Roku should include a gigabit Ethernet port
There are many reasons (present and future) to have a gigabit Ethernet port on the Roku. Just to mention a few: adding channels, updating channels and firmware updates. Not to mention future technolo...
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Roku, will make a gigabit device when streaming across the internet requires a gigabit connection. 100mbs a second is plenty fast to stream 4k on multiple devices.
Roku is simply not just for streaming across the internet. A lot of people have their own media servers on their home networks with true 4K .mkv files. Most of my 2,000+ Plex movies are ripped in that format and my whole home internet is running gigabit internet with CAT7 cable.
If I want to stream a 4K movie from my Plex server running on my NAS guess where the bottle neck is ... yep, the 10/100 Roku device.
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There is not a need for a gig port on a 8k TV. 8k TVs only needs 30 megabits a second, if you are streaming from the internet.
I upgraded to Comcast extreme and with a 3.1DOSIS modem. Wired with cat 6. I do not have cable TV and stream everything. I only used ROKU with additional memory added.
On my TV I get a circular arrow while it is loading content. It stops and sometimes it take 30 seconds or more load the buffer and present a program. Sometimes it times out. Wifi is worse and not better.
However on purchase an Apple TV, which has a 1 gig rj45 jack and I don't have that problem.
Actually no.you need slightily over 100 Mbps for 4k HDR, watch vincent teohs chanel on youtube
That is only for LOCAL streaming. For INTERNET streaming, you don't need anything more than 20-25Mbit.
andyross For the five millionth time, yes, we are aware that it mainly affects local media users. No one is disputing it.
This is exactly what we are talking about when we are discussing the issue saying that when we try to stream high bitrate 4K HDR/DV local content which can run into the mid 100’s, we run into issues with the devices having a 10/100 port only as it saturates the link, and keeps buffering. Wifi isn’t always the panacea that these companies tend to think it is , because most devices are still wifi 5, and even streaming devices that have wifi 6, it still requires a new AP that supports 6 in order to be able to use the faster speeds.
