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Originally Posted by imback
So what kind of spec would be needed to make this a usable bit of kit, for streaming movies via a network onto TV etc etc
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Take a look at:
http://www.videolan.org/
The switch/router is going to be the bottleneck in most home-lans. Mine claims to support only 1000-1500 packets per second. But at least it gives a figure - most don't! That works out at just over 2 megabytes per second tops (assuming max ethernet packet sizes) which is only just fast enough for one video stream.
Having struggled with peeps connection probs for some time (scart - aargh!), I can't help feeling that something like this is the way to go. Imagine if your TV had an embeded web browser with a fixed home address of 192.168.X.X. Then imagine a DHCP server with a jazzed-up 'clients' page at that address. Click on the client of your choice, be it DVD, PVR or whatever, and you would go directly to the control panel of that device. There would be no need for lots of different remote controls (all you would need is a single infra-red mouse), every device would have a similar HTML interface and they would all connect together simply by plugging them into an ethernet switch/router. I believe the technology is ready and capable - we just need a standard and away we go!