I tried Dim as a Jellyfin alternative, but its web-first experience clashed with my Apple TV setup, making watching feel like work.

Many of us have old phones shoved away in a box somewhere, and there are plenty of great ways to repurpose them. If you’ve been interested in getting into the home media server craze, you may be ...

If you’re looking for an affordable home media server with low power requirements, the Docker-based ZimaBoard–with its plethora of ports and add-on modules–will do the job. And if you’re ...

Fuze Media Systems unveiled their full home media system, which has several advantages over the pretty and fully competent Microsoft Windows Media Center. In a nutshell, it’s designed to be used ...

Launched at CES 2007 in Las Vegas, the AMD Live! Home Cinema and AMD Live! Home Media Server aim to bridge the gap between the television and the PC and introduce a more comfortable form factor for ...

The M4 Mac Mini is a powerful and compact device that can be transformed into a highly capable home server. By setting up your Mac Mini as a server, you can transform the way you manage your digital ...

What if you could build a fully functional, energy-efficient server that fits in the palm of your hand? With the release of the Raspberry Pi 5, this is no longer a dream but an exciting reality for ...

I have to admit I have been keeping abreast of technology news with one eye, sort of, during this Holiday Season. I have a family, and my one child is going to grow up fast, so I’m told. Thus, I’ve ...

I hesitate to make a thread on this, but I'd like some feedback from people who actually use these types of systems. So here's the goal. I'm trying to put together a home file/media server. Right now ...

I'm building a home media server. It will serve movies, music, etc, and also act as a web server for just my personal use. Is there really a need to get a $$ server motherboard for it? I got a Tyan ...

So I’d like to get a Mac mini and use it as a combination home media server/upconverting DVD player. This decision is complicated, of course, by the almost-everyone-is-sure-about-it rumor that new Mac ...