Streaming your own media shouldn’t come with a subscription. Here’s why Plex users are frustrated — and why Jellyfin might be ...

The Pi’s limits: Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 can serve media directly but choke on transcoding, especially with 4K or multiple streams. Better alternatives: Mini PCs with Intel Quick Sync can transcode ...

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Tired of paying to stream your own media? These Plex workarounds make remote access free again. Here's how they work.

I've been using Plex for over a decade, and what pulled me in from the start was how easy it made it to host and stream my ...

Plex is ending the introductory pricing on its Remote Watch Pass on June 1, raising monthly fees to $2.99 and annual fees to $29.99.

With May arriving in just over a week, we’ve come to the time of month where streaming services are sharing what new movies and television series will be coming when the new month begins. And while ...

It may finally be time to ditch dedicated streaming devices such as the Amazon Fire TV Stick or Roku Streaming Stick, at least in some cases. There are a few reasons for this, mostly because smart TVs ...

Plex, a famous way for dads to show off their (okay, our) movie and TV hoarding acumen just got incrementally less useful for certain users. The Roku free-for-all is officially over, and more pain is ...

If you enjoy streaming your own content via Plex to devices like Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, or Android TV, some bad news is coming your way: it’s going to start costing money soon. Back in April 2025, a ...

Here's some bad news for folks who've been using Plex to stream stuff from a buddy's personal media server to their TV for free for years. As it pledged to do earlier this year when it bumped up the ...

I've been covering Android and other mobile technology for close to ten years now, with a specific interest in phone accessories, e-readers, and what makes each individual phone different from another ...