WiFi from Blu-Ray Player from Ethernet to WiFi options?

I want to buy my parents a blu-ray player for christmas. I found a good deal on an LG that streams netflix as well. My sister and I plan on getting them a netflix subscription also. Problem is they don't have a network cable near the TV that they would watch it. I would be willing to run one, but not sure if they'd be too crazy about the idea.

Are there any inexpensive and good ways to connect a device to the Blu-Ray ethernet port and go to a wifi device? I have a DGL-3420 that I used to use with my xbox, would that work you think?

 

Streaming video on wireless can be unreliable. I would try powerline devices first.

 

Powerline device? Are you serious? I thought those things were worse than wireless.

Either way it's a moot point because I got a good deal on an LG BD570 with integrated wireless. Seems that if it was streaming with enough buffer it wouldn't matter.

Of course I stream netflix all the time on my laptop wireless without issue. We'll see how it fares. I'll be ticked if I spent the extra money on one with built-in wifi for nothing.

 

Are we talking about hi-def content? Standard content will stream okay on Wireless N, but high-def you will find it unreliable at times.

Powerline devices can very depending on the electrical wiring, but its more consistent in throughput. You can always return it if it sucks anyway.

 

Most likely regular content. Netflix doesn't offer much in the way of HD content yet.

Funny thing is that they bought a couple nice flat screen TV's when their tube TV's were pretty nice. But my stepdad is so cheap he won't budge for the HD package. On top of that they stretch the image to fit the screen.

I'm hoping by getting them a Blu-Ray player along with a netflix subscription to get blu-ray's + streaming, he will see the clear difference and upgrade to the HD package for another $12/mo.

 

That's what "buffering" is for I've found Netflix streams fine over an 802.11g network (to my laptop), especially if it's typical parental usage where it's the only thing really using bandwidth. No background torrents or anything like that. Does the LG have built-in wifi? Most of them that support wired networking also have a wifi connection.

 

This particular model does support wi-fi. I've found that pretty much all brands have a network ethernet connection while they have one version that is "wi-fi ready" and the other is "wi-fi integrated". Enabled just means they offer a USB accessory for Wi-Fi (for $40-$80), and most are proprietary.

And I stream all the time over 802.11n on my laptop without issue. Depends on how big the buffer they use, but unless there's significant slowdowns or hangs I can't see it dropping or pausing the playback.