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Originally Posted by Deschodt

I can't seem to get a straight answer on this: do different brand/models of smart TVs have different Wifi bandwidth capacities - or is it pretty much standard and fairly limited because at best they need 15 mbps and cannot really use more?

Seems mine is losing internet too often despite everything else in the house staying on, and gets very low connection speed on self tests vs what's on offer (1 gig) - though I am not sure if it's a function of wifi / that self test / or content providers.

In other words, if I speedtest a laptop near my tv I see 800 mbps. My phone will see 150 in the same spot. The Tv will see 5-15 - so It seems the hardware is not geared for capacity/stability. I'd hardwire it but it's gonna be a pain. Just wondering if anyone knows for sure if those TVs CAN read (theoretically) 100mbps-1gig, say... like a laptop, or if they are built with low speed wifi.

Wifi has several standards that offer different capabilities. And the capability of two devices that need to talk (usually device <> router) need to agree.

So if you're router supports XYZ, but your TV supports ABC, then that can be an issue. These days, there's usually pretty good interoperability. And pretty much every device supports older and newer stuff (older usually slower and newer faster).

And even if both devices support the same standard, there's always negotiation between the two that will try to achieve the highest speed possible for conditions.

So both devices could support the same 1.3gb standard, but they could end up negotiating down to 1mb (unlikely to go that low).