Hmm, I did a bit of research on that and it seems like FastEtherNet
will cope fine:
http://superuser.com/questions/434532/what-data-transfer-rates-are-needed-or-streaming-hd-1080p-or-720p-video-or-stan
The WD media player I had was fed network via a powerline adapter and
seemed to stream HD content just fine after a small delay. Same for my
Humax FreeView box that does BBC iPlayer HD.
However I think when we move to a 4k video world then I might be in trouble :)
On 27 April 2014 10:35, Michael Pavling <pavling@???> wrote:
> If you do go the route of having a central media server, gigabit ethernet
> has proved to be essential due to increasing file sizes of HD content :-/
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