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 ...

A solid mid-range board that offers all the key features at a competitive price, but discounted first-generation Z890 boards ...

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

When GPU hardware acceleration replaces CPU transcoding, processor usage drops significantly, allowing more concurrent streams and smoother playback. Even demanding 4K HDR content becomes manageable, ...

The Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (starts at $4,539.99; $5,104.99 as tested) appears to live up to those expectations at first ...

Nikon has announced the ZR, a video-focused camera with Red co-branding. It features the same 24.5MP 'partially Stacked' ...

Sencore demonstrated its MRD 8000, AFN Platform and Centra Gateway as well as made the show debut of its VB440 during the ...

The 2026 Dell XPS 16 is a rebirth of a device that should have never died. And while it sucks that Dell killed XPS last year.

MSI's third MAG B850 Tomahawk motherboard iteration, the Max WiFi II, is the best so far, but it needs a price drop if it's ...

MacBook Neo starts at $599 with an A18 Pro chip, a bright 13-inch display, and clear trade-offs in ports, battery claims, and premium features.

Ahead of its formal launch, Walmart’s new Onn 4K Pro Google TV box is starting to show up in stores and online, revealing all of the key details. Walmart’s Onn device launches are messy, to say the ...

A CLI tool that benchmarks a Plex Media Server by measuring how many simultaneous direct-play and transcoded streams it can sustain at 1080p and 4K. Distributed as a standalone binary and Docker image ...