ᐅ What type of TV connection to plan for in a new single-family home

A Netflix HD stream requires about 5 Mbit. Some need a bit more, others less. But you need to calculate roughly around that.

4K then goes up to 15-25 Mbit. Content is still rare – this will certainly increase – but the question about the added value of 4K is not unreasonable. Humans hardly benefit from it, but it can be marketed…

Gaming is no big deal. Things get interesting when the kids want to stream themselves, that is, use their upload capacity.

annab377 schrieb:

But to summarize: a 50 Mbit connection should be enough for IPTV and at the same time online gaming in the office, right?

We can easily stream in HD on two devices at the same time and still browse the internet and, for example, watch YouTube in high resolution. So it should work fine. We have a 50 Mbit connection.

Tassimat schrieb:

2 or 3 days without TV is always an apocalypse.

It wasn’t really about whether that’s an apocalypse or not. Of course, it depends on personal needs.
But if you get TV only through DSL, then you also lose internet and phone when it goes down.
My main point was: Don’t rely on a single technology.

Not using a single smiley and suddenly such a statement is taken seriously. Interesting.

Neubi-BY schrieb:

But if your TV relies solely on DSL, then you won’t have internet or phone service if it ever fails.
My main point was: Don’t depend on just one technology.

And that’s why you have a photovoltaic system with a battery storage to avoid relying solely on the power grid?
And that’s why you have your own well in the garden, connected to a pump powered by electricity from your battery storage?
And that’s why, in addition to your central heating, you also have a wood stove in every room to avoid dependence on gas or oil?
And of course, one of those wood stoves can be used for cooking, so you can still cook if your electric stove fails?

To me, that really makes sense. I mean, the additional costs involved in not depending on a single technology in all critical areas are absolutely justified.

Nowadays, everyone has an alternative to a DSL connection right in their pocket. Depending on the plan and signal strength, unlimited streaming might not be possible, but you are not cut off from the internet. These devices are also said to allow phone calls.