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Android Auto with Xtream Player running
3 hidden Android Auto settings I always change to make every drive so much better

The in-car platform's Developer Settings include several useful features for regular Android Auto users

Jellyfin Laptop streaming device
I built my own streaming box, and it beats every smart TV I've owned

All it took was an old Windows laptop.

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Nvidia Shield Next to Onn Pro 4K
The $60 Onn 4K Pro does all the things I kept my Nvidia Shield around for

I could have ditched my Shield long ago, if this budget Android TV box came out sooner.

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Bazzite on a gaming PC.
PS2 emulator PCSX2 v2.8.0 is now out, and it boasts huge performance boosts for your games

Also, no more codec nonsense.

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Android Box Media File Server Kodi UPnP-DLNA
I turned a cheap Android TV box into the ultimate self-hosted streaming server

Budget doesn't mean cheap. This box can be turned into a self-hosted media file server.

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A CRT TV running a fighting game
I finally understand why retro games look so much better on CRT TVs, and it's not just nostalgia
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Retro games were made to shine on CRT displays, and nothing else compares

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Old Chromecast with Google TV Plugged into Smart TV
5 things I did with my old Chromecast instead of leaving it in a drawer

Don't let your old Chromecast collect dust, put it to good use instead.

Jellyfin server host on PC.
A 10-year-old Intel chip transcodes more Jellyfin streams than my graphics card ever could

The ceiling that mattered was never the GPU's.

Asus ROG Ally running Half-Life 2 with a MacBook and a monitor in the background
12TB of Valve's data from 2003-2013 has leaked online, and Episode 3 content isn't off the table yet

The hunt for legendary gaming gold is afoot.

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Plex homescreen being shown on laptop
I used Plex and Jellyfin for a month, and there's one clear winner for true hardware ownership

Your media server shouldn't need the cloud.

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A USB DAC
An old phone and a $10 DAC turned my dumb stereo into the best speaker I own

I paired an old Android phone with a $10 DAC and my 18-year-old speakers finally got streaming

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion official reveal screenshot
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma doesn't deny The Elder Scrolls 6 as a console exclusive, which is a little worrying

Here's hoping it's a nothing burger.

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A Mac Mini in front of a monitor showing Risk of Rain 2
Mac gamers finally have a real solution, and it's running far better than I expected

PixelPort could change the game

Jellyfin movie card on Wholphin app on 4K Mini-LED TV.
5 Jellyfin settings I changed to make my self-hosted server feel more like Netflix

These settings are a no-brainer for instantly making Jellyfin more premium

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A Nvidia Shield TV Pro sitting on a table
My Nvidia Shield TV Pro worked much better after I changed these key settings

I put the "Pro" in my Nvidia Shield TV Pro by adjusting these settings.

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Jellyfin server runnin version 12 RC5
I finally killed my Calibre server thanks to Jellyfin 12's audiobook overhaul

Jellyfin finally understands what an audiobook actually is

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Nex Playground 2
Amazon's knocking 20% off the Nex Playground, the family gaming console that somehow outsold the PS5
tool-to-fix-metadata-for-jellyfin
I let one free tool clean up my Jellyfin metadata, and years of mislabeled files fixed themselves

Fixing surprisingly inconsistent media libraries

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A Blu-ray writer beside physical Blu-Ray movies
The cheapest upgrade to my media library wasn't a hard drive — it was a disc drive

The cheapest upgrade to my media library wasn't a hard drive

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Aurral discover weekly
Aurral brings Spotify's best feature to my self-hosted music library

I stopped manually curating playlists after adding this discovery layer to Navidrome.

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