my parents recently dumped Cox cable and now have YouTubeTV. it is my understanding that 5G is recommended with streaming services but 5G will not come up on the TV. They do have high speed service. any recommendations?

TIA

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Posted by Uncle Stu

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Posted on 4/3/20 at 8:20 am to bnb9433

how old is the TV?

Could be 2.4GHZ only
I have a slightly older "smart" TV in a bedroom that doesnt have 5G reception. Luckily my router is dual-band and transmits at both

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Posted by bnb9433

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Posted on 4/3/20 at 8:24 am to Uncle Stu

quote:
how old is the TV?

purchased last year... it may be a 2018 model though

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Posted by captron

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Posted on 4/3/20 at 9:00 am to bnb9433

What 5gig channel is your router on ? Channels 50-144 are shared with some types of radar(dfs channels). To use these the device must do a channel check to make sure the channel is clear. Some devices say screw it(hello roku) and won't try use these shared channels.

If your router/wap is set to 50-144 try changing it to a channel outside this range.

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Posted by bnb9433

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Posted on 4/3/20 at 9:15 am to captron

i'll let them know to give this a try... Thanks!

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Posted by captron

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Posted on 4/3/20 at 12:02 pm to bnb9433

I'm shocked.

Just did a search on Samsung TV 5ghz and some of newer models don't support 5ghz. You may want to do a search on their specific model and look at the specs.

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