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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wireless peripheral devices, sure, but if I'm streaming 4K with HD sound then I still want copper.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Even shitty wireless will let you stream 4k. It only takes 50mbps. 802.11g came out in 2003 and can do 54mbps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

50mbps is a fuckterrible bitrate for 4k HDR video content.

You should be playing physical media anyway, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Shitty wireless lets you stream shitty 4K. Yay? Copper is still king for anything that's not a goddamn webrip.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wtf dude, that was the example you provided, and then you mocked it. Make up your mind.
If it was a shitty example, why did you use it?

What would be a good example of things people commonly want and have access to but that wireless cant do?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They're saying 50Mbps 4k is shitty, not that 4k is a bad example. Modern Wi-Fi can definitely handle high-bitrate video 99% of the time, but that 1% where someone turns on a microwave can cause hella buffering. If you have the ability to run ethernet there's no benefit to using Wi-Fi.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Seriously, I was going to add my WiFi6e is theoretically way overkill for my limited usage and that’s supported by speed tests, yet I do notice its limitations while gaming. It’s got the bandwidth, it’s even got the low latency, but it also has the glitches. Until that speed is reliable enough to never impact my games, it’s not worth being my first choice

Even then, wired is better where appropriate because it just works. The more devices I can put on Ethernet, the fewer require the extra setup of wifi, the extra risks to eavesdropping and single points of failure, and yes the fewer where I ever have the frustration of glitches

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Why are you limited to 50Mbps 4k, if not limited by the server? I haven't had an issue with microwaves in like a decade. Maybe it's an issue for people with bachelor apartments where their router and microwave are on the same table?