I think bd max's out higher than that......more like 80mbps.....I've seen just 
video that was 50mpbs....and to that a 25mbps audio stream and you're there.  
Thats why I had to run cat6, as my powerline av was just not enough to ensure I 
could stream any bd.

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On Nov 6, 2011, at 7:41 PM, "Greg Sevart" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, 100mbit should be plenty to stream a BRD. BRD has a maximum (video +
> audio) bitrate of 54mbit - just over half what Fast Ethernet offers. My
> guess is that there isn't enough processor capacity to do the decoding and
> process the network traffic (which can be more intensive than you may think,
> and a lot of 10/100 chips lack offload capability).
> 
> It looks like you need to go to the newer WD TV Live Hub product to get GbE.
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware-
>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin
>> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 5:41 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [H] How to stream videos on PC to TV?
>> 
>> I see. Gotta get the answer To the 100 vs 1000 question, then. Thanks.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Nov 6, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Winterlight <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> 
>>> yes  the WD live or live plus wil play a blu ray iso. But to play a
> blu-ray iso I
>> have to be using a quick USB hard drive plugged into one of the WDs two
> USB
>> ports... not streaming from the network. BD ripped to mkv or HD recorded
> TS
>> stream is fine across the network.  I have a WD live and it connects to
> the
>> LAN at 100 which may be why it can't stream a blu-ray iso across the
> network.
>> I don't know if they upgraded the plus to a 1000, if they do I will
> probably buy
>> one.
>>> 
> 
> 

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