Connect TV to internet

garyjohn80

Hi,
I currenty have a Netgear DG834GT wireless router upstairs in my house. I have a Panasonic TV Downstairs with internet capability. The only way to connect the TV is through an ethernet cable.

What would I need to be able to connect the TV to the internet without moving anything or running an ethernet cable all the way downstairs.

Hope someone can help. Many thanks

spinybif_2

I do exactly what you want with 2 homeplugs. Ethernet cable from router to plug in nearest spare socket. Ethernet cable at other end from tv to nearest spare socket. works a treat.

penrhyn

Easiest solution would be to use a pair of homeplugs.

Like These:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Max-Value-Mbps-Home-Double/dp/B000TV7FJ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306593872&sr=8-1

KillerWatt

85Mbps Homeplugs won't be worth a !!!! if you want to stream video, you want the 200Mbps ones minimum or a wireless extender (cheaper, better, and much more functionality).

Having said that, you'll need a better router if you want to stream video wirelessly as G speeds (54Mbps) won't be anywhere near enough for video streaming.

garyjohn80

Hi thanks so far. What I would hopefully be using it for is Love film online viewing although I may find a few other uses one i get it up and running.
and netgear router states that it has 108g mbps

KillerWatt

garyjohn80 wrote: »

Hi thanks so far. What I would hopefully be using it for is Love film online viewing although I may find a few other uses one i get it up and running.
and netgear router states that it has 108g mbps

You can forget that, it's old tech that preceded wireless N and you'd need Netgear compatible dongle's/wi-fi cards to get them operating at anywhere near them speeds.

By the time you have added encryption to the equation (as well as the distance and obstacles such as walls, ceilings, etc), you'll be lucky if you see half the 54G that is claimed (yes, encryption does take up bandwidth).

scotsbob

I have been using these ones to connect my TV to my network. Youtube, iPlayer, Love Film etc all play perfectly.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Comtrend-Powerline-ethernet-adapter-Filter/dp/B001M06Y0M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306599952&sr=8-1

Hammyman

garyjohn80 wrote: »

Hi,
I currenty have a Netgear DG834GT wireless router upstairs in my house. I have a Panasonic TV Downstairs with internet capability. The only way to connect the TV is through an ethernet cable.

What would I need to be able to connect the TV to the internet without moving anything or running an ethernet cable all the way downstairs.

Hope someone can help. Many thanks

There are some Netgear USB Wifi dongles that'll do the job. Search for wifi usb panasonic in Google.

xxdeebeexx

Hammyman wrote: »

There are some Netgear USB Wifi dongles that'll do the job. Search for wifi usb panasonic in Google.

TP-Link does the trick for me

I bought one of these from amazon for our Sony TV it works really well and is very easy to set up and a really good price too.

HTH

Dx

asbokid

802.11g should theoretically be okay for streaming video, even at hi-definition of 1080p30.

1080p30 is the highest vertical resolution and frame rate supported by H264/MPEG4, the codec used in Blueray and DVB-T2, the high definition terrestrial digital TV standard.

Below is the content of the transport stream from the BBCB high definition DVB-T2 multiplex on the Crystal Palace transmitter in London.

The transmitter is multiplexing four MPEG4-encoded programme streams (BBC1, ITV1, C4 and BBCHD) onto a single 40Mbps transport stream.

So the DVB-T2 HD bandwidth is ~10Mbps per programme. However, the bandwidth on a transport stream can be dynamically allocated to allow up to 17Mbps for a single programme stream, e.g. for the HD broadcast of a soccer final, such as at Wembley today.

So long as there isn't a huge amount of latency and the overheads from the protocol stack layering are modest, I would guess that 802.11g should be okay.. 100BASE-T ethernet certainly should be okay for streaming HD video if there isn't much network congestion.

PSB3 BBCB -- DVB-T2 HD 40Mb/s MPEG4

50 BBC One HD (London),
51 ITV 1 HD,
52 Channel 4 HD,
54 BBC HD


http://www.ukfree.tv/txdetail.php?a=TQ339712