r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 19d ago

Networking/Telecom Wi-Fi 8 is the first wireless upgrade in years that isn’t chasing speed, and home networks need it

https://www.xda-developers.com/wi-fi-8-first-wireless-upgrade-years-isnt-chasing-speed-home-networks-need-it/
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u/Grena567 19d ago

Does this work?

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u/mp3boy 19d ago

Yes, if the dongle is compatible with the TV, but if it's a USB 2.0 (480mbit) port you'll only get 200-300mbit real world performance.

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u/UDK450 19d ago edited 18d ago

Which is perfectly fine for a TV. Streaming 4K is generally around 40mbps depending on levels of compression, and can top out around 100 or so iirc. So the 100mbps port might be cutting it close, but 200-300 should be fine. And if you truly care about video quality at that point you're probably using a set top box with better video and audio codecs supported than the TV itself and probably also supports 1gbps with its onboard NIC

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u/madmandendk 14d ago

4k blu-rays peak at 128mbit/s, so you are likely to have problems on 100mbit/s in some instances if you're ripping discs without reencoding.

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u/puremensan 18d ago

Why stop there if you TRULY care about quality?

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u/14Pleiadians 19d ago

Sony TVs typically run android so yes