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Popcorn Hour quality using the wireless adapter (WN-100)

Has anyone used any of these Popcorn Hour devices with the wireless adapter (the WN-100) thats available on the website? I am curious because usually I don't like wireless streaming to my media adapters/extenders, especially when its in HD (which these Popcorn Hour boxes are great for). I was at first very happy to read that the wireless adapters they sell are wireless N compatible, so I thought they would support very robust speeds. Then, on their own website, there is an asterisk stating "Streaming video over WiFi under best condition only able to achieve up to 10Mbps."

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I know 10Mbps is a lot, but for some of my better HD-DVD and Blu-ray rips, especially 1080p ones, that will not cut it. Has anyone tested the Popcorn Hour devices with the wireless adapter and noticed any dropped connections or dips in quality?

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I have used the WN-100 adapter attached to my A-110 connected to an N network and a G. Both were not conducive to streaming HD video. Although the N network produces greater speeds it is still subject to Noise (other wireless networks). I live in a dense area with several wireless networks. Nothing beats streaming over a wired network over a wireless network. I recently ran 4 network drops behind my entertainment center which are connected to a Gigabit switch. No problems at all streaming 720p or 1080p.

The problems I had when trying to stream HD over wireless were the video would stop in order to buffer.
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