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    Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    In beginning to research my Net-to-TV watching alternatives, I immediately came up with a crucial question:

    If I do not relay (wirelessly or via wire) streaming video from my computer to my TV, but actually connect my TV directly to the Net with the aid of, for instance, Internet-ready devices, my question is: is that possible?

    In other words, is it possible to have more than one input from your service provider to your house, to your cable modem and to your Internet-ready device?

    I live in the US, but I assume that the situation is the same as in the UK and the rest of Europe!?

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    You need to think of it slightly differently than you are.

    Instead of your service provider giving you multiple inputs to your house, you take the existing broadband connection and split that to multiple devices round the home using a router.

    How do you have your computer connected to your broadband at the moment? If you just have a simple cable modem with a single ethernet port on the back then it's fairly straight forward to connect a router to that and then connect multiple computers or other internet devices to the router.

    If you already have a router then everything connected to that will work at the same time.

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    Okay, here is what I have:

    Cable coming in to the house, splitting (via a splitter) to various rooms, each connecting to a TV or to my cable modem.

    The cable modem connects to a router, to which my wife's and my computer connects.

    So, my questions is, in essence, what would happen if I replaced one existing "regular" TV with an Internet-ready TV and started streaming, for instance, Netflix movies to it. Would it work, or would all Internet stuff have to go via *one single* cable modem?

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    You can only have one modem on the cable line so you can't repurpose the feeds to cable TV boxes, unfortunately.

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    Steve, that is what I thought I had read, but I was not sure. Had to get it confirmed.

    Thank you also, Funkstar.

    May I add one question that I just remembered. I also think I read in a few places that a wireless connection between a router and a TV or a TV box (e.g. TiVo) is not reliable for streaming vidoes/movies. Is that correct?

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    No problem.
    Quote Originally Posted by Hans L View Post
    I also think I read in a few places that a wireless connection between a router and a TV or a TV box (e.g. TiVo) is not reliable for streaming vidoes/movies. Is that correct?
    That is correct. With a traditional wired network your bandwidth is pretty much guaranteed, but over wireless it can vary, so might not always be able to deliver what is needed.

    802.11n gives you the best chance of streaming video reliably. I've done it with varying success on 802.11g before.

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve View Post
    No problem.That is correct. With a traditional wired network your bandwidth is pretty much guaranteed, but over wireless it can vary, so might not always be able to deliver what is needed.

    802.11n gives you the best chance of streaming video reliably. I've done it with varying success on 802.11g before.
    If I want to use wire, I can go via the attic. The coax comes in at one end of the house (where the TV is), and I run it outside now, but will run it in the attic later, to the modem (and then router) in the other end of the house (where the computers are). Then I would have to run an ethernet cable back in the attic to the other end of the house where the TV is (to the TV or a TV box).

    Or, I put the modem where the TV is (less coax to run), and then run the ethernet cable in the attic to where the computers are.

    Hm, I may try 802.11n first :-)

    Anyway, thanks a lot for the info.

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    Glad you have it sussed out now Hans

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    Glad you have it sussed out now Hans
    Well, in the head, at least. Now, I have to find a place that sell ethernet cables by the yard, and a place that can connect the connectors. But, since it has to be done, it will be done.

    Now, truthfully, this is a bit in the future, because I want to build a new computer first (the one I have is from Dec. 2006, but still going strong with Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 4 GB RAM and clock speed 2.4 GHz). So, it may be early 2011, when I have educated myself enough about audio/video (I've noticed it is not an easy field of knowledge :-)

    Best regards,

    Hans L

    PS. What does "suss out" come from? I know the meaning, but not the origin.

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    Quote Originally Posted by Hans L View Post
    Well, in the head, at least. Now, I have to find a place that sell ethernet cables by the yard, and a place that can connect the connectors. But, since it has to be done, it will be done.
    Oh that should be relatively simple. There are hundreds of places that will do you custom lengths of ethernet cable with connectors. Or just buy standard lengths a bit longer than you need. Providing you don't go over 300ft, you are just fine for signal integrity.


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    PS. What does "suss out" come from? I know the meaning, but not the origin.
    You got me there, I haven't got a clue

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    Okay, I feel better now. No, my house is not 300 ft (I wish it was :-)

    Okay, I will research "suss out".

    Regards,

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    Okay I couldn't help on the technical issue but as to the meaning of suss out:

    The origin of "suss" turns out to be remarkably straightforward. "Suss" is simply an abbreviation of the verb "to suspect." When "suss" first appeared as underworld and police slang in the U.K. around 1953, it meant "to suspect a person of a crime." By the late 1950s, the meaning had broadened to include "to imagine or surmise," as a worker might "suss" that he would be fired if he missed work too often. From there, the current meaning of "figure out" was a logical extension of the phrase.
    From: http://www.word-detective.com/102502.html

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    Re: Can cable modem and Netflix-to-TV coexist?

    Quote Originally Posted by LWA View Post
    Okay I couldn't help on the technical issue but as to the meaning of suss out:

    From: http://www.word-detective.com/102502.html
    Thank you very much, LWA.

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