Samsung Smart TV - internet requirement

[Dolby]

It's not slower, it's just that the quality (bitrate) of video it requests is higher. If your line can handle 720p off YouTube to a PC without buffering, the TV shouldnt either

Ah - makes sense!

They should make the TV determine line speed then adjust accordingly. I'm sure my Samsung BR get's a the crappiest quality on my 1mbps - but it doesn't buffer

 

[xrapidx]

I agree. Cat6 is overkill for any home installation really, unless you have a really big home. You will not notice a difference between cat5e and cat6 in a installation of this size, unless you have some serious electrical interference problems in your house.

I'm running CAT5e throughout my house, recent install, purely because I got tired of fighting with my crimping tool at CAT6 cable and missing pins, I have yet to have a problem playing HD content (some as big as 30GB) in any of the rooms - sometimes simultaneously.

And most of the house is 12v transformer down-lights... so I'd imagine interference is high.

To the bedroom I'm actually using wireless - still need to get round to re-cabling it.

 

[ShawnStar]

I've heard a few people with this :/

How does it work that it's slower?
Does Youtube stream on a PC?

Youtube works 100% on the default video quality settings, but as soon as it gets to 720P it also buffers every now and then unfortunately. (On the PC)

Will test some more, I only fiddled for 10 minutes