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hdbeat review: ‘Netgear XE104 not ready for HDTV Primetime’

February 4th, 2006

The folks at hdbeat put the Netgear XE104 through it’s paces, and have a very complete review of it. Devices like this Netgear, in theory, allow you to stream HD content over your network from a media center PC to your Xbox360. Makes a lot of sense, given how distributed our content is these days, and how we are trying to keep the living rooms as un-cluttered as possible. Unfortunately this device did not pass the test. The review concludes with this blurb:

There could be other factors involved and yes, one of them is the wiring in your house. Our house used for the test is only two years old, so it’s unlikely that the wiring is the culprit. Our XE104’s cost us $85 each, but we’re getting our money back. Simply put, these units just won’t cut it for HDTV streaming between a Windows Media Center PC and an Xbox 360 in our environment.

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