Do any modern TVs come with gigabit ethernet yet?
- Thread starter NeilF
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I prefer wired on everything purely out of principle but I do have a WiFi extender (on a wired backhaul) only a few feet away from the TV so I may just leave it set to WiFi now, as it's unlikely to suffer any interference. Using Fast.com to test speeds via the TV web browser it was getting 150Mbps down on WiFi (my connection is 1Gbps so it's presumably limited by the WiFi adapter or SoC), that should be more than enough for anything I have on Plex.
Soldato
Was looking for the same testing with usb adaptor and WiFi ext but they are all around 100 mbps. Ended up using my sheild again.
Its ridiculous how they can charge us 5k for a TV and stick a 100mb ethernet/wifi adaptor on it that probably only cost them 10 cents.
To be fair 100mb is enough for most people, but if you streaming local content it can be a problem because 100mb isnt enough for high bitrate 4k bluray video
To be fair 100mb is enough for most people, but if you streaming local content it can be a problem because 100mb isnt enough for high bitrate 4k bluray video
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Soldato
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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