I thought I needed a NAS, then I used this device for Plex instead
Patrick O'Rourke Apr 15, 2026, 11:33 AM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
Patrick O'Rourke Apr 15, 2026, 11:33 AM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
…Without airtime fairness and other QoS settings , your router is left on its own to manage slow traffic from smart devices and high-priority traffic from your PC, smartphone, and laptop. It…
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account As a hobbyist, I love experimenting with SBCs and microcontrollers . However…
Patrick O'Rourke Jun 9, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
…are good reasons to add hardware to a home lab . If you’re experimenting with Proxmox clustering, high availability, storage redundancy, or network segmentation, you need more than one machine to do…
…Sign in to your XDA account Network-attached storage (NAS) becomes the central part of most home labs and smart homes. Even if you're not running stacks of used enterprise gear…
Patrick O'Rourke May 5, 2026, 11:33 AM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
…They were largely responsible for setting up the initial stages of our smart home and saved a considerable sum of money each month. The ability to pick up a turnkey enclosure, chuck…
Patrick O'Rourke Jun 11, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
…Furthermore, if you're someone who loves tinkering with new tech and adding new devices to your smart home , router updates are the only surefire way to make sure that you never…