Comment on Faster than ever: Wi-Fi 7 standard arrives

• effward@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s connected to the camera by a long thin piece of metal. Maybe we could call it a “cord”. And why stop there, it could be disconnected from the camera when you’re not transferring data.

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  • fidodo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Having a pack in your pocket is far better than being tethered to an object with a cord that you can trip on and obstruct your movement. Come on dude, do I really need to explain this? I think you’re being purposefully obtuse for some reason. Do you want to have discussions here or make bluntly snarky remarks that don’t really make sense?

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    • effward@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      From the article:

      The bad news is that the 6 GHz wireless spectrum uses shorter wavelengths. Short wavelengths are great for fast data transfers at close range, So, they’re great for connecting to your Wi-Fi 7-enabled HDTV a few feet away from your router

      With a range that short, you’re not going to be doing much roaming around. It obviously has some use cases, but unless you need to be streaming data it doesn’t make a lot of sense.

      The example we are discussing in this thread is transferring data off of a high res/high performance camera. For many situations this can be done after filming is completed, in which case a cord still makes a lot more sense. Hence my joke.

      For live broadcasting it could be useful, but the range still seems quite limiting.

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