Great! Thanks, Neon (Chris), Capn, Tom Tuttle and all for the excellent detail and advice.

That's OK if I have to connect a BD player directly to the TV (an aging Samsung DLP that's still cooking on the original bulb).

Now I have to figure out the wireless routers. There seem to be several types at increasing price, the basic one (150 mbps), and then a "Wireless N Gigabit" router with 300 mbps (IEEE 802.11n) transfer.

Thanks,
Alan

Alan Lofft,
Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)