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My media center requirements are pretty low…But, I’ve been pretty happy with this thing.

Now we’re talking. That’s good advice. A lot of my co-workers buying these also. They mentioned buying is ASUS (O!Play)…but now I read the reviews for the WD Media Player which is your recommendation it has stronger reviews in the forum, looks better.

I will probably buy the WD Media Player

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My media center requirements are pretty low…But, I’ve been pretty happy with this thing.

Now we’re talking. That’s good advice. A lot of my co-workers buying these also. They mentioned buying is ASUS (O!Play)…but now I read the reviews for the WD Media Player which is your recommendation it has stronger reviews in the forum, looks better.

I will probably buy the WD Media Player

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My media center requirements are pretty low…But, I’ve been pretty happy with this thing.

Now we’re talking. That’s good advice. A lot of my co-workers buying these also. They mentioned buying is ASUS (O!Play)…but now I read the reviews for the WD Media Player which is your recommendation it has stronger reviews in the forum, looks better.

I will probably buy the WD Media Player

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We can dream. Imagine to wake up to THAT La Jolla view every morning. Thanks for posting

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We can dream. Imagine to wake up to THAT La Jolla view every morning. Thanks for posting

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We can dream. Imagine to wake up to THAT La Jolla view every morning. Thanks for posting

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We can dream. Imagine to wake up to THAT La Jolla view every morning. Thanks for posting

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We can dream. Imagine to wake up to THAT La Jolla view every morning. Thanks for posting

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Well, I took your advice, got the WiFi blu-ray, tried all the apps. Everything worked just fine, from the apps to the blu-ray player.

Now, I think I’m gonna return the WiFi blu-ray player

WHAT?

Read on..

I can get my $225 back, add another $100, and simply upgrade our few-years old home pc to a media server PC. That will give me ALL the functionality of the WiFi blu-ray player, PLUS way more.

I could then stream hulu – AND I could record it, store it to PC hard drive, along with DVD-ripped movies and music and photos, and play those anytime. I could run iTunes and browse music through “album-flow” on the big screen and played on the 7.1 surround speakers. Or my wife could play Lady Gaga’s new 1080p music videos off VIVO. My kid could play PC software learning games on the TV. I could browse our photos off smugmug. Not to mention free internet porn displayed on big screen TV – assuming you don’t have kids, or a judgmental spouse (I have both!)

Look, you can’t do ANY of the above with the WiFi blu-ray.

Now if you have a PS3 at least you could watch hulu. If anyone knows how to watch Hulu.com on a Wifi blu-ray player, let me know. That could convince me to keep it. (We bought the Samsung BD-C6500)

Oh, and Vudu (on the WiFi blu-ray player) sucks.

Why would I pay $6 to stream a single Vudu HD movie through WiFi blu-ray when for $10/month I already have Netflix deliver as many blu-ray discs as I can watch per month?

Weather.com on a blu-ray player? Worthless! What, can’t I walk 10 feet to my PC and type “weather.com”

Streaming Netflix on the WiFi Blu-ray? Ugh, the picture quality sucks!

However, yes, if a person is buying their FIRST Blu-ray player, sure I’d recommend getting one with WiFi built-in, and you should consider the Samsung BD-C6500 because it is one of the best for under $250.

But we already have a non-Wifi Blu-ray player (it wasn’t WiFi). And we have that extra PC just waiting to be turned into a media center PC.

And until I do that, I can get all the functionality of the Wifi Blu-ray player (and more) by simply hooking my laptop up to our big screen LCD.

[stockstradr]

Well, I took your advice, got the WiFi blu-ray, tried all the apps. Everything worked just fine, from the apps to the blu-ray player.

Now, I think I’m gonna return the WiFi blu-ray player

WHAT?

Read on..

I can get my $225 back, add another $100, and simply upgrade our few-years old home pc to a media server PC. That will give me ALL the functionality of the WiFi blu-ray player, PLUS way more.

I could then stream hulu – AND I could record it, store it to PC hard drive, along with DVD-ripped movies and music and photos, and play those anytime. I could run iTunes and browse music through “album-flow” on the big screen and played on the 7.1 surround speakers. Or my wife could play Lady Gaga’s new 1080p music videos off VIVO. My kid could play PC software learning games on the TV. I could browse our photos off smugmug. Not to mention free internet porn displayed on big screen TV – assuming you don’t have kids, or a judgmental spouse (I have both!)

Look, you can’t do ANY of the above with the WiFi blu-ray.

Now if you have a PS3 at least you could watch hulu. If anyone knows how to watch Hulu.com on a Wifi blu-ray player, let me know. That could convince me to keep it. (We bought the Samsung BD-C6500)

Oh, and Vudu (on the WiFi blu-ray player) sucks.

Why would I pay $6 to stream a single Vudu HD movie through WiFi blu-ray when for $10/month I already have Netflix deliver as many blu-ray discs as I can watch per month?

Weather.com on a blu-ray player? Worthless! What, can’t I walk 10 feet to my PC and type “weather.com”

Streaming Netflix on the WiFi Blu-ray? Ugh, the picture quality sucks!

However, yes, if a person is buying their FIRST Blu-ray player, sure I’d recommend getting one with WiFi built-in, and you should consider the Samsung BD-C6500 because it is one of the best for under $250.

But we already have a non-Wifi Blu-ray player (it wasn’t WiFi). And we have that extra PC just waiting to be turned into a media center PC.

And until I do that, I can get all the functionality of the Wifi Blu-ray player (and more) by simply hooking my laptop up to our big screen LCD.

[stockstradr]

Well, I took your advice, got the WiFi blu-ray, tried all the apps. Everything worked just fine, from the apps to the blu-ray player.

Now, I think I’m gonna return the WiFi blu-ray player

WHAT?

Read on..

I can get my $225 back, add another $100, and simply upgrade our few-years old home pc to a media server PC. That will give me ALL the functionality of the WiFi blu-ray player, PLUS way more.

I could then stream hulu – AND I could record it, store it to PC hard drive, along with DVD-ripped movies and music and photos, and play those anytime. I could run iTunes and browse music through “album-flow” on the big screen and played on the 7.1 surround speakers. Or my wife could play Lady Gaga’s new 1080p music videos off VIVO. My kid could play PC software learning games on the TV. I could browse our photos off smugmug. Not to mention free internet porn displayed on big screen TV – assuming you don’t have kids, or a judgmental spouse (I have both!)

Look, you can’t do ANY of the above with the WiFi blu-ray.

Now if you have a PS3 at least you could watch hulu. If anyone knows how to watch Hulu.com on a Wifi blu-ray player, let me know. That could convince me to keep it. (We bought the Samsung BD-C6500)

Oh, and Vudu (on the WiFi blu-ray player) sucks.

Why would I pay $6 to stream a single Vudu HD movie through WiFi blu-ray when for $10/month I already have Netflix deliver as many blu-ray discs as I can watch per month?

Weather.com on a blu-ray player? Worthless! What, can’t I walk 10 feet to my PC and type “weather.com”

Streaming Netflix on the WiFi Blu-ray? Ugh, the picture quality sucks!

However, yes, if a person is buying their FIRST Blu-ray player, sure I’d recommend getting one with WiFi built-in, and you should consider the Samsung BD-C6500 because it is one of the best for under $250.

But we already have a non-Wifi Blu-ray player (it wasn’t WiFi). And we have that extra PC just waiting to be turned into a media center PC.

And until I do that, I can get all the functionality of the Wifi Blu-ray player (and more) by simply hooking my laptop up to our big screen LCD.

[stockstradr]

Well, I took your advice, got the WiFi blu-ray, tried all the apps. Everything worked just fine, from the apps to the blu-ray player.

Now, I think I’m gonna return the WiFi blu-ray player

WHAT?

Read on..

I can get my $225 back, add another $100, and simply upgrade our few-years old home pc to a media server PC. That will give me ALL the functionality of the WiFi blu-ray player, PLUS way more.

I could then stream hulu – AND I could record it, store it to PC hard drive, along with DVD-ripped movies and music and photos, and play those anytime. I could run iTunes and browse music through “album-flow” on the big screen and played on the 7.1 surround speakers. Or my wife could play Lady Gaga’s new 1080p music videos off VIVO. My kid could play PC software learning games on the TV. I could browse our photos off smugmug. Not to mention free internet porn displayed on big screen TV – assuming you don’t have kids, or a judgmental spouse (I have both!)

Look, you can’t do ANY of the above with the WiFi blu-ray.

Now if you have a PS3 at least you could watch hulu. If anyone knows how to watch Hulu.com on a Wifi blu-ray player, let me know. That could convince me to keep it. (We bought the Samsung BD-C6500)

Oh, and Vudu (on the WiFi blu-ray player) sucks.

Why would I pay $6 to stream a single Vudu HD movie through WiFi blu-ray when for $10/month I already have Netflix deliver as many blu-ray discs as I can watch per month?

Weather.com on a blu-ray player? Worthless! What, can’t I walk 10 feet to my PC and type “weather.com”

Streaming Netflix on the WiFi Blu-ray? Ugh, the picture quality sucks!

However, yes, if a person is buying their FIRST Blu-ray player, sure I’d recommend getting one with WiFi built-in, and you should consider the Samsung BD-C6500 because it is one of the best for under $250.

But we already have a non-Wifi Blu-ray player (it wasn’t WiFi). And we have that extra PC just waiting to be turned into a media center PC.

And until I do that, I can get all the functionality of the Wifi Blu-ray player (and more) by simply hooking my laptop up to our big screen LCD.

[stockstradr]

Well, I took your advice, got the WiFi blu-ray, tried all the apps. Everything worked just fine, from the apps to the blu-ray player.

Now, I think I’m gonna return the WiFi blu-ray player

WHAT?

Read on..

I can get my $225 back, add another $100, and simply upgrade our few-years old home pc to a media server PC. That will give me ALL the functionality of the WiFi blu-ray player, PLUS way more.

I could then stream hulu – AND I could record it, store it to PC hard drive, along with DVD-ripped movies and music and photos, and play those anytime. I could run iTunes and browse music through “album-flow” on the big screen and played on the 7.1 surround speakers. Or my wife could play Lady Gaga’s new 1080p music videos off VIVO. My kid could play PC software learning games on the TV. I could browse our photos off smugmug. Not to mention free internet porn displayed on big screen TV – assuming you don’t have kids, or a judgmental spouse (I have both!)

Look, you can’t do ANY of the above with the WiFi blu-ray.

Now if you have a PS3 at least you could watch hulu. If anyone knows how to watch Hulu.com on a Wifi blu-ray player, let me know. That could convince me to keep it. (We bought the Samsung BD-C6500)

Oh, and Vudu (on the WiFi blu-ray player) sucks.

Why would I pay $6 to stream a single Vudu HD movie through WiFi blu-ray when for $10/month I already have Netflix deliver as many blu-ray discs as I can watch per month?

Weather.com on a blu-ray player? Worthless! What, can’t I walk 10 feet to my PC and type “weather.com”

Streaming Netflix on the WiFi Blu-ray? Ugh, the picture quality sucks!

However, yes, if a person is buying their FIRST Blu-ray player, sure I’d recommend getting one with WiFi built-in, and you should consider the Samsung BD-C6500 because it is one of the best for under $250.

But we already have a non-Wifi Blu-ray player (it wasn’t WiFi). And we have that extra PC just waiting to be turned into a media center PC.

And until I do that, I can get all the functionality of the Wifi Blu-ray player (and more) by simply hooking my laptop up to our big screen LCD.

[stockstradr]

Thanks to cantab and others who mentioned WiFi DVD players, for the streaming vid option.

Read that and realized it is a great tip. Same day I ordered the Samsung BD-C6500, ordered Netflex $9/month, and also cut out $50 in monthly services off my DISH Network bill.

I am so sick of paying over $100/month for DISH Network.

One thing I don’t understand are those who get HD packages from a cable provider instead of through dish provider.

When we decided to pay for HD package, we had cable and we overlapped that with satellite (DISH Network) service for a month, before dropping cable. So we had a month to compare the Comcast HD package to the DISH Network HD package, viewed alternatively on same big screen LCD.

The DISH Network HD picture was way clearer and brighter and sharper than the Comast HD picture. Comcast blamed weak signal, came out and measured cable signal was exceptionally strong, so that couldn’t have been the root cause.

[stockstradr]

Thanks to cantab and others who mentioned WiFi DVD players, for the streaming vid option.

Read that and realized it is a great tip. Same day I ordered the Samsung BD-C6500, ordered Netflex $9/month, and also cut out $50 in monthly services off my DISH Network bill.

I am so sick of paying over $100/month for DISH Network.

One thing I don’t understand are those who get HD packages from a cable provider instead of through dish provider.

When we decided to pay for HD package, we had cable and we overlapped that with satellite (DISH Network) service for a month, before dropping cable. So we had a month to compare the Comcast HD package to the DISH Network HD package, viewed alternatively on same big screen LCD.

The DISH Network HD picture was way clearer and brighter and sharper than the Comast HD picture. Comcast blamed weak signal, came out and measured cable signal was exceptionally strong, so that couldn’t have been the root cause.

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