High-Speed Network Connections Anywhere in the Home

This week, Western Digital released an exciting, yet inexpensive new device that enables you to use your existing electrical outlets to extend high-speed Internet throughout your house. The Western Digital Livewire Powerline AV Network Kit (now that's a mouthful, so from now on we'll just call it the "network kit") enables you to easily, and affordably, deliver HD video streams to your TV, home theater, transfer large files, as well as other Internet activities--- all without running wires or cables throughout your house. With four ports on each of the two adapters included in the network kit you can connect your router and up to seven additional devices to your Internet service.

Many people now own connected devices such as HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc players, game consoles, digital media players, etc. In a recent industry survey, 42 percent of respondents weren't excited about hooking up their TVs to the Internet because either their router was too far from the TV or it would be just too complicated to set up (or both).

Using HomePlug AV technology, the network kit provides you with very fast data transfer speeds of up to 200 megabits per second-- enabling glitch-free playback of full-HD 1080p video on up to seven connected devices. Setup is as easy as plugging in a lamp. You do not need to undertake a "home improvement project" and run new wiring between rooms. You simply plug one of the adapters in the network kit into your router and an electrical outlet, then plug the other adapter into another outlet where you want your new Internet connection to be.

"Consumers are accumulating an increasing number of Internet-capable connected TVs, video game consoles, and media players providing access to exciting online content through services such as Netflix, YouTube, and Pandora, Dale Pistilli, one of the top guys in marketing for Western Digital told me. "Wireless networks don't always deliver the dependable high-speed connections needed to sustain HD video. Meanwhile, drilling holes for new wires or cables is complicated, expensive, and messy. With the WD Network Kit, it's truly easy to enjoy HD streaming and broadband Internet capabilities of these devices anywhere you have an electrical outlet."

This new Western Digital Livewire Powerline AV Network Kit is a real winner from a great, dependable company and only costs $139; check it out at www.BestBuy.com or wdstore.com.

John Lentz