Sharkwater I have the player

Sharkwater

I have the player hard-wired to a dedicated Ethernet jack, so I cannot comment on any Wi-Fi set-up issues. I did have to buy a higher quality CAT5 Ethernet cable. Overall, I am very happy with this player. I took a star off for no Vudu, a marginal remote control, and a chintzy build quality. I used this with my new 47 Vizio TV, go Black Friday specials. I ran a network cable to it and I have been impressed since then with the online network channels available. Amazon Video on Demand, works great with HD Videos. Movies sharkwater within about two minutes. Lots of other content to view. Slacker radio streaming just a click away. Even got to watch a HD movie from Sony, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs before it was released on DVD. Only issue is a slow start time for Blu-ray discs. Seemed to be a little bit of a lag there. Also, YouTube videos are available. Sony could have made a better interface on the remote such as a QWERTY keyboard remote for searching YouTube videos. It is awkward to enter search words via the remote. For the price though, I am satisfied with the unit considering what access is available and some of the HD videos that are available via the sharkwater channels that come with the unit. Awesome test for a HD TV when one is streaming HD video of the Grand Canyon. You really get the feel of being there. NetFlix on demand available also. You could spend hours just going through all of the online channels that are available. Sweeeeet for the price. I finally jumped on the bandwagon and got a BluRay. I m a Sony guy, and had heard enough less-than-stellar things about Samsung to make me wait until Sony had a model that would stream Netflix. Given that all my other audiovideo gear is Sony, I assumed it would mate well with sharkwater items. I was correct; the load time for BluRay is only a minute or so, picture quality is great. Love the ability to stream Netflix etc. The box DOES state as well as most dealers that a separate router is required to go wireless. Those that say otherwise did not read all the way through.