Originally Posted by nmenaker

yeah, but your SWITCH or HUB must have already been ready for giga.

the pci cards these days are cheap, upgrading is not expensive at all and I wouldn't buy anything but a 1000 card today. Using a cross over is nice for connecting, since one can get a TRUE 10X increased connection between connections. But, the switches, hubs and routers that will do 1000 are still more costly, and replacing them would put one certainly over the 100$ level including the switch. Good switches, not to mention replacing a wireless router (of which there is currently only one or two on the market with WIFI AND 1000) gets to be much more than 100$ just for the router.

regardless, it is the way to go and for video, is the only cheap, efficient and easy technology to put in place. I only wish my Replays could handle the 1000 connection that now sits at their backside.