Netgear Powerline adapter kits create 500Mbps connection from any power outlet

Although WiFi is pretty common these days, but if you always deal with bandwidth-hungry applications, you should then make use of powerline Ethernet for much higher data transfer speeds to eliminate your frustrations.

Netgear has announced two HomePlug® AV-certified Powerline adapter kits, which allow you to make use of your home electrical outlets to transmit data at super high speeds of up to 500Mbps theoretically. The two Netgear Powerline kits are the compact Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5001) and the Powerline AV+ 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5501) with a filtered “pass-through” power socket.

These Netgear Powerline kits were designed to be compatible with the draft international IEEE P1901 Powerline standard. They’re best used for applications that require high data bandwidth such as VOIP, lag-free Internet gaming, huge file transfer between networked devices, and even multiple streaming of Blu-ray videos at full HD 1080p quality from your computers or players to multiple TVs throughout the entire home.

The Netgear Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5001) comes in a compact form factor, which is 50% relatively smaller than its market rivals. The compact design doesn’t block an open power outlet when plugged in, leaving you with some rooms for other power plugs.

The Netgear Powerline AV+ 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5501) shares same performance and design benefits as the XAVB5001. The only difference is it’s integrated with the filtered power socket with pass-through capability, which ensures a power outlet with the adapter plugged in is not cannibalized. No information on the pricing but they’ll be out sometime in Q3.