TV streaming box - best ones?

[Ronnie-]

I mentioned earlier that I have the $19.88 2023 onn 4k streaming box (not the $49.88 2024 Pro version) and its connection has been rock solid. FWIW.

I previously had one of the older ones as well, and I never had an issue with it as far as wifi, but these new ones, IDK.

 

[ZetaMale]

You know the old saying, you get what you pay for. But even more expensive electronics aren't guaranteed to work properly all the time.

 

[dishdude]

Luckily I haven't had any Wi-Fi issues with mine or the ones I've installed for others. If it doesn't work out you can always return it.

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[jayn_j]

You know the old saying, you get what you pay for. But even more expensive electronics aren't guaranteed to work properly all the time.

True that any component can fail, but a quality product has likely had stress testing and failure analysis performed. Possibly even beta testing in user environments. The box we are discussing here was most likely rushed into production as soon as the prototype was operational. Their philosophy seemed to be that as long as it worked in a controlled lab environment, it was good to go.
It isn't just hardware, the device in question may very well been unable to adapt by searching and using a less crowded wifi channel, not properly handling an acknowledgement handshake or some other software protocol error that fell apart in the real world.

 

[ZetaMale]

True that any component can fail, but a quality product has likely had stress testing and failure analysis performed. Possibly even beta testing in user environments. The box we are discussing here was most likely rushed into production as soon as the prototype was operational. Their philosophy seemed to be that as long as it worked in a controlled lab environment, it was good to go.
It isn't just hardware, the device in question may very well been unable to adapt by searching and using a less crowded wifi channel, not properly handling an acknowledgement handshake or some other software protocol error that fell apart in the real world.

I still can't get my sons iphone 14 (or 12) to connect to my router on 5 GHz while all other devices work fine - including Android devices. No one seems to have a solution for the iphone. Since everything else connects fine I have to say that these high priced iphones aren't worth the money. I remember trying to sub to Consumer Cellular but had to go back to my old carrier because we couldn't get an iphone to connect to their service. It's just one example of the crummy products being put out. It's not just iphones but other electronics have been a PITA. There's usually a workaround but the hassle of getting some devices to work is a challenge that I don't want to be involved with. I've lost track of how many devices I've had to return over the past 20 years.

 

[thomasjk]

I still can't get my sons iphone 14 (or 12) to connect to my router on 5 GHz while all other devices work fine - including Android devices. No one seems to have a solution for the iphone. Since everything else connects fine I have to say that these high priced iphones aren't worth the money. I remember trying to sub to Consumer Cellular but had to go back to my old carrier because we couldn't get an iphone to connect to their service. It's just one example of the crummy products being put out. It's not just iphones but other electronics have been a PITA. There's usually a workaround but the hassle of getting some devices to work is a challenge that I don't want to be involved with. I've lost track of how many devices I've had to return over the past 20 years.

I have an iPhone 16 connected to Consumer Cellular and had no problems connecting it to 5ghz on my router.