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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Even with my old DSL 3Mbps service, I never noticed any jumpiness with any of the streaming services on my large screens. With my new 60+Mbps service, they're all nearly HD quality. I've always used a separate device (Wii, Playstation, Roku, FireTV, FireStick)—hard-wired wherever possible—rather than any built-in SmartTV app to utilize the various streaming services. Perhaps that, or the internet connection itself, is the difference in our experiences?
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Yep - a 3Mb Internet connection is ample for smoothly streaming HD video. Latency tends to be more important than speed, when it comes to streaming. It's poor latency that'll cause constant pauses for re-buffering.