I am in the market for a new flat screen Television (my old one falling over during the quake). I will not be getting one for a number of weeks (maybe even longer), but thought I may as well start the research now.
I have noticed that some of the newer ones have ethernet ports. My question is about what functionality these ethernet ports add.
I currently use a Win7 media centre setup with a digital TV card which connects to the TV via a HDMI cable so all the TV input comes via the computer.
I presume the ethernet port allows you to stream media to the TV, but how will this work with Win7mc, and how would the quality be compared to the HDMI cable I use now. It would be handy to be able to relocate the media computer to elsewhere in the house, but picture quality and response time is more important.
Also, if the streaming is fine, what sped network would be needed. currently I use mostly 100mb, and would I need to upgrade to gigabit?
Thanks,
Mark.