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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 418 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have a wireless router and just wonder how you would connect a Blu-Ray player to it wireless. What would I need to buy? |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | As far as I'm aware the only blu-ray player with wireless capability is the PS3.
Although I'm sure there are other models out there with it built-in.
I can't think of any wireless adapters currently out that could be added to a blu-ray player as they all need software to work, so how would you tell the player what it is?
Edit: after a few more searches, it seems you may be able to buy a wireless bridge or access point which you must still physically connect to the blu-ray player via cable but allows wireless connection to the rest of the network. | | | | Last edited: by northbloke |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | As North said - buy the PS3.
The first thing I did after I got my new PS3 home was to connect it to the wireless router and download the updates.
Easy peasy. | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pauls42: Quote:
As North said - buy the PS3. Wash your mouth out! Never said any such thing! I'm an Xbox owner and proud!   |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you need just an occasional hook-up: 1) just buy a long Ethernet cable and string it temporarily from the router to the BD player. Not elegant but it gets the job done. For long term use: 2) What North said, a bridge or access point. Never used a dedicated one but this is what they are for. 3) A power line adapter. Again, never used one but claims are they work (Google: powerline and Ethernet) 4) Do you have another wireless device nearby that has bridging built-in? I have a Squeezebox that has this ability. (It's wireless itself and you can change the Ethernet port so that another device can use it to attach to the wireless network. | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | I am not an expert, but couldn't you buy a small "wireless hub", set that up with the computer first, if needed and then connect it to the DVD player with a cable? I guess a mini router and then turning off the DHCP could work also?
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Re-read tweeter's post. I guess "bridge" is the thing I was trying to describe there... | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
Registered: May 29, 2000 (at InterVocative) | | | | Last edited: by nuoyaxin |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have a wireless bridge behind my TV with the PS3 hardwired as well as the HD-DVD player and DVR. Works great once you get it configured properly. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
Create fake parent profiles to organize your collection. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | Get one of those xbox wireless network devices. Connect it up to your computer to configure it and then plug it into the ethernet port of your player. You're now connected. |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 418 |
| | Posted: | | | | I thought in order to do BD Live you connect to a online site or something? I can run 4 Ethernet cables from my router. I have one for my PC and one at my kitchen table where I fix people computers. I could run another cable but, would be nice to have a wireless Blu-Ray player like a lot of printers are now these days. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Randall_Lind: Quote:
I thought in order to do BD Live you connect to a online site or something? BD Live only requires internet access, the sites it connects to is determined by the disc. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
Quoting pauls42:
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As North said - buy the PS3.
Wash your mouth out! Never said any such thing!
I'm an Xbox owner and proud!  What I meant of course is "As North said - you would need to buy a PS3 (to get easy connectivity)". Although as everybody else has come up with work arounds, this probably isn't the only option anymore. | | | | Paul | | | | Last edited: by pauls42 |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 418 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would never pay $600+ for a game system it would be cheaper to buy a stand alone blu-ray and a xbox |
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| Registered: August 26, 2008 | | Posts: 12 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Randall_Lind: Quote:
I thought in order to do BD Live you connect to a online site or something? I can run 4 Ethernet cables from my router. I have one for my PC and one at my kitchen table where I fix people computers. I could run another cable but, would be nice to have a wireless Blu-Ray player like a lot of printers are now these days. If you bought the PS3, all you'd have to do is plug it in, turn it on, and set it for wireless network. It will automatically find the network. You can't get easier than that.. You don't even "have" to get another router, you could get a wireless access point and plug that into your router. |
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| Registered: September 14, 2007 | | Posts: 49 |
| | Posted: | | | | I use this for media streaming through an old phillips streamium. The concept would be identical so I see no reason why it would not work with a blu-ray player. You connect the adapter to a computer first to configure it with your wireless security settings, and then simply connect it to your blu-ray player and you're good to go. | | | | Last edited: by Peacefrog |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Randall_Lind: Quote:
I would never pay $600+ for a game system it would be cheaper to buy a stand alone blu-ray and a xbox It hasn't been $600 for a while. You can get a PS3 for $400 now. Still the best player on the market, IMHO. |
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| Registered: December 3, 2007 | | Posts: 23 |
| | Posted: | | | | I bought one of the powerline ethernet devices at amazonI have not hooked it up yet, so I can't really say how well it works. | | | | The theme ingredient is ...... |
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