HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wishing you all the best in gadgets for 2011!
January 2, 2011 5 Comments Monday, January 3rd, 2011, Netcast 1256
The Giz Wiz finds there’s more than one way to send Video between apartments!
As I reported on Daily Giz Wiz 1243, www.twit.tv/dgw1243 I used the TV Orb to send video from my office to my apartment, which are back to back in a Manhattan brownstone. Basically I wanted to use my Roku box in my living room where there is no WiFi. Although the Orb worked with the doors open, the video was less than good with the doors closed. So I figured wired was the way to go. But I didn’t want to drill a hole through the wall for the cable, so I came up with another solution. Western Digital offers a gadget that lets you stream high-speed encrypted video and data wirelessly to connected devices via electric lines anywhere in the home. It’s called the Livewire Powerline AV Network Kit. Belkin offers a similar solution, but I’ll tell you what Western Digital added to make it more convenient to share your WiFi. The Livewire Powerline AV Kit features two adapters, one for the room where the WiFi source is, and one for the room where you want WiFi. While the Belkin unit offers an adaptor that handles a single WiFi line, each of the Western Digital units offer four ports that allow users to connect the router to seven Internet-enabled appliances. (One of the eight ports requires the WiFi in cable.) One WD adaptor plugs into an available electric outlet in each of the two rooms you’re connecting to create a high-speed network. (Western Digital says the system is capable of handling up to 200 Mbs - megabits per second). Installation is easy, but there is one warning you should pay attention to! Do not use these units with power strips or UPS units. They should be plugged directly in an AC outlet. When I was setting up the units I found the two required AC plugs, but I couldn’t see where they plugged in on the adapters. Then I realized the place the AC wire & plug go had a warning stickers covering the port. That warning was the one NOT to use extension cords, power strips, etc. Of course I had to see if that was true, and it was. It doesn’t work. But when connected as instructed, they work fine. A green LED light on each unit lights to let you know they’re connected. Now I can watch Netflix on my HDTV via the Roku box using the WiFi that’s in my office! Works perfectly. The Livewire Powerline AV Network Kit lists for $139.99, but if you do a web search you can find them right around the $100 mark.
http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=310
SEE or hear this Netcast: www.twit.tv/dgw1256
Reader Comments (5)
The Imaengine for PC is an apple app store app that you can find over there. With the help of this app you can convert your amazing pictures that are originally in the form of vector. imaengine for PC download
Thanks for sharing, this site is rocking while putting quality content I always follow this to find many of confusions and much more. You can see Upcoming New year eve at
jio tv live.
The TutuApp store has a few categories to browse through to find the best apps, games, and tools. If you're new to TutuApp, the best place to start is to try downloading is how to get tutuapp a simple game or streaming content app.
Fashion is everywhere and this site is posting all fashion updates, You can follow fashoin live channels at
Jio tv live. Thanks for sharing, this site is rocking while putting quality content I always follow this to
find many of fashion industry and much more.
Thanks for sharing, no doubt this is one of the best site is putting quality content over Swertres Result updates and news.
It is more likely to follow you.
No doubt these ideas are one of the best ideas that one can start and make his future but you should have passionate about it.