Netgear XAVB1004 Home Theater Internet Kit
November 5, 2009 | Display, Electronics | 1 CommentThere is no doubt that the powerline Ethernet adapters are a brilliant invention. As times convenient as Wi-Fi is there when she simply can not provide the desired constant bandwidth for streaming high resolution video, or transfer large files without going mad with frustration thank you to the process so long . Even 802.11n does not solve the problems of Wi-Fi entirely. On the one hand, many devices such as televisions and many times the PS3 and Xbox 360, do not support the standard and for some purposes, mainly for online gaming, latency of wireless is most undesirable.
Traditionally, the PowerLine Ethernet adapters cable also offered similar benefits of reduced wireless, too, eliminating the need to carry Ethernet cables in your house to get decent housing, stable connection and broadband. With an increasing number of devices all require an Internet connection, however, the clutter of cables is back. It is not difficult to imagine having a TV, a Freesat box and a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 drive and a Blu-ray in your living room, all wanting to get to your router.
The kit combines a four-port switch with an Ethernet adapter XB101, found in the package HDXB101. The packaging claims a transfer speed of 200 Mbit / s, which is a bit misleading. This figure is a theoretical maximum (with Ethernet connection operates in full duplex mode which is fair enough), but unless you use two adjacent taken or have incredibly high quality copper wiring in your property, you’ll never see nothing like the transfer speed.
Given its price, this kit is competing very closely with the Solwise HomePlug adapter Piggy6. Bearing in mind that you must add an adapter costs around £ 40 to Piggy6 to get the same functionality as the system NetGear, as the cost to just under £ 110 all in. While Piggy6 has the advantage of combining HomePlug functionality with a surge-protection against surges, the Netgear kit offers an additional Ethernet port. Which is more useful is debatable, but for me the additional port is the clear winner as he happens to have four devices require a connection ‘net in my AV set-up. [via trustedreviews]
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