I’ve used the Nvidia Shield TV for years — and I’m not switching
…It's one of the few devices that can double as a Plex Media Server, handling transcoding without the need for a separate PC. This tells you how much power it actually…
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If you're completely new to self-hosting and want to take your first step, perhaps by repurposing any old devices into media servers, Jellyfin is absolutely the way to go. It doesn't hide its best features, which are also essential to media streaming, behind a paywall. I might be staying put for now, since my entire setup is tuned exactly how I like it, and more importantly, my Plex setup works without asking anything from me. At this stage, the convenience is hard to walk away from. And yet, Jellyfin now has me considering that I could. Jellyfin is no longer the scrappy alternative you recomm
I've stopped recommending Plex to newcomers, because Jellyfin is ready for families now