markus2703
2016-10-24 08:40:32
- #1
Powerline networking is only sensible as an emergency solution when nothing else works and indeed has no place in new buildings. You will never get decent speeds... for your fakeHD Entertain that might still work... but with HD at proper bitrates and decent sound (Atmos etc.) you will enjoy a severely stuttering picture. And we’re not even talking about 4k yet... And it goes even further... with 8k, copper is also at its limit. We are installing an empty conduit in the living room to later get fiber optic into the living room.
And that is exactly the difference why for some (like me) Powerline is absolutely okay, but maybe not for others. My "HD Fake Entertain" is more than enough for my 42-inch TV, and my Powerline adapter easily handles the 50Mbit coming over my DSL connection. It goes up to 300, I’m also aware that it probably won’t fully reach that.
But if more bandwidth is ever needed, I’ll just buy other adapters – with a cable laid out, that’s difficult.
Another thought. I have a LAN socket installed in the child’s room, choosing the location to the best of my knowledge. Years later, the child gets a desk that is on exactly the other side of the room – LAN is tricky then; power sockets are usually on all sides of a room anyway.
But everyone will decide that for themselves – for us, it just wasn’t worth it.