11 Aug 2024 06:56 PM
Does the puck have a ethernet port and if so doed this work better than a hdmi cable.
11 Aug 2024 06:58 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more@Graham.+K You still need a HDMI cable to view the pictures from the puck.
The Ethernet port is a 100mbps port so and can be better than poor or low speeds over wifi.
11 Aug 2024 08:40 PM - last edited: 11 Aug 2024 09:11 PM
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As @GD1 indicates, those do very different jobs, and without HDMI a Stream puck is entirely pointless (except perhaps as a paperweight)
Ethernet may well be preferable to WiFi in getting data to a puck though, in which case puck WiFi should be switched off.
Linking a puck to a smart television using ethernet cable is physically possible (the ends plug in) but will do nothing at all.
If you are thinking of 'HDMI over ethernet', that's a valid but very different technology requiring external powered adaptors and initial output / final input is still over the HDMI ports.
11 Aug 2024 11:40 PM
Hdmi is still needed.
Ethernet gives you a hardwired connection to wifi.