My Panasonic BR player has an internet connection but I've never connected it and it works just fine (I updated the firmware once from a USB stick). I'm pretty

My Panasonic BR player has an internet connection but I've never connected it and it works just fine (I updated the firmware once from a USB stick). I'm pretty sure it works better not connected than if it was connected because prior experience with disc players which wanted to be online was they would boot slower and play discs slower due to doing online DRM updates, content checks and load movie studio web pages containing nothing but promos and ads - all while providing no actual end-user value from being online.