Hmm, I did a bit of research on that and it seems like FastEtherNet will cope fine: http://superuser.com/questions/434532/what-data-transfer-rates-are-needed-or-streaming-hd-1080p-or-720p-video-or-stan
The WD media player I had was fed network via a powerline adapter and seemed to stream HD content just fine after a small delay. Same for my Humax FreeView box that does BBC iPlayer HD. However I think when we move to a 4k video world then I might be in trouble :) On 27 April 2014 10:35, Michael Pavling <pavl...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you do go the route of having a central media server, gigabit ethernet > has proved to be essential due to increasing file sizes of HD content :-/ > > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Key fingerprint = EF78 310C C517 9564 9ECA 82F6 68FA E621 17E1 5D16 http://about.me/imranchaudhry -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
