Sharp's HN-VA40S HomePlug AV 4-port Ethernet HUB: HD streaming over electrical wiring

by Thomas Ricker, posted Jun 25th 2007 at 5:09AM

High definition video streaming over power jacks? We say bring it Sharp, if you can. Meet the HN-VA40S pair, a HomePlug AV 1.1 PowerLine Computing (PLC) solution with the promise of an effective 85Mbps (200Mbps theoretical) across your home's electrical outlets -- ample bandwidth and QoS to stream HD video throughout the home. The ¥17,000 (about $137) HN-VA10 adapter feeds whatever data you bung down its Ethernet jack to the 4-port, ¥13,000 (about $105) HN-VA40 Ethernet hub plugged into any outlet up to 150-meters away. Better yet, save a few bills and buy the set for about ¥24,000 (about $194) when these ship August 24th in Japan. Don't be shy now; you can connect up to 16 units to the same network although we'd suggest waiting for a review before dropping that much dough.

[Via Impress]

Filed under: Networking

Tags: hN-VA10, hN-VA40, HN-VA40S, homeplug, homeplug av, homeplug av 1.1, HomeplugAv, HomeplugAv1.1, plc, powerline, sharp

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Andrew Chandler @ Jun 25th 2007 7:49AM

If you are English speaking , this may be a better link!

http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/070625.html

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Grant @ Jun 25th 2007 8:27AM

powerline networking has been garbage since the day it was developed.

i doubt this has the bandwidth to support any sort of HD content unless sharp has somehow revolutionized the technology.

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Simon @ Jun 25th 2007 1:32PM

I don't get it - Netgear announced HD streaming over Powerline back at CES. Looks like Sharp is playing catch-up.

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