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Best gadget you ever bought for tv?
Posted on 5/30/26 at 9:20 am
Posted on 5/30/26 at 9:20 am
Some may say your 3rd party hardware but this is by far the best ever when it comes to receiving higher internet speeds.
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The adapter to allow FULL internet speeds directly into your tv was ground breaking for me. Past 5 months have been great.
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The adapter to allow FULL internet speeds directly into your tv was ground breaking for me. Past 5 months have been great.
This post was edited on 5/30/26 at 10:07 am
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Posted on 5/30/26 at 9:37 am to sharkfhin
Apple TV 4Ks, no ads no lag great remotes with finders built in to locate them when they fall in the couch
and Sonos sound bars to get TV audio spread throughout the house or patio.
and Sonos sound bars to get TV audio spread throughout the house or patio.
Posted on 5/30/26 at 10:04 am to s14suspense
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?
What apps you use inside apple tv?
This post was edited on 5/30/26 at 10:05 am
Posted on 5/30/26 at 10:33 am to sharkfhin
Mostly Netflix and Apple TV these days but have used YouTube TV and DirecTV, Sling, Hulu.
Have them on all of my TVs from 2012 dumb plasmas to brand new OLEDs and have the same interface across all the TVs and they’re easy enough for my 4 year old to use
Have them on all of my TVs from 2012 dumb plasmas to brand new OLEDs and have the same interface across all the TVs and they’re easy enough for my 4 year old to use
Posted on 5/31/26 at 2:21 pm to sharkfhin
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..
Posted on 5/31/26 at 5:42 pm to sharkfhin
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FULL internet speeds directly into your tv
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.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 5:59 pm to LemmyLives
So roku allows 1.3 gigs download? Impressive. I was lucky if the firebox i used to use would get 30 download speeds.
I use an adapter 3.0 to USB on a 2025 Sony. It by-passes the max of 80mbps the Sony cant get hardwired and allows the full gigabyte of speed to run streaming pretty much lag/freeze free.
I use an adapter 3.0 to USB on a 2025 Sony. It by-passes the max of 80mbps the Sony cant get hardwired and allows the full gigabyte of speed to run streaming pretty much lag/freeze free.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:17 pm to sharkfhin
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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.
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
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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Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:19 pm to LemmyLives
Yeah my att router is trash.
Im impressed that a ronu can get faster than 100mbps much less 1.3 gigs. Confusing.
Thats why I use a 3.0 to usb and get my full internet speeds into my tv now.
Im impressed that a ronu can get faster than 100mbps much less 1.3 gigs. Confusing.
Thats why I use a 3.0 to usb and get my full internet speeds into my tv now.
This post was edited on 5/31/26 at 8:21 pm
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:54 pm to sharkfhin
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.
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.
This post was edited on 5/31/26 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 6/1/26 at 7:07 am to sharkfhin
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The adapter to allow FULL internet speeds
So, you realize that a single 4k data stream only requires about 25-30mbps right? I mean that's well below even Cat5 levels. So I'm willing to bet that the gains you're seeing using that aren't due to increase speed per se, but a reduction in fighting for wifi bandwidth...
I bet with some network optimization you could have easily done the same thing without spending any money.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 11:55 am to sharkfhin
Not really for the TV, but it made the TV so much better.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 1:08 pm to dblwall
Can you explain what this is 
Ngl, looks like an old dtv programmer.
Ngl, looks like an old dtv programmer.
This post was edited on 6/2/26 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 6/2/26 at 1:30 pm to Lonnie Utah
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, you realize that a single 4k data stream only requires about 25-30mbps right? I mean that's well below even Cat5 levels. So I'm willing to bet that the gains you're seeing using that aren't due to increase speed per se, but a reduction in fighting for wifi bandwidth...
I bet with some network optimization you could have easily done the same thing without spending any money.
I have fiber. Before I had cable internet and never had speed/looping/freezing issues but cable didnt offer Gigabyte in my area. Using a vpn seemed to stop the issues most of the time. Now with fiber, I used to use an aftv box and had programming added to it on an older lcd screen and it had framerate issues a lot. I speed tested it and wasnt getting more than 12 to 25mbps down coming through the fire tv box hardwired. Finally bought another brand new Sony tv with google tv inside of it so i can set up my channels inside the tv itself, no 3rd party hardware anymore. Speed tests showed I was getting up to 80mbps hardwired in a Sony Bravia. I checked specs online/utube and it said as such. I buy an adapter ethernet to USB(20 bucks) and plug my fiber into it then to the Sony to by pass the otherwise low speeds via ethernet port. I tested and was getting my speeds of at least 800mbps to 1.2 gigs now. Channels are loaded and I didnt have freeze issues for months until lately. So weird, so i add a vpn and boom instantly stopped the freezing. Have no clue why att has so many issues. Maybe cause im at the end of the world down here, who knows. Cable internet never had this issue of frame rating. Anything of importance in this place is hardwired. I never use wifi for my tv/pc and about network optimization, I wouldnt know how to optimize my network inside the router. Never really cared. I had to pay to run fiber to where I live and im not sure they arent the reason I get issues with freezing.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 1:48 pm to sharkfhin
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I wouldnt know how to optimize my network inside the router. Never really cared.
Most routers default to the same channels (especially on 2.4 GHz), so in a sometimes you end up with a bunch of networks all overlapping and competing. That can cause buffering/freezing even when you have plenty of available bandwidth.
This post was edited on 6/2/26 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 6/2/26 at 1:53 pm to Lonnie Utah
Does this have an effect on a hardwired connection?
Posted on 6/2/26 at 1:59 pm to sharkfhin
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Does this have an effect on a hardwired connection?
No. But my point was this, and it may or may not apply. Often times with a wifi analysis app you can see where those signals overlap and manually set your router to the channels that are less congested.
But none of that matters if your current set up works for you.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 2:02 pm to Lonnie Utah
Ahhhhhh I got it.
I dont understand the whole dynamic of why I get buffering sometimes though. It will go months running great then for 2 days it will buffer so ill use a vpn to stop the buffering. Wild an ip will prevent your programming from fully being accessed because it isnt their streaming service. Wild af. People tell me it isnt my ip. If it isnt, we'll why does it work when I use a vpn
I dont understand the whole dynamic of why I get buffering sometimes though. It will go months running great then for 2 days it will buffer so ill use a vpn to stop the buffering. Wild an ip will prevent your programming from fully being accessed because it isnt their streaming service. Wild af. People tell me it isnt my ip. If it isnt, we'll why does it work when I use a vpn
Posted on 6/2/26 at 8:57 pm to Lonnie Utah
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So, you realize that a single 4k data stream only requires about 25-30mbps right?
I’ve been in Telecom 21 years and everyone says that, but you need at least 50 to truly avoid buffering and true HDR. And that’s iffy at 50
Posted on 6/3/26 at 12:04 pm to dallastiger55
quote:i 100% agree and sometimes even higher will buffer. Its weird.
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So, you realize that a single 4k data stream only requires about 25-30mbps right?
I’ve been in Telecom 21 years and everyone says that, but you need at least 50 to truly avoid buffering and true HDR. And that’s iffy at 50
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