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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1230881" data-attributes="member: 82144">[USER=117536]@RonD[/USER]You're assuming ATSC digital terrestrial (maybe valid, I'm not sure) whereas my numbers are actual worst case (clear QAM [cable] 256 QAM).Please refer to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM_(television)" target="_blank">QAM (television) - Wikipedia</a>ATSC 8 VSB (digital terrestrial, over-the-air, received with an aerial/antenna) is 19.3926 Mbps [usable] as you say.Clear QAM 64 QAM (unencrypted digital cable, received with a cable connection) is 30.342 Mbps (26.97035 usable).Clear QAM 256 QAM (unencrypted digital cable, received with a cable connection) is 42.8843 Mbps (38.81070 usable).Either way:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Wireless and powerline connections are not suitable due to either or both latency and bandwidth limitation issues.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">A wired 100 Mbps connection is insufficient for 4 clear QAM streams and borderline for 4 ATSC streams. In the ATSC case there's only ~20 Mbps for other network traffic (internet etc.). I agree with your assessment that this would be far from ideal.</li>
</ol>Hence my recommendation for a gigabit/1000 Mbps connection.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1230881, member: 82144"] [USER=117536]@RonD[/USER] You're assuming ATSC digital terrestrial (maybe valid, I'm not sure) whereas my numbers are actual worst case (clear QAM [cable] 256 QAM). Please refer to [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM_(television)"]QAM (television) - Wikipedia[/URL] ATSC 8 VSB (digital terrestrial, over-the-air, received with an aerial/antenna) is 19.3926 Mbps [usable] as you say. Clear QAM 64 QAM (unencrypted digital cable, received with a cable connection) is 30.342 Mbps (26.97035 usable). Clear QAM 256 QAM (unencrypted digital cable, received with a cable connection) is 42.8843 Mbps (38.81070 usable). Either way: [LIST=1] [*]Wireless and powerline connections are not suitable due to either or both latency and bandwidth limitation issues. [*]A wired 100 Mbps connection is insufficient for 4 clear QAM streams and borderline for 4 ATSC streams. In the ATSC case there's only ~20 Mbps for other network traffic (internet etc.). I agree with your assessment that this would be far from ideal. [/LIST] Hence my recommendation for a gigabit/1000 Mbps connection. [/QUOTE]

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