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(63 customer reviews) 50 of 52 people found the following review helpful
You need a fast N Router to have flawless streaming content,
July 15, 2011 Souroosh Soheili "Hitech Market" (CA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony BDP-BX58 Blu-ray Disc Player 3D Built-in Wireless (Electronics)
I see that a number of reviewers here are disappointed with the wireless streaming content (ie Netflix). I had the same issue until I switched my wireless router. You need a good N router that is specifically optimized for streaming video. I replaced my router with a Vizio XRW100 and the bluray player works perfectly.
56 of 60 people found the following review helpful
Fantastic,
April 16, 2011 Jan (Salt Lake City, UT, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony BDP-BX58 Blu-ray Disc Player 3D Built-in Wireless (Electronics)
We tried and returned the preceding model. So we picked this one up with a bit of concern. The sales folk assured us that Sony had fixed it's failings, and they have a good return policy where we bought, so we gave Sony a second chance.
It works beautifully, even with Netflix. Video streams properly via wifi, and the unit has remained responsive at all times. On blu-ray the machine responds to commands instantly. The remote is well designed and easy to use. As I recall, one concern we had with this unit was that Amazon streaming video was not advertised on the box. However, the unit does in fact support Amazon.
All-in-all, the unit works as designed and desired.
42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
BluRay with WiFI and a newer router,
July 30, 2011 J. C. Danko (North St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony BDP-BX58 Blu-ray Disc Player 3D Built-in Wireless (Electronics)
We have been researching BluRay for a while since my son has built up a large collection of BD disks he plays on his PS3, the original BluRay and still probably the best for playing BD. He wanted to give one to his mom for her birthday so we went halfies on the BX58 with wireless. I also bought a newer wireless router, Buffalo WHR-HP-GN. (See my review of that product.)
The BX58 and the new Buffalo work together perfectly with my fairly fast Comcast cable internet.
The configuration was relatively painless. I used the WDS PIN registration method and had no problems establishing a working wireless network connection. To wirelessly rout to one of these TV related internet devices I would urge everyone to buy the best new technology router available. The Buffalo WHR-HP-GN is less than $40 on Amazon and a lower power version is less than $25. They have a mixed mode of encryption that eliminates a lot of compatibility problems across a range of devices. One little deficiency in...Read more
