Streaming movies to Blu-Ray player?

wintermute

wintermute

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I'm looking at Blu-Ray players, and having been out of the A/V market for quite some time, found out that some have the neat feature of being able to connect to the internet to stream movies from Netflix and the like. It would be easiest for me to do it wirelessly. Does it make sense to jump on this boat if I have it connected wirelessly to my router which is hooked up to Verizon FiOS? Or do I need to have it hard wired to the router for faster speeds?
 
I don't know about any Blu-Ray players that stream Netflix. But Netflix has a thing called a "Roku" and it's like sole purpose is to steam Netflix movies.
 
Hard wired is always better, but it should be OK with wireless as long as you have a good signal.

How do you like FiOS?
 
mikeal said:
Hard wired is always better, but it should be OK with wireless as long as you have a good signal.

How do you like FiOS?
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Unfortunately, hardwiring would involve drilling a hole through a nice, freshly painted wall. My signal strength kicks butt, I'm just worried about the slower transfer rate. So far I love FiOS, but then again, I haven't gotten my first bill. Before this I had everything through the local cable company, Cablevision. The internet speeds are similar, but the Verizon definitely seems more thought out. The things I like most about the Verizon are that any premium channel you pay for you get a great selection of "On Demand" movies and shows from, I can put my router wherever I want (with Cablevision it had to be connected directly to the cable modem), and the FiOS phone service has a big honkin' battery backup for when the power goes out. Also, they put more care into the installation and routing of cables throughout the house.
 
I have Netflix steaming to 4 Xbox 360s and 1 PS3. Everything is wireless except for one hard-wired 360. I have no trouble at all.
 
Video doesnt take as much bandwidth as you might expect. If you have a good signal quality and 54Mbps connection you should be able to stream media. Just make sure there arent any old 802.11b clients connecting to your access point or you might have problems.
 
I use my PS3 - It's wirelessly connected to my home network. I used to play games on it too, but it is mostly a movie player now. I am an old school gamer, been playing since the days of Atari and the older Commodore 64.
The PS3 works with Netflix too. They have an option on their site to use a disc (free) and you can watch as much as you like (for the monthly fee of course) this does also include movies shipped too.
 
wintermute said:
I'm looking at Blu-Ray players, and having been out of the A/V market for quite some time, found out that some have the neat feature of being able to connect to the internet to stream movies from Netflix and the like. It would be easiest for me to do it wirelessly. Does it make sense to jump on this boat if I have it connected wirelessly to my router which is hooked up to Verizon FiOS? Or do I need to have it hard wired to the router for faster speeds?
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Wireless is fine. It's faster than your internet connection speed (unless the wireless router is a long way off ... speed goes down with distance).
 
PS3 is only $300, and you can play video games, browse the internet on your big screen, play music etc with it. I use mine to watch movies mostly nowadays. Blu-Ray in 1080P or streaming HD from netflix. It's great.
 
HardUse said:
PS3 is only $300, and you can play video games, browse the internet on your big screen, play music etc with it. I use mine to watch movies mostly nowadays. Blu-Ray in 1080P or streaming HD from netflix. It's great.
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I agree with HardUse.

I bought a Samsung 3600 Blu-Ray. Netflix wasn't an option for the PS3 when I bought the Samsung. The Samsung does network streaming to the TV from your computer, along with Netflix, Pandora, etc.

It works great BUT .. if I had to do it over I'd have bought the Sony PS3.
 
Best Buy Insignia NS-WBRDVD ~$150.00. I've had mine about three months, works great.
 
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