Comment on AppleTV complete replacement opinions
sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 8 months ago
Keep your Apple TV and use it as a streaming client for whatever you stand up on the backend. Personally I have a Synology NAS that I love and I use the net to get all my content. Use the net. 😉
randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Appreciate your comment, and that seems like a common setup. If you didn’t have the ATV, what would you front end the Plex server with? I have a Synology router and would probably buy a Synology NAS, if I went that route.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I would go with Jellyfin instead of Plex. It’s open source and works great
sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 8 months ago
Actually with a Synology NAS you don’t need Plex, they have a built in equivalent called DS Video with apps for Apple TV, iOS, Android, etc!
I’ve had an Nvidia shield in the past as well and it works reasonably well, but the video experience is definitely better on the Apple TV. The Android boxes make more sense if you want a place to install emulators that also occasionally streams.
randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Thank you for this! I’ll look more at the Synology NAS devices and see what that’s all about. I’m probably the other way around, stream more, and emulate once in a while.
shrugal@lemm.ee 8 months ago
DS video is much worse than Plex in my experience, it’s not even close. The only upside is getting hardware transcoding for free, but that’s about it.