What is required to watch a streaming Netflix video on my new Panasonic 1080p 42" display? Do I need to buy a D-Link wireless bridge adapter that I plug into the back of my Panasonic so it can network to my iMac's Time Capsule? I want to transmit whatever is showing on my iMac display screen in my office to the Panasonic TV in my family room.

What is required to watch a streaming Netflix video on my new Panasonic 1080p 42" display?

You need a device that supports Netflix Watch Instantly directly connected to your HDTV, that could be your iMac, it could also be the $100 Roku box, a Tivo, PS3, Xbox 360, etc. If your office wasn't too far away from your family room you could connect DVI or VGA to your Panny since the iMac supports connecting a second display. In this particular forum of AVS we mainly talk about what Macs and aTVs can do--and most of us would put a Mac right there hooked up to our HDTV in our family room.

Do I need to buy a D-Link wireless bridge adapter that I plug into the back of my Panasonic so it can network to my iMac's Time Capsule?

Things aren't quite that easy--your Panny is a dumb display, you still have to have a playback device of some sort there with ethernet so it can be wired up to your network or use wi-fi. A bridge would help you get that device on your network and communicate with your Time Capsule if you couldn't hardwire it and it didn't already have wireless capability built-in. (If you have an "n" network in place, using a wireless "n" bridge could help you get better streaming and performance from whatever older/slower devices you put in the family room--but most users of the Roku box, for instance, report that plain old g wireless is fine for the NF streaming--it's the ISP that's the bottleneck not the network inside the house.)

I want to transmit whatever is showing on my iMac display screen in my office to the Panasonic TV in my family room.

Unless you're close enough to connect DVI/VGA directly, you're better off putting a Mac mini or Macbook right there, installing the Silverlight plugin on it and accessing your NF instant watch queue that way. Yes, it's more expensive, but it's also infinitely more capable--Front Row, dvds, Hulu, iTunes, you name it.

If budget is your concern, your cheapest entry point would be the Roku, which now supports HD streaming from NF, an advantage over using a Mac.

Chefkic,

I sure would like to avoid spending more bucks than I really need to.

What if I purchase an Airport Express Wireless-N for $75 (street price on eBay) and connect this directly to my new Blu-Ray Panasonic BD35's Ethernet port? Would I then be able to transmit free Netflix movies from my iMac & Time Capsule in my office to the other side of the house where the new Blu-Ray player is hooked up directly to the HDTV via a HDMI connection? (I don't want to run into any HDCP issues).

There are Blu-ray players which have Netflix streaming support built-in--I don't think the one you have does. So, if it's new, one option is to return it and buy one of the officially supported models. Then you could connect to your NF Instant queue through it (the Blu-ray player) and it would have nothing to do with your iMac. How you get the player on your home network, either wired or wireless, is up to you.

Would I then be able to transmit free Netflix movies from my iMac & Time Capsule in my office to the other side of the house where the new Blu-Ray player is hooked up directly to the HDTV via a HDMI connection?

No, not with the typical Blu-ray player, which are more like an old $50 dvd player than not, they're single purpose devices, they play back optical discs, it's not really designed to ALSO function as a "media center" or what might be called an "extender." Because it has ethernet, a function of the DRM, that's how a few companies are able to partner with Netflix to offer streaming support. It's actually quite a nice concept--so if swapping your current player for one of the supported models is possible, it's a no brainer for you given your particular situation--you'd get the free NF streaming plus the ability to rent and play back blu-ray discs--something the combination of a Roku and second Mac would not give you. (Macs and OS X don't do HDCP and can't handle commercial blu-ray discs.)

yea but the panasonic blu-ray player is argueable one of the best, if not even for the money for straight performance so swapping his blu-ray player for a samsung 2500/2550 or lg 300 (those are the only ones that stream netflix) would not be a step in the right direction for blu-ray playback. Honestly, but a very cheap computer and hook it up or buy a wireless video extender to hook up to your tv. I wouldn't suggest swappin your blu-ray player man.