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<blockquote data-quote="fdlsys" data-source="post: 84920" data-attributes="member: 2310"><p>Agree with Robert_E on ... everything. It's not what the hardware spec. sheet of any specific product reads, but what the software (or firmware) is actually able to utilise.</p><p></p><p>The more you go "proprietary" (hardware specific solutions), the more roadblocks you are going to hit.</p><p></p><p>As far as streaming, here are some facts and figures:</p><p>SD streaming is easy. SD will stream without buffering starting from as little as 3mbs up to max. bandwidth usage of about 5mbs.</p><p>HD streaming will go just fine from as little as 10Mbs, perfectly fine at 14Mbs, and consume a max. (my own tests) of 23-25Mbs of bandwidth. If I remember correctly, scientific figure for full bandwidth 1080p stream was something like 32Mbs?</p><p></p><p>Please note that this is empirical as well as scientific, BUT: </p><p>Strictly from the perspective of standard PC networking and operating systems which may be completely and utterly NON applicable to any and all firmware based players!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fdlsys, post: 84920, member: 2310"] Agree with Robert_E on ... everything. It's not what the hardware spec. sheet of any specific product reads, but what the software (or firmware) is actually able to utilise. The more you go "proprietary" (hardware specific solutions), the more roadblocks you are going to hit. As far as streaming, here are some facts and figures: SD streaming is easy. SD will stream without buffering starting from as little as 3mbs up to max. bandwidth usage of about 5mbs. HD streaming will go just fine from as little as 10Mbs, perfectly fine at 14Mbs, and consume a max. (my own tests) of 23-25Mbs of bandwidth. If I remember correctly, scientific figure for full bandwidth 1080p stream was something like 32Mbs? Please note that this is empirical as well as scientific, BUT: Strictly from the perspective of standard PC networking and operating systems which may be completely and utterly NON applicable to any and all firmware based players! [/QUOTE]
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