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Plex is one of the top media server software options. It’s certainly my most used media server alternative. While Plex media server provides an easy means to access your content from anywhere, it’s further honing an already excellent platform. Largely, this derives from DVR and live TV support. Through the … read more
The Raspberry Pi is one of the top devices for tinkerers. Catering to the do-it-yourself (DIY) crowd, the Raspberry Pi is a single-board PC perfect for tons of projects. Among its many applications, Pi boards offer functionality as home theatre PC (HTPC) devices with distros like OpenELEC, low-power servers, and … read more
Virtual reality (VR) is a major trend. From budget devices such as the Google Cardboard to top-tier headsets like Samsung Gear, Daydream, and The HTC Vive, VR continues to dominate. Although VR sees its biggest current projects in the gaming space, there are tons of VR applications. Notably, virtual reality … read more
If you’ve used a torrent site before, you’ve heard of Pirate Bay. The notorious site has survived raids and downtime. Plus, it’s persisted troughout the criminal prosecution and conviction of the site’s founder in 2009. There was even talk of moving the site to a series of Raspberry Pi – … read more
When ExtraTorrent.cc went offline, ExtraTorrent.cd was quick to emerge from the ashes. However, ExtraTorrent.cd is merely a The Pirate Bay mirror with an ExtraTorrent skin. Still, the ExtraTorrent clone is functional and boasts heavily seeded torrents. Sure, torrenters are better off using The Pirate Bay rather than a mirror. But … read more
In a June 13, 2017 announcement WeTek revealed that it’s released an Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the WeTek Play 2 and WeTek Hub. The superb streaming device gets a major update in its WeOS 3.1 update. In turn, this WeTek Play 2 and WeTek Hub Marshmallow update delivers a … read more
IPVanish ranks as one of the top VPN options available. While it’s simple to set up, IPVanish just became even easier to install on the Amazon Fire TV. As of a June 12, 2017, blog post, IPVanish is available as a free download from the Amazon appstore. Because of this … read more
The Nvidia Shield TV remains arguably the best streaming device available. With its beefy hardware, the Shield TV makes a spectacular Plex client device. It’s also a capable Plex server set up. Because it’s possible to install Kodi on the Nvidia Shield TV, it’s a beastly legal Kodi streaming box … read more
Once again another Kodi piracy lawsuit has appeared. This time, the very well known addons Phoenix addon for Kodi, SALTS Kodi addon and ZemTV plugin for Kodi have been targeted by a Kodi piracy lawsuit that made their creators remove them from the public reach. As most of these addons … read more