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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kisner, Thomas</b> <<a href="mailto:tkisner@necunified.com">tkisner@necunified.com</a>> wrote:</span></div>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I was thinking to make my current box a dedicated backend and move it into the closet, and get a smaller (micro ATX) dedicated frontend. But the frontend would have to be over wireless. Does anybody play HD 1080i to a frontend over wireless (
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<div>Others have addressed the CPU issues. As for the wireless, I would say that you would be quite lucky if wireless worked for you. If you were doing it over relatively low distance and had very low interference factors, it might work. For me, it didn't. If you search the archives, I believe you will find a few sparse reports of it working, but on the whole, I wouldn't count on it at all.
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<div>In my case, instead of running cable, I opted for the Powerline HD stuff. I went with the Netgear, reviewed in CNet here:</div>
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<div><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/bridges/netgear-powerline-hd-ethernet/4505-3304_7-31970278.html">http://reviews.cnet.com/bridges/netgear-powerline-hd-ethernet/4505-3304_7-31970278.html</a></div>
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<div>You can get one at J&R for about $79 for one (you need a pair at a minimum...) For me, this is enough to run about 2 HD streams simultaneously, just barely. YMMV, depending upon house size, wiring, etc.</div>
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<div>Just one alternative.<br> </div>