My g network can handle movies ripped in Handbrake (about 1GB for a two hour feature), but stutters a bit on my eyeTV recordings (1GB for about an hour).
That is just for playing the files straight off the networked drive.
I use the phrase "When I settle down somewhere..." a lot, but here is something else on the list: When I settle down somewhere, I am also going to route GigE to as many devices as I can. I am disappointed the LAN ports on the new Airport Extreme base station are not GigE. I would probably buy one to do all the routing if it had that (a stack of an Apple TV, an Airport Extreme, and a matching USB 2.0 drive plugged into the Airport Extreme? Nice tower). Without GigE I will have to reevaluate.
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That is just for playing the files straight off the networked drive.
I use the phrase "When I settle down somewhere..." a lot, but here is something else on the list: When I settle down somewhere, I am also going to route GigE to as many devices as I can. I am disappointed the LAN ports on the new Airport Extreme base station are not GigE. I would probably buy one to do all the routing if it had that (a stack of an Apple TV, an Airport Extreme, and a matching USB 2.0 drive plugged into the Airport Extreme? Nice tower). Without GigE I will have to reevaluate.