Well, the Receiver was designed for multiple units to talk on the same set of lines at the same time.

Remember that even though ethernet is theoretically 10mbps, it kinda depends on how the bandwidth is getting used that will determine your actual throughput. I would guess that HPNA is even less capable than ethernet in handling saturating traffic.

Unlike most network traffic, which is really bursty, the Receiver needs to have the data streamed continuously. Sure, one or maybe two receivers on the same network wouldn't be much of a problem, but imagine a home with five receivers, all streaming uncompressed CDs at the same time.

Plus... where are you going to store all this full-bandwidth stuff?

And I'll take you up on the MP3 vs. WAV challenge sometime. There are certain kinds of audio where I can tell the difference at low bit rates (128), but when you start pushing up the bit rate with a good encoder, I would not be able to tell the difference on a double-blind test.

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Tony Fabris