Associated Press, Walt Mossberg favor latest NetGear electrical data network devices: Last week, Mossberg said the 85 Mbps flavor of NetGear's Powerline adapters made a lot of sense for home users who want high-speed networks without pulling wires, and they worked reliably, unlike his recent experience with early Draft N (pre-ratification 802.11n) wireless devices. Today, the AP's Peter Svensson chimes in with a positive review of the faster 200 Mbps (HDX101) adapters, which Mossberg thinks are overkill for the overwhelming majority of consumers.
Just don't expect to use the powerline devices to allow your Xbox360 to act as a mediacenter extender; there is a known bug (at least w/the 85mb versions) where they don't forward SSDP properly. (Check Microsoft and Netgear)
The 200Mbps version does not have that problem.
See http://www.maximumpc.com/2006/07/color_me_tickle.html
"I just finished testing the new Netgear HDX101, and was astounded by its performance - it's fast and it works, even in a real-world setting. I was able to use the HDX101 to stream high-def video from my PC to my living room across the house with ease. And unlike previous powerline products I've tested, it even passes UPNP packets, so it will stream video from a Media Center 2005 box to Media Center Extenders, like the Xbox 360."