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What should the speedtests be for a apple tv?

I have internet speed of nearly 1 GIG hardwired into the apple tv device but when a speed test is executed the upload and download speeds are only about 95MBS. What speeds should we expect through a apple tv?

Apple TV 4K, tvOS 18

Posted on Nov 20, 2024 12:55 PM

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Posted on Nov 20, 2024 10:47 PM

The highest bitrate from Apple TV seems to have peaks at about 25 Mbps from for 4K HDR.

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Nov 21, 2024 7:38 AM in response to gmc1282

gmc1282 wrote:

I have internet speed of nearly 1 GIG hardwired into the apple tv device but when a speed test is executed the upload and download speeds are only about 95MBS. What speeds should we expect through a apple tv?

What kind of ethernet cable are you using? What is it plugged into on the router?


Looks to me, like you are not using a gigabit router, or router port on the router (some routers may have dedicated ports for gigabit), or a rated cable.


Though even 4K movies really don't need anywhere near 95mbps the Apple TV has a gigabit ethernet connector, which should be getting higher speeds than that.


Since you are only getting 95, it points to something in the connection chain not being gigabit capable.

Nov 21, 2024 10:56 AM in response to Phil0124

You lost me a little bit on that one. If I run a speed test on the Cat7 ethernet cable that connects directly to the AppleTV I am getting nearly 1 GIG speeds. Once I unplug from the laptop and then plug the cable into the Apple TV when I run a speed test of the Apple TV it is only 95 MBS up and download. There is only the one RJ45 connection port to plug into on Apple TV. Is the port configurable?

Thanks

What should the speedtests be for a apple tv?

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