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Watch House of the Dragon Blu-ray UHD 4K
I started buying Blu-rays again, and every time I go back to streaming the compression is all I can see

I buy shows created for streaming on Blu-ray to avoid the compression.

Organic Maps on Android Auto
4 Waze alternatives that give me Android Auto navigation without the privacy baggage

Offline navigation finally works better than Waze, and these apps prove it

A screenshot of Super Mario Wonder
Super Mario Bros. Wonder now runs natively on PC without emulation, and Nintendo probably isn't happy about it

This is the first Switch game to be natively ported to PC.

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infrared remote in use on android phone
I turned my old Android phone into a universal remote, and it replaced five devices in my living room

Your old Android phone has an infrared blaster that modern phones ditched, and it's the best universal remote you'll ever use.

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A Vizio TV's settings
My TV has a service menu the normal settings don't show, and it fixed a picture problem I'd lived with for years
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Fix TV picture issues from the hidden service menu.

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The Plex app's splash screen on 4K 120Hz Mini-LED TV
Jellyfin is free and beautiful, but Plex does one thing that keeps me paying

My friends shouldn't need to understand my network

kodi with arctic skin
Kodi is ancient by streaming standards, and it still does 4 things no modern app has figured out

The old-school self-hosting platform is still worth using.

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ErsatzTV Guide on Nvidia Shield
I stopped using my digital antenna after finding a much better way to watch live TV

After digital antenna's fell short, I found a better way to view live TV with Plex

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The Nvidia Shield TV and its remote sitting on a table
A Fire TV Cube costs $200 now, and my 2019 Nvidia Shield TV still does more

I'd still pick Shield TV over any other TV streamer.

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The Flauncher logo on a tv screen
I ditched Google TV's cluttered home screen for a lightweight launcher, and the setup took less time than brewing coffee
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You can have a new home screen in minutes.

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Halo 3: Project Reclaimer's multiplayer in action
Microsoft keeps fumbling Halo, so fans are fixing it themselves with 64-player Halo 3

The impressive project aims to modernize the iconic first-person shooter in a more authentic way.

Live TV with Self-Hosted Media with Tunarr
This Plex add-on turned my self-hosted library into my own personal live TV service

It's awesome to be able to turn your own media into your own TV service.

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A laptop showing the library page in ES-DE, including a preview of a game for the SNES
I stopped manually organizing my ROM files, and my retro gaming setup finally feels frictionless

Retro gaming has never been this easy

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Dispatch Launcher's home screen
This useful app brought my Plex library directly to my Google TV home screen

My self-hosted movies and TV shows are finally front and center and not buried.

changing DNS on fire tv stick on tv
I changed my Fire TV Stick’s DNS to unlock more content, but it fixed something even more annoying

Sometimes, things do turn out better than you anticipate

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A screenshot of the Master Chief from Halo: Combat Evolved
Thanks to fans, the original Halo just got an unofficial Windows, Linux, PS5, and Android port

Given how much the iconic series has struggled lately, this is great to see.

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jellyfin transcoding settings
I tried to build a media library that never transcodes, and the clients made that almost impossible

There are more blockers than you can imagine

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zelda-wind-waker-recomp
Zelda: The Wind Waker finally gets the native PC port fans waited decades for, complete with 120fps support

The impressive port of the classic Zelda title also runs on iPhone, iPad, and macOS.

A TV displaying the Super Mario Bros. 3 game for the NES
Modern TVs are too good for old consoles, and they're ruining how your favorite games look

It is possible to have too much of a good thing

A smart TV on a brown desk showing a still from a TV show
I finally fixed my smart TV’s buffering, and my internet wasn’t the problem
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A faster plan won't fix your streaming woes

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