Oh yeah, another BTW if it's helpful to anyone... after I got my BDP-S5100 up and running, and ripping appropriately, after about 24 hours of it being plugged in via ethernet, my internet went down, piece by piece until the whole thing was off. I thought it was a provider issue, so they came and upgraded my router (score!), and got it all back up and running. I started ripping again, and after a while noticed that other devices on that same line started going offline again... long story short, I started troubleshooting, and when things start to go bad, if I simply unplug the ethernet cable from the back of the 5100, everything jumps right back to life.
I have NO IDEA what the deal is with this and didn't know that devices were capable of mucking up everything else on the chain, but I've proven it out—this is not an anomaly. So, now it's just something I'm aware of and when it bogs down I unplug it, start over, and give it a few hours before it bogs again. I can deal, it's just weird and if I can save you some head-scratching, I thought I'd share.