Thank you all for replying and helping. Just curious what makes the wired in the ultra best? I have use wireless and wonder how the “wired” in ultra would be better?
Vgatkinson1 wrote:Thank you all for replying and helping. Just curious what makes the wired in the ultra best? I have use wireless and wonder how the “wired” in ultra would be better?
A wired Ethernet connection is solid and reliable. There's no chance of anything interfering with the signal and decreasing the connection speed. However, the wired connection is the Fast Ethernet speed, which is rated at 100 Mbps (real world about 92). If all you stream is content from the Internet, that's more than sufficient. But if you are streaming media from a personal server on your network, it's possible to exceed that connection speed, which causes video to stop and buffer, which is not enjoyable at all. A ripped 1080p Blu Ray movie might have a steady bitrate of around 60 Mbps, but peaks can exceed 90. A ripped 4K movie might see around 80 Mbps, but peaks can exceed 150 Mbps easily, and that is unwatchable on a Fast Ethernet connection. Fortunately, my Ultra can connect wirelessly at about 230 Mbps, which is more than enough for even those videos.
