My LG BD player is wireless(usb dongle) and I've had one firmware update that I'm aware of. Not sure what it did, but it still works.
The player has Netcast software. The thing does quite alot, including play from usb hard drives. Haven't streamed to it yet, but it has Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc. etc..... I haven't seen many players, short of the bog standard ones (which are harder to find than you might think) that "just" play movies anymore. I knew tv's were like this, but had no idea that bd's did so much until I started doing research for my last buy. Both the tv and the player have Netcast, but it only gets used on the tv. Okay, tangent off. Short version, short of hardware limitations, bd's aren't as locked as past disc players. I think the pc bdrom with the right hard/software will make a good choice. At a third of the cost. I've seen them as cheap as 50$ with out all the packaged software, which hasn't stopped any Brit I know of.
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