Technically speaking, you don't need to buy new hardware to build a Plex media server. Any old computer can get the job done, ...

We might be in the era of cloud streaming and subscription services, but media ownership (both digital and physical) is still alive and well. That said, being able to consolidate and stream your ...

In January 2024, TechCrunch reported that Plex was nearing profitability and raised $40 million in funding (Plex raised a $50 ...

There’s still nothing like a TiVo. Those quirky sounds and the remote control that’s shaped like a giant peanut still beat out the experience found on a lot of “smart” TVs. TiVo has been playing catch ...

Roll your own Netflix with Plex. A few short years ago, a home media server mainly consisted of an old computer hooked up to a nearby set of speakers and an S-video cable that snaked out to a TV set.

I’ve been collecting digital media for decades, be it movies, TV shows, MP3s ripped from a few hundred of my old CDs, and more videos and pictures than I care to acknowledge. Between my wife and I, we ...

Hi all, don’t know how many of you are running Plex on a Windows 10 x64 machine but for the first time in my experience, the server software won’t update. I tell it to download and install the update ...

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