[rcalafato]

Synology 1513+ running Plex Server and a FireTV Box stuck to every TV in the house. All of my media is stored on the Synology (5x 4TB drives).

I also have one of the less used PCs in the house running Plex Server, and we connect to that for viewing Plex Channels (basically, plugins that front-end NBC.com, ABC.com, and a bunch of other services) to take some of the transcoding load off the Synology.

I have a lifetime subscription to Plex.tv and LOVE the service. The only thing I'd like to improve about my set up is the processor in the Synology, which is too slow to transcode on the fly so I have to target my encodes to my current hardware and rerip when my clients get more capable.

[jmathai]

+1 for Synology. I've got the DS214play which is the entry-level version that supports transcoding [1]. It doubles as a backup to all my photos [2][3][4].

[1] https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS216play

[2] https://medium.com/vantage/understanding-my-need-for-an-auto...

[3] https://medium.com/@jmathai/introducing-elodie-your-personal...

[4] https://medium.com/swlh/my-automated-photo-workflow-using-go...