[mythtv-users] Yet another potential FrontEnd

Fred Squires fsquires at gmail.com
Fri Aug 15 18:18:43 UTC 2008


On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:29 AM, David Schlenk <mythtv at schdav.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 802.11g only the mini ; I wish it was 802,11n
>> Can't stream HDTV (1080i) with 802.11g unfortunately ; had to wire the
>> menu
>>
> Not to take this off topic but...
> I see this piece of info on the list all the time and often wonder if I'm
> breaking the laws of physics or if people actually just have really bad
> coverage in their homes. I stream mpeg2 HD with 802.11g all the time.
> Typically bitrates from broadcast TV top out around 19Mbps... doesn't g
> potentially go up to 54Mbps? Even if you halve that you're still rocking
> 27Mbp.. plenty of bandwidth. Of course I'd rather use wired if I have the
> chance but g isn't unusable for this task if you spend a few minutes
> designing your wireless network effectively.
>

Just to continue with this off topic discussion.  I've also never had
a problem streaming HD with 802.11g.
I only have 2 clients, though.

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