Best gadget you ever bought for tv?

I used to use my firetv box for my streaming services and other apps but now im hardlined into my new tv. No need for middle man anymore. Im strictly iptv, HBO max(free with Gigabyte internet) and free utube.

What apps you use inside apple tv?

When Amazon started playing king with the firestick.. I got an onn and it has been pretty good.. I got it before the prices soared.. The one I purchased at Walmart is twice the price now..

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FULL internet speeds directly into your tv

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802.11ac went to 1.3G, which most people don't get at the router anyway. That's what Roku sticks get anyway.

For me, it was not being stuck with Samsung/LG/etc built in apps to do anything. Even before I cut the cord, I built HTPCs and designed the UX the way I wanted it. Then it was Roku to the rescue. I don't think I've used a TV installed app or interface in over 15 years.

And because I'm old, a sub $100 Roku soundbar for the TV that clarifies speech better.

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So roku allows 1.3 gigs download? Impressive. I was lucky if the firebox i used to use would get 30 download speeds.

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It does, and has for years, but I've also never used Wifi from an AT&T, Xfinity, or other router, I've used my own, so I know exactly what is going on in the config.

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80mbps the Sony cant get hardwired

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Ugh, you had a recent Sony with a 10/100 port? The degradation to 80mb is normal, because there is overhead with TCP/IP transmission, so you never get the full 100, but gigabit ports haven't been exactly expensive for more than a decade, which would have given you more than 10x the bandwidth for an extra $10 of cost to Sony.

For reference, and not that anyone but dorks care, but the gold standard 20 years ago was a T-1, wired, which is 100 times slower than what is in my house for $45 a month right now. Data transmission rates are like looking at logarithmic graphs of the population on Earth.

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I got AT&T fiber installed in 2014. I lived in that house for almost ten years, they never replaced it, and I knew it was capped below gig speeds without firmware updates I couldn't control (as a router.) I switched it to pass through mode and used my not new Nighthawk (I think R7000, which is probably $40 on eBay now) and connectivity got immediately better around 2016.

Depending on the size of your house, and whether you have wired Cat-5 that you can run a back haul (we'll explain if you ask, otherwise it's dorky considering what you're dealing with,) just dropping in a 5 year old router can make things much better. ETA: people will knee jerk advocate for mesh, but if the house and the wiring isn't right, you'll spend a ton of money for promises that could be fulfilled by a years old $100 router from ebay, vs a $600 mesh setup.