802.11n and HD video content.

[Bizkitkid2001]

I'm going to be scratching this idea now that I have had a chance to test it.

I am at my grandparents house and they have a Linksys 802.11N router. I hooke dup my laptop directly to the router and have my PS3 connected via 802.11g. My lower bitrate 720p videos played fine. But some of my higher bitrate videos with 5.1 surround and my 1080p content could not play. The video would keep stuttering every second as the wireless connection could not keep up.


I also found out that the Core 2 Duo @ 2.26ghz in my laptop is right at the limit for transcoding 1080p content. Anything slower and I will get stuttering even going over a wired connection.

Since most of the Home Servers offered by HP and the like have only Intel Atom or Celerons, I do not think those will be fast enough to transcode video. The fastest Home Server I found has a Pentium Dual Core @ 2.5ghz which I think it slower than a Core 2 Dup @ 2.26ghz. And that was $700, which I could build a better system for cheaper.



Since the new apartment has Cat 6 pre-wired throughout the apartment, it won't be a problem to hook up my server with a wired connection. I just wanted it in my garage in case my apartment was broken into and my desktop and laptop stolen.

I hope that HP upgrades their Mediaserver line of servers by next month with CPUs faster than Celerons or Atoms.


EDIT: Now I know why a lot of people are complaining that Microsoft is releasing a wireless N connecter for the Xbox and Sony isn't releasing one for the PS3.

[GroundZero3]

It doesnt surprise me that G cant handle HD, B/G is half duplex