I'm not replying to anyone in particular, just updating on my OP and the system would not let me do that.
Anyways, I finally called support and a guy had me do the reset and said to keep doing it over and over, thought he was giving me the run around so I thank him for the help and said good buy.
So for _hits and giggles I tried it a few more times, (I also had a new streambar remote) and this time the recovery screen had French language selected! Hmmm, I hit enter and wala!! it went to a select wifi and then password! It did update, But then it came back to recovery. I hit enter again, and then it went to another wifi and password, enter, and then finish final update. It's back!
Not sure if it was the factory reset, (also tried unplugging the power cord and holding the reset for ten seconds after replugging) or using the new remote for streambar that did it.