Is there any way I can take this $40 Blu-Ray player online without spending $50?

[Cyber Akuma]

I got a Toshiba BDX2150 for $40 from Best-Buy as a Black Friday deal.

First of all, yes, I expected such a cheap Blu-Ray player to not have WiFi and yes, I realize that many of them purposely lock you into a propitiatory adapter.

To my complete non-surprise, when I got it, it requires a $50 propitiatory adapter, a Toshiba WLM-10NB1.

I know that the WLM-10NB1 is propitiatory so you can't just use any WiFi adapter, but considering the player itself was only $40.... has anyone made any unofficial 3rd party adapters that would be compatible with the WLM-10NB1? Or are there any good WiFi Ethernet Bridges that I can use instead that cost less than $50?

I refuse to play Toshiba's little game of overpriced propitiatory WiFi for what should be an industry standard.

[SuperSparks]

It appears to have an Ethernet port. If at all possible, using a cable would probably be the easiest and cheapest option. If that isn't possible, then it would be worth a try to borrow a standard WiFi dongle and plug it into the USB port and see if you can get that to work.

[Cyber Akuma]

Yeah, I know about the ethernet port, that's why I asked if I can get a decent WiFi Ethernet Bridge that would cost less than the adapter.

There's lots of reviews complaining about the USB WiFi adapter being propitiatory and the player not taking a standard wifi adapter, so I can't just plug any WiFi adapter into it.

[jdc2000]

What wireless networking equipment (routers, etc.) do you already have at your Location? How far away are they located from where the new Blu-Ray player will be lcoated?