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**Raylo** · 06-08-2009, 10:11 AM

What it means is that it can connect directly to your network via a wired connection or a wireless adapter. But the functionality that brings you depends entirely on what the manufacturer builds into the TV's firmware. My Samsung TV has DLNA compliant firmware built in so can play media files from computers on the network. DLNA just shows up as another source on the menu. My Samsung BlueRay player also has an ethernet port and has firmware to stream directly from NetFlix. It can also do direct firmware upgrades from the net. So try to get the most detailed documentation from the devices you are looking at to see what they will do. Now if they would just build in a web browsing capability....

06-08-2009, 10:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
Raylo TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 525 OS: XP Desktop, Vista HP Notebook, XP Notebook	Re: What does it mean when a TV ad says it has an ethernet hub ? What it means is that it can connect directly to your network via a wired connection or a wireless adapter. But the functionality that brings you depends entirely on what the manufacturer builds into the TV's firmware. My Samsung TV has DLNA compliant firmware built in so can play media files from computers on the network. DLNA just shows up as another source on the menu. My Samsung BlueRay player also has an ethernet port and has firmware to stream directly from NetFlix. It can also do direct firmware upgrades from the net. So try to get the most detailed documentation from the devices you are looking at to see what they will do. Now if they would just build in a web browsing capability.... Last edited by Raylo; 06-08-2009 at 10:12 AM.