Looking for Answers about samsung BD-D5100?

Sorry there is'nt one. You have to go to player and do it. No biggie though, you have to go to machine to put disc in anyway.

Only an output!

I have had great success playing *.avi movies.
SOME of them can be controlled using the Samsung remote; most cannot.

So it is a little more complicated - may have something to do with an encoding options (?).

it really does not matter just a standard cable is fine any brand

A work-around for this model, would be to connect it via the wired connection to a Wireless Hub that is slaved to your wireless network. I.e. it is not the Primary Wireless hub for your network. This does also imply that you can directly hook it to the wireless router for your home network if it is close enough (and Like me..) you can easily hide the cables.

This is also how you would probably add wireless for a whole set of devices, i.e. TV, BR player, etc. You would hook them wired to the secondary wireless HUB, it would assign addresses not in same range as the Primary wireless Router connected to your DSL/Broadband connection... then the device access would be routed through the secondary hub to the Primary Wireless router for your network.

For more specific details refer to the manual that should be with your router, or google the information.

this player has no built in wifi so you have to use wired connection.

IT CANNOT BE DONE WITH THE REMOTE, NO BIG DEAL AS YOU HAVE TO GET UP TO PUT THE DISK IN ANYWAY, THE BUTTON TO RIGHT OF THE DISPLAY IS THE OPEN BUTTON

I experienced the same issue. I got it to work by going into the PC the has the files, making sure that file(s) is shared. Then I went into Network & Sharing Center - Choose Home Group and Sharing Options - check the boxes you want shared in the Shared Libraries sections - go down to Change Advanced Sharing Settings - under Home or Work (your network) turn on Network Discovery, Public Folder Sharing (if you have anything in there), turn off Password Protected Sharing (for easier access), and allow Windows to manage HomeGroup Connections. Save your changes. This worked for me, however, keep in mind how you initially set up your network because those factors may be preventing you as well (i.e. MAC address control, limited IP range, reserved IP addresses, etc.).

FYI - The player won't read all media formats as it states in the User Manual. It will still "see" the file but will not play it.

Gradually solving the same issue. What set up do you have? Have you considered a wireless bridge? I'm waiting for the next version of MOCA products before solving; probably early 2012.

Yes you can - at least I have on mine though I don't remember the sequence. Do you have the latest firmware? On my YouTube menu it has "MY YOUTUBE" as the third selection down. Perhaps you select that and it will ask you for your account info.

Yes, in fact there is. What you need is to take an old Wi-Fi router and convert it into an adapter. I'm not exactly sure about the details, but I do know that my uncle is doing it for me as my Blu-ray doesn't support wireless. I would, (even though this may sound crude), to look it up on the internet.

It depends on if your Blu-ray has wireless capability. Go to settings and select Network settings. Then try searching for wireless access points. If you cannot figure it out, then it probably does not have wireless.

We have Dish Network, and it works with it. We got our Blu-ray player about three weeks ago. No problems thus far.

*BE SURE THERE IS NO BLU-RAY DISC IN THE PLAYER *USE USB FLASH DRIVE
1. You must place the .RUF firmware file in the root of the USB drive. The update guide tells you to just copy the folder over which didn't work. Take firmware file out of folder and place onto usb drive.
2. My USB drive was formatted to NTFS at first and I wondered why it didn't work. After I formatted it to FAT32 and plugged it in the player it showed a pop-up and asked me to update the firmware! After the firmware update you get Allshare support (Stream from computer) and two more Internet Streaming apps (Vudu & Cinema Now). Original apps that come with it are Netflix and Youtube.

Yes! I was pleasantly surprised that unlike my TIVO, where I could only choose from my instant que,
the Blu-ray remote has the netflix button and once I set it up on my netflix account, I can also browse the online library from my player. Yahooooo!!!!!

You can't. For some unknown reason, there's no open/close function on the remote that comes with this player model.

I believe the answer is no.
I have the BD-D5100.
Although the Samsung web site and e-mail blats claim support for many apps, I believe these models are limited in app support (Netflix + 2 Internet movie outfits)

The BD-D5100 does not seem to be that popular. Maybe it was a Best Buy "special".

Usually it will take a few seconds. If it takes over a minute though, you could try unplugging it for 30 seconds or so. Or you could try checking for scuffs, marks, smudges or anything on the disc that could affect the laser reading.

nop. Netflix has to send them with the movie...last time i check Netflix did not had subtitles but they were working on it....

It may help if you re-register your item. Have been advised firmware updates, when available, reach registered Samsung consumers via email notification(s). Best regards.