Dual-band wireless router?

[NLight95]

I just purchased an LG BD670 and it has a built-in dual-band wireless adapter. I use Earthlink cable and was wondering is there would be any real advantage of using a dual-band router over a single band. My Internet connection speed is about 8 Mbps download and .5 Mbps upload.

[basketb]

I think the only benefit would be that you could dedicate one band exclusively to the BD player/router connection and the other band to all other wireless connection in your home.

[NLight95]

Originally Posted by basketb

I think the only benefit would be that you could dedicate one band exclusively to the BD player/router connection and the other band to all other wireless connection in your home.

The only other wireless device I use is my Sony PRS-950 reader, which I rarely use at the same time as my blu-ray player.

From what I've read, dual band routers can transmit signals using both channels (2.4 & 5 GHz) at the same time and therefore increase bandwidth. So I'm wondering if the LG BD670 would really benefit from that or if a single band router would be sufficient for streaming.

I looked in the BD670 manual but I didn't see any information about whether it would support using both channels at the same time. If not, then a db router would not benefit me.