I moved to WIFI 6 because I’m cycling out my old laptops to new ones that support it. However, when I look at my WIFI usage, it’s mostly my ROKU, which is still on WIFI 4. It’s a Premier+.
What’s the biggest upgrade I can make to my home tech now? It seems like what I really need is a ROKU device that supports AV1. From what I have been reading, AV1 support is going to be a much bigger deal than WIFI 7. It should reduce my bandwidth used, which should make everything better. Streaming services like YouTube and Netflix are already deploying it. New GPUs have hardware to decode it.
I think the biggest bang for my buck will be upgrading to a ROKU that supports AV1. And it looks like their SOC Realtek chipset can handle it. Maybe I wait for their refresh this year.
What do you guys think? Am I missing a better innovation right now?
What’s the biggest upgrade I can make to my home tech now? It seems like what I really need is a ROKU device that supports AV1. From what I have been reading, AV1 support is going to be a much bigger deal than WIFI 7. It should reduce my bandwidth used, which should make everything better. Streaming services like YouTube and Netflix are already deploying it. New GPUs have hardware to decode it.
I think the biggest bang for my buck will be upgrading to a ROKU that supports AV1. And it looks like their SOC Realtek chipset can handle it. Maybe I wait for their refresh this year.
What do you guys think? Am I missing a better innovation right now?