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 ...

For a market that hasn't seen a lot of sales as of yet, the home media server/hub space is bustling with activity. These next generation devices are designed to be the center of the digital home, ...

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 ...

One benefit of digital media distribution is that you can store all of your music, movies, TV shows, and videos as data on hard drives rather than as stacks on shelves. But with higher-quality files ...

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 ...

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 ...

Home servers run quietly in the background, yet they carry a surprising amount of responsibility for media streaming, file serving, automation, backups, and self-hosting. The hardware you choose ...

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 ...

Hewlett-Packard on Monday introduced the HP MediaSmart Server, the company’s home media server, compatible with both Macs and PCs. The MediaSmart Server allows users to access content like digital ...

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 ...

One way to make use of a spare Mac is to turn it into a server for home entertainment purposes. Here's how to set up Plex Media Server in macOS. Owners of an old Intel-based Mac who've replaced it ...

Thanks to the amount of digital entertainment content and the maturing of key industry initiatives for media networking, home-based digital media servers are gaining in popularity, according to Oyster ...