The renewal that Apple TV presented two days ago, becoming the fifth generation, although its commercial name is Apple TV 4k, has put a complete renovation of its interior, where not only do we find the same processor as the most powerful iPad Pro, but it is also accompanied by 3 GB of RAM, all so that the playback of content in 4k HDR goes as smoothly as possible.
But not everything depends on the processor, but the speed of the connection also includes a lot. In the technical details of the Apple TV, the Cupertino-based company states that in order to enjoy content in 4k, we need to our Internet connection is 15 Mbps or higher.
The fourth generation model arrived on the market with a 10/100 Ethernet connection with limitations that we never quite understood, which in most cases forced us to use the same Wi-Fi connection that offered us higher connection speed, since it is of the 802.11ac type. The new Apple TV 4k has also renewed this port, using Gigabit Ethernet, which will allow us to achieve higher cable download speeds than those offered by the previous model.
The decision that Apple made using that slower network connection should not surprise us, since the company usually make these kinds of decisions for some reasonPresumably, a reason that they obviously never have to offer, but that most users do not quite understand. Without going any further, my 2010 Mac Mini already had a 10/100/1000 cable connection while the Apple TV, launched in 2015, used the 10/100.
If the device was not compatible with 4k content it seems that Apple did not want to bother offering a higher speed connection, despite being available and probably the price of said component is practically the same or have a minimal difference.
