HD300 has 10/100 ethernet port, not gb?

[mayhewda]

surprised to see the hd300 only has 10/100 ethernet port, no gb. This true?

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by mayhewda

surprised to see the hd300 only has 10/100 ethernet port, no gb. This true?

Yes and still baffles me a bit why media streamers are limiting themselve when gb is kind of the standard no adays on new pcs.

That being said 10/100mbs Is more than what is needed even for the highest bit blueray I know of.

[valnar]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Yes and still baffles me a bit why media streamers are limiting themselve when gb is kind of the standard no adays on new pcs.

Originally Posted by mayhewda

surprised to see the hd300 only has 10/100 ethernet port, no gb. This true?

Gigabit would probably cost more and I think require more power. It might even require a different interconnect bus (think PCI vs PCIe) which may complicate things. This is just a stab in the dark.

In any case, it couldn't possibly stream more than 100Mb even with the fattest blu-ray video, so I'm not sure why it would even be necessary. Is there a reason you want gigabit?

Edit: If they wanted to give us gigabit, they could have gone with the Sigma SMP8656 instead. I'm sure money was a factor.

[cat6man]

mpcclub has mentioned that some sigma chips have bugs in their gigabit implemenations......haven't followed the details myself.......but why do you need it for video and audio?

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by mayhewda

surprised to see the hd300 only has 10/100 ethernet port, no gb. This true?

I removed this question from the FAQ entry topic - the info is already stated on p. 3 of the HD300 manual and on the product info page on SageTV's web site.

- Andy

[pendragonsound]

Originally Posted by valnar

In any case, it couldn't possibly stream more than 100Mb even with the fattest blu-ray video, so I'm not sure why it would even be necessary. Is there a reason you want gigabit?

For some of us Blu-ray is just a middle-ground consumer format. I regularly pull unencrypted 75+ Mbps video off C-band and Ku-band, and that can start to get dicey over 10/100. Less readily available video is even higher.

[cat6man]

Originally Posted by pendragonsound

For some of us Blu-ray is just a middle-ground consumer format. I regularly pull unencrypted 75+ Mbps video off C-band and Ku-band, and that can start to get dicey over 10/100. Less readily available video is even higher.

that is interesting...............is this network feed stuff?

[stanger89]

Personally I'd be more worried about the SOC/hardware decoder being a limiting factor in these sorts of devices than the Ethernet connection.

[pendragonsound]

Originally Posted by cat6man

that is interesting...............is this network feed stuff?

There are OTA network feeds to the stations that can hit 40 Mbps. These are a substantial improvement over normal OTA reception, particularly when comparing to stations with several subchannels. But the real gold is found in the other feeds and 24/7 programming, not all backhauls to the networks, that can hit double this rate. Surprisingly, there is a lot of high-value programming available nowhere else or available elsewhere at much lower quality.