Best Routers for Video

so as dlink puts it, "use the 2.4 for your data needs, and the 5 for streaming hd and video".

we have a fairly complex set of demands on wireless networking in our house including both wired and wireless pcs and wireless notebooks including video streaming, downloads, uploads, etc.

no halting or other video/audio anomalies.

dual band great for use with multiple computers when one is streaming video.

i purchased this router to stream video wirelessly to a linksys dma 2100 media center extender.

this is so you can use one network for computer and one for video streaming or gaming.

also, accessing online video on the tivos was not working properly and service interrupted constantly.

for years i used linksys wrt300n with a dozen wireless computers at some time or another, and recently with apple itouch and asus aiguru_sv1 stand alone skype video phone.

when using both routers to stream video, the netgear had a lower rate of throughput.

streaming video over wireless using the netgear gave me choppy video performance compared to my d-link.

the real telling thing was that i was able to stream a 1080p hd video (mkv format, 90 minutes, ~8gb) from my nas wirelessly over n while transferring over 600 raw (~10mb each) and periodically

the router also has quality of service (qos) features, which allow you to shape how much bandwidth is used for internet, voice, instant messaging, video games, and so on.

so now when my kids are playing games with voice and video, my html browsing can have priority over them.

my macbook supports wireless n, and i was expecting to have an hd quality video streaming over the wireless network.

it's there and you can set it to either the 2.4ghz band for email and internet or you can select the 5ghz band for streaming hd video (not terribly useful yet for me...) and enhanced voip (internet

the streaming netflix video on our tivo has gone from unwatchable to hd signal (even though the tivo is connected through a regular wireless "g" adapter).