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.
On 2/18/2013 2:54 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 03:42 PM 18/02/2013, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
Amazon.com review on adding units to the WD (this means the answer to
your second question is yes, if you get the WD):
Awesome, Anthony. Thanks! Are the 200Mbps models like the WD fast
enough for HD streaming? The reason I was looking at the Netgear was
the claimed maximum speed of 500Mbps, which I figured would mean a
higher actual speed.
T
