LifeHack # 1723... med, this butt-ugly hack is just for you. I figure it's at least 25% Doc Brown.
Short version: The BluRay player I got for the kids' bedroom doesn't have a rear USB; I wasn't willing to put up with the cable to the HDD sticking out the front just waiting to get broken off, so I added a port. Or three.
After trying three different ones, I found a hub that the OS hidden under the Java UI would recognize. A little Dremel abuse on the PCB to get rid of the superfluous 4th port, and then some sheetmetal nibbler abuse on the back panel and we were in business. Some LVDS cable from an old monitor to connect things, and voila.
The Payoff!
Here's something the hosers who made this thing never meant for it to do.
mnem
*Data abuse*