I did some reading of reviews on the Netgear 500 on Amazon today. I
found a reviewer who agrees with Brian....
So, Thane, I think it is worth giving this a go. I might get one myself
so I can put a Tivo or WD Live in my workout room and not have to depend
on Wifi.
Brian -- I assumed you checked yours with some of the tougher
blu-rays....Avatar, The Dark Knight are two that give problems. Lots don't.
On 2/18/2013 7:56 PM, Brian Weeden wrote:
I use the Netgear 500 Poweline stuff specifically to connect my HTPC front ends
to the server and can stream 1080p BluRay rips no problem.
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Brian
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On Feb 19, 2013, at 6:38, Thane Sherrington <[email protected]>
wrote:
At 04:19 PM 18/02/2013, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
They are all overrated in terms of those numbers. There is some site on the web
that has measured throughput of the various powerline devices...you might
google for it. No where near 500 Mbps end-to-end.
I think those numbers mean rates at the same time...as in between different
endpoints, for a total bandwidth rather than end-to-end.
IMO, none of these are fast enough to ensure "reliable streaming" of
blu-ray....but not all BDs are created equal. Some will work fine and others will choke
[Avatar, The Dark Knight]. So, you have to define what you mean by HD streaming....if
you are compressing blu-ray, then these will work fine, IME. Ripped files generally work
well on these.
That's why I went to the trouble to run ethernet cable from upstairs at one end of the house to
downstairs at the other end of the house...and that meant getting under my deck...and getting under
the crawl space..on my belly in the dirt and grass....Yuck! "reliable streaming" is
worth it to me. Gigabit has enough bandwidth to stream several BDs at a time...I find you need
10MB/s for "reliable streaming".
IIRC, the best of these max out around 80 Mbps (megabits, not bytes).
So, in theory, the best should work. That report should have the numbers.
Ok, thanks. I don't feel like running ethernet cable, so I'll live with power
line for now.
T
