The cost to get a decent AC-based wireless router, coupled with getting AC-based versions of your Amazon Fire or Roku boxes, is very expensive versus the perfectly adequate wired Ethernet cable you have (and probably bought for $10-$20).
When you upgrade, try to get AC-based cards and router everywhere.
That’s what I do too. Keeping it simple has carried me through life painlessly, lol. There is such a thing as too many remotes. My dad proved that to me many times, lol.
what's an AC-based wireless router?
Compared to what?
I have a $300 Netgear Nighthawk and frankly, the wifi is sometimes crap.
I have my DLink ‘dog cams’ hooked up to ethernet, even though they can work wirelessly because half the time, they won’t load on wifi.
The Nite Owl security cams are all wired.
The TV is a 65” Sharp 3D Smart TV with both wireless and wired.
I have a Sony Blu-Ray/3D hooked to that, and I wire that.
I have Rokus and other things like it stuffed in the drawer that I don’t use since I got the Sony.
Even the DirecTV box has on demand and wireless but it’s wired up, too.
Hard wire for me.
I kinda hate wifi.
:D