Just because you can use a Raspberry Pi as a media server doesn’t mean that you should. I’d say there are better uses for ...

Building a Jellyfin server is easy and cheap, letting you drop Netflix and Disney Plus while taking control of your library.

QNAP makes some of the best NAS for Plex and the QNAP TS-253D is a fine example with an Intel processor, speedy LAN connections, and two drive bays. When it comes to running your own Plex Media Server ...

Microsoft officially dropped support for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 a while ago, but many apps and services continue to support those older operating systems. One of them is Plex Media Server, but ...

$12 on Hulu. $17 on Max. $14 on Disney+. $23 on — wait, twenty-three dollars?! — on Netflix. I’m not the only one who’s reluctantly pulled up a bank statement to see the revolving door of streaming ...

My home theater setup is coming due for a refresh, as much of it is a decade old, and there's finally a viable and cost-effective replacement for my Panasonic plasma. My venerable 40GB PS3 is still a ...

Let’s say you managed to grab a server PC for your home lab and equip it with the best operating system for your experiments. While the system may surpass your expectations in the beginning, you might ...

I don’t remember when the obsession with home media servers developed, but it seems virtually every research firm has caught a bad case of media server fever. For example, this week a Parks Associates ...