would like to get the best version. It is getting late, I have to buy. Please help..
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The connectivity capabilities of the TV and Blu-ray player aren't meant to transfer content, but to connect each device to the internet. Your WiFi Blu-ray player will still be connected to your TV via HDMI, it's just that the Blu-ray player will be able to stream Netflix, for example. When a TV like the UN55B8500 is connected to the internet over WiFi, it can do things like get weather forecasts, or stream Amazon on-demand video from Yahoo! TV widgets.
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Can you help? We have tried two LG Blu Rays and have had hundreds of minutes of discussion with LG support and no one can help us. We cannot get connected to UTube or Netflix wirelessly. Our signal is strong. The system tells us to "try again" and then locks up. Any ideas?
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are you talking about using your wifi for your blu-ray and your tv.i don't see why not.i run 2 roku and a computer off of my wifi.the tv channel wifi and the blu-ray should come through on different channels.
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I had the same problem. Unfortunately there is something else you have to buy from Toshiba to actually experience the entire functionality of the player. I was very disappointed! Here is what you have to buy from Toshiba: Shipped Product Code Product Description Unit Cost Total 1 WLM-12NB1 TOSHIBA USB WI-FI ADAPTER FOR BLU RAY PLAYERS BDX2300 AND BDX2400 $59.99 $59.99 Mfg part #: WLM-12NB1
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I don't see what the wi-fi adaptor has to do with your choice of cd/dvd player. The Sony TV MUST have a Sony wiFi adaptor though, other brands do not seem to work. The Sony wifi adaptor has a pretty crappy antenna, and needs to be pretty close to your wifi router to get a good signal. I would guess you have your BluRay connected to a central receiver/amplifier with physical cable?