When you buy a modern smart device, you usually don't have much choice in the software it runs. If you buy an AV receiver (AVR), you're stuck with the software provided by the manufacturer. If you buy ...

A dusty low-res monitor now anchors household life displaying weather, photo slideshows, calendars and chore alerts.

The hardware I chose will work great for my self-hosted streaming setup, and acquiring it was actually the hardest part of the process. Software implementation wasn't an issue at all, because I use ...