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    News - Belkin launches Gigabit Powerline HD adapters

    Powerline HD Starter Kit claims speeds of up to 1,000Mbps.
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    Re: News - Belkin launches Gigabit Powerline HD adapters

    Will be awesome if its true - as I already have a set of 6x 200mb homeplugs dotted around my house...file copy between pcs on plugs on opposite sides of the house max out at 20mbytes/s....so if these have some form of new compression technique to get better speeds, il be a happy camper. Will see what reviews etc say first, but so long as they break the 160mbit/s threshhold il be interested...

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    Re: News - Belkin launches Gigabit Powerline HD adapters

    Very interesting, i use a variety of home plugs in my house - they are the best things since sliced bread. I can stream 1080p content from my pc to my 360 with no problems.

    Would like to see how fast these things can go.

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    Re: News - Belkin launches Gigabit Powerline HD adapters

    I have no end of trouble getting decent wireless speed and consistency in my student house. Of course my 6 housemates complain to me when they have problems.

    I have rigged up a repeater system so that everyone seems to be happy (I use a cable to the router of course) but we still have an issue in what we call the faraday kitchen.

    I was thinking of trying some 200mbps models to penetrate this wifi blackspot (mobiles don't work well either). Whats the best price/quality product? I wonder if its worth waiting for these and paying the extra for peace of mind in the future.

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    Re: News - Belkin launches Gigabit Powerline HD adapters

    No way you could simply wire a repeater to stream wifi in the kitchen from the router? If your kitchen really is acting like a faraday cage, stuff should still transmit within it even if it can't get out!

    Might be cheaper than homeplugging...

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    Re: News - Belkin launches Gigabit Powerline HD adapters

    been looking to get a home plug for a while, looks like im holding off again. until the price of the legacy ones drops or this one shows fast it really goes

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    Re: News - Belkin launches Gigabit Powerline HD adapters

    I have just moved flats, and have a multimedia PC in the living room. My choices are WiFi, the existing Coax cable, or homeplug. If this gives upwards of 500Mbps, I'll go with it.
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    Re: News - Belkin launches Gigabit Powerline HD adapters

    Nice. But I already get 72 MB/s (peak - wired). Would be quite useful if they can get it right - in which case I'll buy a few for when I set my media centre box up at home. Saves me from having to wire up the whole house. Also would improve the wireless speed by quite a lot.

    I've been reading more and more about these, but alot of them seem to have temperature problems. As in, hot to touch. And thats not exactly something I want on in my house 24/7.

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    Re: News - Belkin launches Gigabit Powerline HD adapters

    Wow, if they can do this, this should be just brilliant for squeaze box style applications, only 1080p!

    Can't wait to see a review!
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