Connecting blu-ray player to internet: can anyone help?
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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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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?
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Thank you, Matt. I'll be hooking the player up to the internet today will do the update straight away. I've only had the player for a couple of weeks but so far no problems and I love the difference in the picture. I really hadn't expected such a large difference. Haven't tried non Blu-Ray yet.
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Yes, just a connection from blu-ray player to TV and wireless or wired connection to your internet
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Stanley D.,It will play Blu-Ray discs, DVD discs, and even CD-Audio discs. You don't need it to be connected to the Internet to run. However, you may want to connect it once to make sure you have the latest updates installed on the player. But you don't have to. --Mr. S
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I have and do; in fact, it's been the best Blu Ray player I've used for a computer. I have a Mac and use a downloadable player. Try Different software; if that doesn't work, it might be a faulty unit.
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You need a source to plug into one of these. You'll need either a router or a switch. Take the cable currently plugged into your computer, plug that into the switch/router, and then from the switch/router, you can plug one cable into your computer and a second cable into one of these units, which is plugged into the wall. The other unit will be plugged into the wall near your blu-ray, with a cable connecting that second unit to the blu-ray.
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I just purchased the Samsung BD-P3600 blu-ray players and I'm having the same problem as posted by C. Wagnon; anyone out there has a solution! If I can't use the wifi connection, I'll be returning the darn player!
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This player does have a Blu ray player and writer on it. If it is not doing so you may have the connection hookup incorrect. Also you must have a mother board and good enough graphics card to use the writer portion.
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wow.. it took me forever to find a solution to this problem. The Up, Up, Down, Down, etc. solution worked for me! Thank you! Thank you! btw, mine was Panasonic DMP-BDT220 Blu ray player.
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If your Blu-ray is attached to your network via ethernet, then this will allow you to connect it via wifi. If your Blu-ray player is already wireless, then this is redundant and not necessary.
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Press the green colored button on your bluray player remote. select wireless or wired connection. select your device router. then type in your wep key on the back or bottom of your router and enter or select. and thats it
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As far as the cord is concerned, yes. LAN(local area network) refers to what is on the user(your) side of your router. Ethernet is more general term. Yes, you can use this cable to connect your Blu ray player that connects to the internet by wire, to your router.
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I have connected my KDL-46XBR9 to the Internet via a wireless bridge. My network schema:TV ---- Zyxel P-330W - - - Linksys WRT54G2 --- InternetYou can play Internet video, download Yahoo! widgets and access local DLNA servers (Windows Media Center works - but not for all media types). Cannot surf the Internet though. See these videos to get a better idea:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z7QF-tRaac&feature;=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHndiAZtyyY
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I am also having this issue. Contacted amazon instant video customer service. They said they have been having this issue with panasonic blu ray's but I still don't have an answer on the fix. Now my blu ray won't connect to the internet at all.
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I don't think this is the one per Sony's parts website below: http://store.sony.com/blu-ray-disc-player-with-super-wi-fi-zid27-BDPS3100/cat-27-catid-EOL-Blu-ray-DVD-Internet-Players;pgid=pnpuUTRUw61SRpb1xl08j8ub0000tzYM__qN?_t=pfm%3Dsearch%26SearchTerm%3DBDP-S3100 Remote part# RMT-B119A This is the part# to punch in the Amazon search box.
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Another alternative is: NETGEAR Home Theater Internet Connection Kit (Black)I did try the wireless client and a bridge combo (ASUS & D-Link), but using 4 separate Home Theater equipments (Denon AVR43010CI receiver, Oppo BDP83 Blu-ray player, Panasonic V-10 TV, and DishNetwork HD-DVR) connected to this combo was getting me inconsistent performance.Using the above has worked out fabulously. Read the reviews for it.