Powerline or WiFi extender for 4K

ChuckMountain

No you have either measured wrongly or something is screwed.  You don't get that fast

Have a look at the AVF test on them

TP-LINK TL-PA9020P Powerline Starter Kit Review

For a start its a duplex so max throughput would be 1000Mbps (also limited by the gigabit port)

It might state synced at that but basically its rubbish and not real world.

dave77

Yeah it's the speed shown on the TPLink utility, still, 100Mbps seems low.

Mine have needed a few reboots over the 6 months i've owned them

saguk1234

On the tpplc program they are linking at about 500 to 600mbps. I will have to take the vten upstairs and then run at few tests to find what the problem is before I start wasting time and money. I will need a new player anyway.

ChuckMountain

Yep that's the reported link speed, which in reality has little to do with throughput.  It's like looking at a speedo in a car and saying mine does 180mph because it says so.  At least that's what I tell the kids

You could test it with something like iPerf if you have two computers

Yes hardwire it into the network and see if you have the same issues.  Is it usually at the same point ?

saguk1234

There is point in John wick 2 4k where it stutters. I haven’t actually tested many 4k. Only the 4k jellyfish demo files from 400mbps down to 120mbps which all stutter.

ChuckMountain

My older laptop won't play that file over a gigabit network (the 400Mbps one anyway) will try it on my newer pc and see.

ChuckMountain

Heck my gaming PC with a hex core and 980Ti won't play it properly either.

VLC won't play it at all, without stuttering.  Kodi plays it but not good either locally or over a network...

saguk1234

I thought it needs a Kaby lake cpu or above to play them properly?

ChuckMountain

Then it won't play on a PCH

dave77

Out of interest, how big are 4K blu-rays when ripped? I assume you can just use makemkv