Connecting blue ray player to internet?

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my brother has a sony blue ray player and is wondering how to connect it to the internet?

In the instructions it says about a LAN cable or a LAN adaptor. what would be best. How do u connect it.

What can you do when it is connected e.g. what benefit is connecting it to the internet.

(We have a broadband connection)

Thank you

[AVDADDY]

All of your answers are in the manual.

[Steven]

You just plug it into your home network. I have mine connected but I never use those features cause they are mostly about marketing. Many movies etc have features that can use the network to fetch extras from the movie maker.

A home network means you have a router between your computer(s) (IP phone, PS3, bluray player, etc) and your internet connection, ie DSL or cable modem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_network
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworking/Home_Networking_Setting_Up_a_Home_Network.htm