I had purchased a Sony Blu Ray player a few months ago so I can stream Hulu and Youtube Videos on my Plasma TV. Recently my player would freeze randomly during Youtube videos which required unplugging the player and plugging it back in. Hulu had several issues -- mainly would not start stream TV shows (playback error), would not find my account (Authentication Error) and often, pausing a show on Hulu would cause the player to freeze, also resulting in having to unplug the power supply and plug it back in. Then it would reset itself about once a week, then after a while it was resetting itself twice a day. It would forget my login information for Hulu and Youtube, and it would require the wifi password to be set up again. I told sony about this, they told me to unplug it for one minute and plug it in a wall socket (no surge protector or power strip). It seemed to fix the problem for about a week. Then it went back to its old ways.
Today I got a letter from my Cable Company giving me a really good deal on cable for 1 year. They made me an offer I can not refuse. Since I bought the wretched Sony for cable cutting purposes I figured it's time to put this asshole out of its misery. I put the Sony in the sink and plugged it in and turned on the water and when I confirmed it was dead I fixed it with a hammer. About ten smashes and it looked like a Hyundai totaled in a drunk driving accident.
Rest in pieces, Sony blu Ray Player.