Do any modern TVs come with gigabit ethernet yet?

It's actually putting me off buying a new TV, as I keep thinking, well maybe next year they'll finally put that 25yr old (gigabit) socket on a TV.

I've tried wireless and it's just not as reliable and solid as a dedicated wired connection. My primary issue is with Plex, which with high quality sources can get near/burst 100Mbps.
 
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VincentHanna said:
You can get USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet adapters that work quite well with certain TV's like Sony.
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Yeh, tried that. The problem with that is is then stops YouTube casting from working for some odd reason. Guess because the TV looks at its ethernet and its wifi and sees no connection?
 
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jaybee said:
I know technically that TVs with a good wifi connection should never face issues with live steams even of high bitrates. In reality though, for whatever reason, they still do. Gigabit would eradicate any such bottleneck for a very long time even up to 8K streams (not that we are anywhere near ready or demanding of that). They skimp because they can. Try a USB to gigabit adapter in all of your ports and see how you get on. The results can be surprising. Some of the ports are USB2, some USB3. Some of them seem to be nerfed from working properly. Some don't work at all depending on TV and adapter combination. In my LG OLED I think I can get about 300mbps with one off the top of my head. There is another thread about this where rates were posted.
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I'll try my USB->Gigabit ethernet adapter again. But I'm fairly certain, it breaks the YouTube cast feature on my LG E7 TV.
 
Interesting... Wired/Ethernet/USB Adapter all give me <100mbps on my LG E7. So maybe it's a limitation of a chip in the TV?

Also, using the USB adapter means I cannot YouTube cast to the TV. Even though I have an internet connection, I assume because Ethernet says "No Connection" and Wifi says "No Connection" the Google/YouTube app isn't happy.
 
HEADRAT said:
My TV gives me approx 300Mbps over Wifi (5Ghz)
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Well, I connected my E7 to my wifi network, and with a speed test (via the TVs browser) is was literally bouncing just below 100mbps. Just like my wired connection. So I assume it's a chip limit in the TV?
 
I stand corrected. Using the Netflix speed test, ethernet & the USB gigabit ethernet connection give me <100mbps. Wifi reads 120-130mbps, which given my internet is 145mbps, is probably bouncing off that.

Not sure how I can test my internal network speed itself.
 
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TheVoice said:
The Above didn't work on my LG OLED B7, I've got the Force Direct Play option but not the Disable Bitrate Limiting one. Playing a 4K rip of John Wick 2 has it buffering a few times in the first couple of minutes when it's wired, but switched to WiFi and it goes away.
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Next tiime I get some buffering (over lan), I'll try wifi out of interest.
 
...and all for the sake of an extra $ on a 25yr old gigabit ethernet port rather than even older 100Mbps port...
 
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Yaayuh! said:
Bit of an edge case I'd say. If streaming local content (Blu-ray rips for example), I'd likely use a separate device anyway.
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Understood (& it is a bit of an edge case), but I just want an easy life so hate using other devices. So everything goes through my TV (Netflix, Amazon, Plex etc). I don't want to faff about switching inputs, changing remotes.

Heck, if I want to use my surround system I simply turn on my amp (single voice command) and that's it done because that's ARC'd.
 
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