"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 05/01/2012 12:46, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Paul D Smith wrote:

If you need a really long cable, you might consider WiFi instead.
Something like a DLink DAP 1160 will convert "wired" to "wireless" and I
happily stream HD iPlayer over exactly that from my Dlink WiFi
router/ADSL
modem which is some inconvenient distance form the TV.

Does the lower speed of WiFi compared with ethernet become relevant
when dealing with TV (video) data?

Potentially yes... but it does depend on what you are using the ethernet
connection for.

If all you want is access to Youtube via the internet, then it makes
little difference, since whatever wifi speed you get will still be well in
excess of most broadband connections.

If however you have a DLNA media server stuffed full of HD movies etc, and
you want to stream them to the TV, you may find the wifi ruyns out of
puff. Hence the popularity of "Homeplug AV" data over mains gizmos for
this application.

WiFi is quite quick.
I can saturate my 18M DSL connection with ease using WiFi.
The laptop will be doing other things over WiFi at the same time.
I can be streaming a HD video into the laptop and then out to my TV, both
over the same WiFi without any problems.
That is on either band although I prefer to use the 5G band.