Youview box but no working aerial?

stevemcol

macman wrote: »

No I said 200Mbps (as opposed to some of the older 80Mbps Homeplugs, which are still around).

Thanks, can you elaborate? Why is 200Mbs required?

macman

Because the older 85Mbps Homeplug standard is a little slow for carrying video around your network. All the new plugs are 200 or 500MBps anyway.

stevemcol

Thanks. The reason I ask is I'm going for a wired solution. I've ordered CAT 5 cable which in theory is only good to 100Mbps. That's all my router is capable of though and my BB speed is approx 6Mbps. Hopefully should be OK.

macman

You are confusing your line speed with your network speed-two entirely different things.

stevemcol

Agree they are different things but surely if my line speed is 6Mbps, that will be the overall limit for youview streaming? Am I misunderstanding?

macman

Yes, but you may also wish to stream other content to your TV that you already have on your network.

stevemcol

got ya, thanks.

macman

Also think of it as future-proofing-you might be on a faster broadband connection in a year or two.
PSL an 85Mbps Homeplug will probably give you a 'real world' speed of less than 20Mbps; the quoted speeds are purely theoretical.

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macman wrote: »

Also think of it as future-proofing-you might be on a faster broadband connection in a year or two.
PSL an 85Mbps Homeplug will probably give you a 'real world' speed of less than 20Mbps; the quoted speeds are purely theoretical.

I've currently got Develo 500 AV triple Homeplugs installed so that I can receive internet to Smart TV/SKY+HD/Blu-Ray Player in two separate rooms. The query I have is why does one Homeplug show as operating at 500 M/bits and the other only 240M/bits?

I've yet to encounter any problems streaming HD to either of these plugs, but wonder if there is anything I could do to improve the potential performance of the 240 plug?

macman

If you have another 200 or 85Mbps Homeplug on the same network, then the whole lot will only run at the speed of the slowest device.
But it sounds like one device is maybe in a 'noisy' area? Are they all plugged direct into wall sockets and not into trailing extension leads?