DIR-655 vs TEW-633GR for HD streaming

[ttran55]

Hi,
I am torn between these two. Trendnet 633GR router is much cheaper, $40 less than the DIR-655.
I am building my HTPC and have a Promise Smartstor 4300 nas. The Smartstor is so noisy that I can't put it near my HTPC/TV stand so I have to stream it wirelessly. I am concerned about streaming HD movies(1080p) and photo slide show to my HDTV so please let me know which one I should buy. I read the reviews of both routers from Tim Higgins so many times I believe the Trendnet is on par with the DLINK but no one has mentioned to stream HD with the Trendnet.

Currently I am using Rangmax 824 and Airlink mimo pc card. I tested by copying 4GB movie to the NAS using wireless and it took 50 minutes, within 8ft.
Regards,
Kevin.

 

[thiggins]

The review shows that neither product is consistently better than the other in all modes and uplink/downlink.

That said, performance could have changed since the review with hardware and firmware revisions.

Neither product (nor any other draft 11n product) is guaranteed to produce a flawless streaming HD experience. All depends on your setup, neighboring wireless traffic and the bandwidth that the HD content requires.

I do give D-Link, however, the edge over Trendnet for support and firmware updates. Trendnet is cheaper for a reason.

 

[ttran55]

thanks for your response.
With my current Rangmax 824, I can stream movie (not HD) to laptop or PC without any problem but I doubt it will work for HD contents. I don't know how big is the buffer WinDVD or PowerDVD uses.

I came up with two solutions:
1. Buy Trendnet 633GR to have the WISH and gigabit port for my NAS and a PC wireless 11n card.

2. Buy pair of NETGEAR 5 GHz Wireless-N HD Access Point/Bridge (WNHDE111) and the advantage is that it operates at 5Ghz so no interference with other devices but it's costly.
Kevin.

 

[ttran55]

HTPC project report

In previous posts, I was concerned about streaming movies/hd movies wirelessly to my HTPC so I did a lot of researches ( Tim's review, Forums) and bough these:
1. Netgear GS608
2. A pair of Netgear WNHDE111
3. Upgraded Promise NS4600 from NS4300.
I am able to streaming Video/HD video up to 1080P without any problem so I am happy even though it's not perfect as I wish. There are some delay time at the beginning when the WMC queries the libraries and when I browse through the movie/song lists. I am happy that all my valuable files are protected by Raid1 and accessible from any pc any time. I also end up having a second copy of my photo library locally in HTPC due to large file size (1-6MB) because it's not pleasant to browse them wirelessly at all. I don't think running slide show would be a problem.

I have a question: would it be faster for the WMC to query libraries if the WNHDE111 had 1Gb port? When I copied files from the NAS to my HTPC, windows 7 showed it was copying at 10MB/s. I am just wondering 10MB/s is the reality of the wireless N or just because the AP/Bridge didn't have the 1Gb port.

 

[thiggins]

10 MB/s is 80 Mbps, which is pretty good for N, especially if you don't have router and client in the same room.