Can you get Wi-Fi on a BD player without built-in Wi-Fi?

[Bryceo]

You should be Abel to buy the wifi areal ?

[manicsounds]

Originally Posted by Bryceo

You should be Abel to buy the wifi areal ?

Sorry, trying to understand your bad spelling, but "buy the wi-fi areal?" do you mean Wi-Fi area? This is a player in my own house, so it is my own Wi-Fi internet connection I'd be using...

[Bryceo]

Originally Posted by manicsounds

Sorry, trying to understand your bad spelling, but "buy the wi-fi areal?" do you mean Wi-Fi area? This is a player in my own house, so it is my own Wi-Fi internet connection I'd be using...

Sorry mate I'm a shocking speller the little USB wifi stick should work if not you'll have to hard wire your player to the router your uesing

[manicsounds]

Yes, but is it possible to get an ethernet to USB converter and use that? And why is it so difficult to find one? I guess I'll go out shopping tomorrow to see if I can find one.

[wp34gsh]

typically most players that do not have built in wifi, may be called wifi ready, which means you will need to but a manufacturer specific wifi dongle.

i know samsung, and sony and several others offer this type of player, in the past the dongle wuld run around 70-80 dollars, not sure abouyt now a days.

i dont believe you can buy just any wifi antennae and hook it up to the usb port

[blueshadow | Kosty]

It depends. Some players will accept a generic USB port wifi adapter and some older ones (maybe current) need the specific brand name adapter. I think later generation players without wifi have the firmware built into the motherboard.

It would help if we had the specific name and brand of the player and the router.