?As Grinder stated your best option is a wireless router or a wired router
if
you dont mind running cable from the modem to the router to the computer and
to the Blu-ray.
Be careful when buying the Blu-ray some say wireless ready but need an extra
dongle to make it work.
also some say Netflix ready but they still have not updated the firmware to
make netflix work.
I ran into this with a Samsung machine...the wireless dongle was included
and I had no problem
connecting to my wireless router and accessing movies on my computer...but
the firmware update
they promised to access netflix never happened.

A media box is an option as Paul stated but again you would need a wireless
router to access the net.
and again you would need to read the reviews very carefully because not all
of them can access netflix...
only promises of future firmware updates

peter



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"johns" wrote in message
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I have a new HDTV and I want to buy a Blueray dvd player
to use with it and stream movies, etc to it. I have Verizon
cableTV and network. I also have a computer which talks
out over a cable DSLmodem, but the modem only has
one network input .. a cheapy, but works fine.

Question: is there a Blueray DVD player that has a
builtin DSLmodem ( not just another RJ45 output ) that
could go straight to the cableTV wallplate ? Or am I
stuck needing a new switch/router/DSL modem combo
with wireless modules for the Blueray ? I have looked
at a dozen Blueray boxes, and not one of them has
a coax connector on the back .. only RJ45.

I ask the Geeks, and it became pretty obvious that they
are clueless regards how all this works. They sort of know,
and they sort of evade my questions.

I also understand that there is a dedicated "Netflix" box
that will do this too. But again, does that box go to
my router/DSLmodem ? Or does it have it's own DSL
modem ?

And then, what will Verizon think of me having 2 DSL
modems ? Will they register both to one account ?

The typical answer I'm getting from all the experts goes
something like, "Yes, you need a router. " Hint: routers
don't talk out to ISPs. That is done by the DSLmodem.
Some router$ have a multiport front end switch .. a router
.... and a builtin DSLmodem. That is not a "router". It is
a combo switch-router-cable DSLmodem.

One Geek at Best Buy tried to tell me that all I needed
was an Internet Ready HDTV ... and he pointed to several
on the wall. Ain't no way that's true.

johns