Roll your own Netflix with Plex. A few short years ago, a home media server mainly consisted of an old computer hooked up to a nearby set of speakers and an S-video cable that snaked out to a TV set.

Plex, a famous way for dads to show off their (okay, our) movie and TV hoarding acumen just got incrementally less useful for ...

Plex Media Server is a free and open-source media center software that lets you easily create a local or an internet media server, onto which you can stream almost anything. This easy-to-operate ...

Starting in 2026, Plex will build on its recent changes and further restrict streaming options for free users.

Today, Plex launched its free, ad-supported video streaming service, with a collection of thousands of movies, TV shows, concerts, and documentaries that can be streamed on any device that has the ...

Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has been covering mobile technology news and reviewing the latest gadgets for the last six years. His work can also be found on sister site CNET ...

After a slightly rocky beta test, Plex's new cloud-based media server is now ready for public consumption. Rather than relying on a media server PC or a networked storage drive, Plex Cloud allows ...

Plex was once the go-to media server, but growing restrictions and paywalls are pushing users away. Here's why you should ...

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 ...