I want to use this to watch video @ 1080p resolution..for those who are doing so, what is the upload speed at your home location? Is 4MBPS upload ok?
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4Mbps upload should be more than adequate. I get by with 2.5 - 3.5 on average. Equally important, however, is that you have a fast download speed as well on the receiving end.
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I'm almost certain you will need the slingbox 500 to get 1080. I decided not to go 500 because if you're really watching it out over a mobile device you can not always be certain you will get enough continuous bandwidth. I have google fiber 1gb/sec and I would find it hard to spot the difference in definition on a small screen.
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As in somewhat of the other answers, remote streaming & download speed depends on your home internet upload speed. If you don't have at least 3Mbps up, you will not be happy with the performance. I have 6Mbps up & performance is fine. The ver 4 Pogoplug device has many nice features & simply works as a portal to your home network.
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you guys don't even realize less than 1% of the country have the bandwidth necessary for decent 1080p. why should Apple, or any company, waste money on a feature hardly anyone could run? if you think there is a huge difference between 720p and totally compressed 1080p over a WAN connection, then you are living in make believe land, which is fine, because someone has got to buy all the Monster Cable.
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Linn, I currently have an XDS in use (The HD-XR is a "backup"). Essentially, as far as I know the HD-XR specs and "innards" are identical to the XDS (save the extra "real" component cable connections and bigger case; see Roku website for spec sheet page). Speaking of slow internet connections, you've got to have at least 2Mbps speed to get "two dots" viewable resolution (out of four dots; I have &gt;4Mbps to reach "four dots" max resolution consistently). So in a way, it does "buffer", with a "progress bar" on screen...on those unusually rare "slow days" on i.e. Netflix (I am basing it on the identical specs of XDS & XD-HR). James
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I'm sorry I can't help you here because I don't do gaming. It seems to stream videos just fine and is faster than my old one. Probably not much help, huh?
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yes i can stream 2 of these to zoneminder on amazon vpc with a m3.medium.... and you need at least 4+Mbps upload, but if so, i can get 30fps... need to reduce monitor resolution, or up aws instance type to see it, so that can be expensive
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I'd like to ask you a question about the 24p content. I produce videos in 24p, and although I'm very creative, I'm not a tech guru. Thus, I've been trying to witness the difference between TV's out there that claim to have good 24p playback capabilities, as we produce several things at that frame rate. Have you seen them side by side? Does the lower Hz level really make a big difference? I've seen the 8000 in action, but never checked the Hz level and didn't compare it to the 7000. Thanks in advance for your help.
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My Internet DSL Gateway has an "effective" maximum bandwidth for downloads of about 4.5Mbits/sec, which is more than adequate for this low cost camera. I am getting about 1 fps at maximum resolution, so there is some noticeable small amount of latency in video feedback, but not enough to be of concern.
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Video streaming seems to be great, even with HD. That's primarily what we use it form, and no complaints at all for that.
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As others have stated, it only officially supports 1920x1080 via HDMI. I managed to get it to a full 2560x1440, but I had to create a custom resolution and I could only get it to 30fps. Not ideal, but it's acceptable for me. See my image and review for more info.
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Go to speedtest Dot Net on the web and run a speed test. If over 1.5mbps then you are good to go Roku. 1.25mbps is sort of borderline. Anything lower down to about 0.6mbps will work but never in HD. They will work with the lower speeds but never upshift to HD.
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It depends on your needs. I've been using mine with Android for almost a year. When viewing the cameras over the Internet, the picture is not smooth -- I probably get less than one frame per second. It's fine for checking in to see what's going on at the house, but if you're expecting to see something like a streaming HD movie, then you'll be disappointed.
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Hello Armando, HomeMonitor requires a minimum upload and download speed of 0.5Mbps for live view and it's recommended that the camera be no more than 15 meters from your router so the camera has enough signal strength and bandwidth to upload the video. Please let us know if you have any more questions. Network Camera Store
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Yes I actually have this setup so I stream from my main pc to my multimedia room. Before i did try it i had the idea that a really big hd movie like 10Gb would give me problems but its pretty amazing how the media player reproduces the movie with no problems at all.Configuring your shared folder so the box can see your videos can be the tricky part but here is the video I used to configure my shared folder so it wont ask for password and all my family can view the content.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQstgQ4eJCM
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I have a slow cable modem, it's hard to say what "regular" and "higher download speeds" mean to different people, but for my area 12 MBPS is about as slow as it gets. That being said, I run a lot on those 12 megs, so if you had 6 MBPS DSL or something like that you would probably be fine. If you mean a 56k modem, I can't say for sure but I wouldn't bet on any video streaming working out.
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I know my own wireless-g network cannot keep up with some 1080p content, so it may be a moot point depending on your specific network and bitrate of files
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I have three Sony Internet players in the house, and a 50 mbs internet connection. Generally it works well, although I did move the player at the far end of the basement onto a wired connection. Occasionally I still have an issue with the responsiveness of youtube videos, but as far as I can tell it is an issue with their streaming server or local ISP congestion, not with the player.