homeplug and virgin media

mambo69

HI all

I am on virginmedia, and as my PC is upstairs all my electrics are using wireless (netbook, TV, PS3, Phones), however I brought a bluray player at christmas that need a dongle thats £45 and the no name alternative will not work

Would i be better off getting 200mbps homeplug set up and then putting that into my new player so i can take advantage of all the wonderful oppurtunities it supposedly gives me?

Would this then give me a faster signal than the wifi?


many thanks for any advice

Tiexen

Yes - I'm doing exactly that, wired will always better than wireless

mambo69

have the 60mb superhub enroute so will hold off a few weeks then get it sorted

how much did you pay? i see a 2 set on Amazon for £25 to £35

macman

If you want to stream HD video around the network then it might be worth going for the 500MBps Homeplugs, rather than 200MBps.

Tiexen

mambo69 wrote: »

have the 60mb superhub enroute so will hold off a few weeks then get it sorted

how much did you pay? i see a 2 set on Amazon for £25 to £35

I paid extra for these:



as I wanted the through socket (£60 Argos)

very impressed with HD video from netflix

Stooby2

Do the newer ones work OK on a 4-way extension leads? I have some that are a few years old and really don't like being plugged into a 4-way. I believe HomePlug did their own 4 way with built-in ethernet ports to compensate for a while