Published May 1, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He holds an undergraduate degree in English, a Master's degree in English with a focus on professional writing and editing, and another Master's degree in Computing & Information Systems. After teaching university English and computer science for a few years, Jeff launched his writing career . He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning here at XDA. Smart TVs have become ridiculously capable in some ways , yet oddly outdated in others. They can run polished streaming apps, upscale lower-resolution content, sync with smart home platforms, and process HDR formats that used to require dedicated hardware . Then you turn the TV around, look at the Ethernet port, and realize it’s still often stuck at 100Mbps.…