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
