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BrandNetGear
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13.7 centimetres
Item Width10.2 centimetres
Technical Details
- Connect Internet-ready TVs, Blu-ray players or game consoles to your home's broadband Internet
- Turn Any Electrical Outlet into a High-Speed Home Network Connection
- Typical Coverage: Up to 5000 square foot home
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Netgear XAVB5004 Powerline 4-Port AV 500 Kit for Home Theater
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Netgear 4PORT POWERLINE AV 500 KIT XAVB5004100UKS Networks Powerline Networking
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
I've spent far too much money over the last few years on Wireless Routers & wi-fi cards up to and including Dual band Wireless-N.. each one promising far more than they actually deliver in real life, not one of them working reliably enough to perform the basic task of streaming a movie from a NAS in another room to a media center connected to the TV in the lounge. So when it came to looking at Powerline, i looked in detail at the reviews and experiences of other people, these were mixed ranging from good to awful, so i waited.
I saw that this is now 500mbps Powerline and i thought it might be worth taking the plunge and purchased the XAVB5004 along with a set of the XAVB5501 Powerline adapters...
After getting them home, i plugged in the XAVB5004 to the power supply in the lounge at the back of the TV and using ethernet cables, connected it to my TV, my Dreambox and my Windows media center. In another room, i plugged the homeplug adapter into the power supply and connected it by ethernet cable to my gigabit switch.
I then used one of the adapters from the XAVB5501 package and plugged it into the power supply in my bedroom and connected it by ethernet cable to my media center in my bedroom. I quickly skipped round the house pressing the security button on each adapter (within 2 minutes) and voila.... everything worked first time out of the box within the space of around 2 minutes!!!
I tested by streaming a movie from my Network Attached Storage Device to my windows media center in the lounge. I chose something very taxing: A Matroska (MKV) file containing uncompressed H.264 1080p and DTS HD video/audio streams taken from my Bluray "AVATAR directors special edition". The filesize was 32gb in size. The result was perfect streaming, no stutter, nothing you could shake a stick at. So i upped the ante... i decided to stream the same movie simultaneously to the media center in the lounge and the bedroom... again... the same result on both devices simultaneously. Last part of my test was to repeat my second test (two simultaneous streams of AVATAR) whilst BBC HD was being streamed on the TV... again everything worked without hitch.
I was elated by this, everything finally works without wires everywhere and now i can do what Netgear told me i could do with all the Wireless-N gear i had bought in the past (but never actually worked properly). I just wished these were available 3 years ago and i would have avoided spending hundreds of pounds on crummy Wireless-N.
Hats off to Netgear, these products actually do what they claim.
What is also surprising is that they work perfectly even when connected into powerstrips.. Netgear recommend that you don't do that, but i found it has absolutely no negative effect on performance whatsoever.
Both the XAVB5004 and the XAVB5501 get a 5 star rating from me and are highly recommended.
I saw that this is now 500mbps Powerline and i thought it might be worth taking the plunge and purchased the XAVB5004 along with a set of the XAVB5501 Powerline adapters...
After getting them home, i plugged in the XAVB5004 to the power supply in the lounge at the back of the TV and using ethernet cables, connected it to my TV, my Dreambox and my Windows media center. In another room, i plugged the homeplug adapter into the power supply and connected it by ethernet cable to my gigabit switch.
I then used one of the adapters from the XAVB5501 package and plugged it into the power supply in my bedroom and connected it by ethernet cable to my media center in my bedroom. I quickly skipped round the house pressing the security button on each adapter (within 2 minutes) and voila.... everything worked first time out of the box within the space of around 2 minutes!!!
I tested by streaming a movie from my Network Attached Storage Device to my windows media center in the lounge. I chose something very taxing: A Matroska (MKV) file containing uncompressed H.264 1080p and DTS HD video/audio streams taken from my Bluray "AVATAR directors special edition". The filesize was 32gb in size. The result was perfect streaming, no stutter, nothing you could shake a stick at. So i upped the ante... i decided to stream the same movie simultaneously to the media center in the lounge and the bedroom... again... the same result on both devices simultaneously. Last part of my test was to repeat my second test (two simultaneous streams of AVATAR) whilst BBC HD was being streamed on the TV... again everything worked without hitch.
I was elated by this, everything finally works without wires everywhere and now i can do what Netgear told me i could do with all the Wireless-N gear i had bought in the past (but never actually worked properly). I just wished these were available 3 years ago and i would have avoided spending hundreds of pounds on crummy Wireless-N.
Hats off to Netgear, these products actually do what they claim.
What is also surprising is that they work perfectly even when connected into powerstrips.. Netgear recommend that you don't do that, but i found it has absolutely no negative effect on performance whatsoever.
Both the XAVB5004 and the XAVB5501 get a 5 star rating from me and are highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
After some difficulty I manged to getting them working reasonably well. Something the manual doesn't seem to make you aware of is that these new XAV range of power adapters are NOT compatible with the previous HDX range. I have some HDX101 devices that worked very well (on average 110Mbps)but they will not work with the XAV range. Furthermore if you leave the HDX devices plugged in then the XAV devices will not operate properly and you will see speeds as low as 11Mbps.
After completely removing all my HDX devices I now have reasonable speeds between the. However I now need to buy another one.
After completely removing all my HDX devices I now have reasonable speeds between the. However I now need to buy another one.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Purchased this to extend reliable streaming of video files from upstairs computer to TV, BLU RAY AND D LINK BOXEE STREAMER, in lounge. Installed in seconds it really is that easy. Had no issues whatsoever, seems to do exactly what it says on the tin.
Had one of the ethernet cables missing in box as some of the other reviews stated, you cant fault amazon as this is a packageing problem, amazon were fantastic about the problem and had it sorted pronto.
Overall I am highly pleased with purchase, would recommend.
Had one of the ethernet cables missing in box as some of the other reviews stated, you cant fault amazon as this is a packageing problem, amazon were fantastic about the problem and had it sorted pronto.
Overall I am highly pleased with purchase, would recommend.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Netgear XAVB5004 - Worked Well
After struggling with slowdowns streaming HD Video from my NAS
to a PS3 via a wireless connection I bought this kit and it
has worked well. Read more
to a PS3 via a wireless connection I bought this kit and it
has worked well. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Keith
Does what it says on the Tin....
I spent some considerable time reading review after review of various products yuising the same or similar chipsets and finally settled on the Netgear. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Humour
Plug and Play - so easy!
This package arrived so super quickly. I was very surprised when it arrived especially when I had ordered it over the new year period. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Peter Graham
Faster TV Iplayer plus more robust PC wifi
The "installation manual" does not really tell you how to install this unit, but then it barely needs to. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jeremy Shaw
Great product
Does exactly what it says on the tin. Allows 4 products to connect to your network via one powerline. No issues whatsoever. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Tiglet
It works !
Fantastic piece of kit. Worked straight from the box (seller sent me an ethernet cable that was missing from the factory sealed box). Read more
Published 7 months ago by ReViEwS
Impressive So Far
It is always worrying buying kit and not knowing how well it will perform - particulary in the demonic and dark world of WiFi and home networks. Read more
Published 11 months ago by M. J. Reardon
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