An old laptop needn't lie in a drawer gathering dust. It can still serve a useful purpose as a Plex Media Server. But does Plex work better on Windows or Linux, and what should you use for your Plex ...

However, setting up a Plex server can be a bit overwhelming. Thankfully, our Discover Lead Editor, Andrew Heinzman, can ...

For years, there was a lonely Raspberry Pi 3 gathering dust on my desk, right next to a cup of pens and a stack of Post-Its. Occasionally I’d pick it up and absent-mindedly twirl it around, as if it ...

When your aging laptop or desktop computer is slowing to a crawl to get through day-to-day tasks, you don’t necessarily have to recycle it or hand it off to someone else. Your old machine can be ...

I recently bought a new Synology NAS and am still transitioning my data from my previous two units to it. It's about 30TB used on a 62TB volume. It's running on 1 GB Ethernet for now, but I'll ...

Last week’s cord-cutting column mentioned Plex as a live-TV recording option. Let’s talk about Plex, which is a combination of hardware and software designed to store and serve up your media (videos, ...

Plex offers a mix of free content through its platform, but to access all of the service’s features, like Live TV, you normally need a Plex Pass paid subscription. Today the company has announced, in ...

Media player/server Plex is one of the most versatile independent solutions for folks with a big multimedia collection, but it has so far required users to run server software to power client apps on ...