Customer Reviews

NETGEAR 5-port Home Theater and Network Gaming Hub GS605AV

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Take it out of the box, connect it to the AVR, Blu-Ray, Wii and then connect it to the 75ft Cat5e cable to the Router, apply power and was up and running. How much easier could it be?

We've had this switch for about 6 months now. We have a Netgear router with a gigabit wired connection wired to the switch. The switch is connected to a Dish satellite box, Blu-ray, Roku XD and Yamaha receiver. Having the gigabit connection, the Roku produces HD quality on every station we watch that has it. Netflix is crystal clear and perfect, never had a problem at all. Our Blu-ray player also has a number of stations that the Roku doesn't, so we can watch all of those crystal clear also. Plus, our satellite box now updates in about 5 minutes which used to take 20 to 30 minutes with our old regular 10/100 switch.

Very easy to use - we have an Xbox, blue-ray and TV that all need LAN connections. Works great and very small easy to install.

Product is solid. Documentation is unclear if all 5 ports are gigabit. That is reason for 4 stars. The way it is labeled makes one think that the green ports are gigabit and the amber are fast Ethernet. Works well, no issues. Streaming movies no issues. Satisfied.

I used this to connect to my router using CAT 5e. I split the cable signal between my TV for Skype, Netflix, etc. along with my Home Receiver for Pandora and its built-in Windows 7 Play-to features. The Netflix app rates the connection at near HD quality. Skype and streaming audio and video work like a dream.

Very easy to use and setup. Connects my blu ray, Xbox and tv beautifully. However it messes up my cable box(Uverse) when I connect it. No big deal though I don't really need that connected. For the price I would recommend this to anyone looking to simply connect all of your devices.

I was running out of LAN ports from my router as most audio video gadgets are going network capable. I connected it to my Netgear WNDR3700 and connected the gaming hub to my Tivo, Xbox 360 and Home Theater PC. I still have room for expansion and absolutely would buy again.

I connected my wii, xbox and desktop to it and it works swiftly! Netflicks loads quicker on my xbox too!

I got this in order to prioritize my Xbox's connection over my wireless devices' connections because they seemed to rob the bandwidth. Now I can play Call of Duty on a 4-bar connection.

I had a dilemma I was facing; I had bought a Vizio Internet TV and a Samsung Blu-Ray player and have a TiVo, but I also have a good old dependable Linksys WRT54G router that I have been wary to replace based on the newer 'dummy-proof' antennaless models on the market because I have a pretty good 200 foot wireless range with it I don't want to give up until I truly I have to. I knew adding those other two devices would add more congestion to my network (which includes an iPhone I use often in the house), and the TiVo had an N adapter that ran too hot for my comfort and interfered with my secondary rabbit ears that I use to get a few more antenna channels.

I was about ready to give up and switch out my G router for an N router when I came upon this and the light bulb went off. I could spend $90 to buy a router, re-set it up all over again, have to get a new strong wireless password and probably have to put on that vendor's useless crudware on my PC, all to get a few extra megabits. Or I could just run an ethernet cable I already had wound up in my basement (leftover from years ago before my sister moved out), run that to the room and connect it to this switch for only $30.

I went with this option and I'm very pleased that I did. The switch is low profile, and it behaves exactly as it needs to, hooking the TV, TiVo and Blu-ray up at an average of 12 megabits p/s (I'm on an 18 Mb cable connection but 12 is still more than enough). Since it's in a bedroom I did cover the lights with electrical tape, but beyond that this has done exactly what I wanted it to do; extend my router's life for another year or two and give a stable connection to my bedroom entertainment system so I can Netflix and Hulu to my heart's content, and hook up my laptop to the ethernet in case I need a little more speed than I usually get over wi-fi. Also, I can use my antenna again without having the TiVo on the N adapter. I'm glad I got this, and would get it again if I have to expand my network further.