2021 Sony TVs offer 80mbps streaming

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https://www.whathifi.com/us/news/sony-launches-high-bitrate-bravia-core-film-streaming-service

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Expect box office and IMAX Enhanced films at 80Mbps.

Sony is launching a high-bitrate video streaming service alongside its 2021 Bravia TVs.

... delivers near-lossless content at an equivalent of up to 80Mbps.

That's far in excess of the 25-30Mbps that other industry players, such as Netflix, operate at with their premium 4K content – meaning undoubtedly high quality pictures but, yes, big internet demand. In fact, to access the highest quality, you'll need a minimum internet speed of 115Mbps.

This is something of a soft launch, however, as Bravia CORE will only be available to owners of the just-launched 2021 Sony Bravia XR TVs , specifically the Z9J, A90J, A80J, X95J and X90J.

NytronX · Accepted Answer

So does that mean that Sony has finally ditched the 10/100Mbps ethernet ports on their 2021+ TVs by adding a 1Gbps ethernet port and a faster SOC? Because if so, that's the real story here. Pretty sad that Sony TVs up until this point are faster via wireless 5GHz than they are ethernet.

oddbin · Answer

Hope they've finally replace the 100mbps NIC then.

SpectralEntity · Answer

RIP the wallets for all of us stuck with Xfinity.

pawdog · Answer

Even if I could afford one of those TV's my internet maxes out at 40mbps. No amount of money can fix that.

andreibrcg · Answer

Any speculations on the new tvs price range?

NuMotiv · Answer

I wish this would come to my x900h.

Swanbon · Answer

My 2018 Sony tv can’t handle 1080p streaming apps without stuttering, don’t have massive confidence in this

hitokiriknight · Answer

But will it be Movies Anywhere compatible

a_generic_handle · Answer

Not necessarily good news for those with a data cap.