Since this particular HTPC is designed to connect to your clients' already-existing home theater system, there&'s no need to spec out speakers, video displays, receivers/amplifiers, or input devices ...

It’s true: The best way to control your home theater is still with a PC. Forget all the hype about Google Chromecast and other assorted set-top boxes, dongles, and other gadgets. None of them can ...

Over the past few years Plex has largely become a media streaming company, offering thousands of ad-supported movies and TV shows that you can stream to a smart TV, mobile device, or a computer. But ...

With new desktop software from Plex, plugging a computer into your television almost seems like a great idea. Plex HTPC, which officially launched last week, lets you access Plex’s over-the-air DVR ...

Plex’s new desktop app packs a fresh look, streamlined downloads But it's ending support for home theater PC setups. Kris Holt Contributing Reporter Thu, August 15, 2019 at 12:54 PM PDT ...

There will be some 25 million home theater PC systems installed worldwide by 2013, with adoption boosted by the media applications in Microsoft's Vista software, a new study revealed Friday. By Leo ...

Plus: The very metal PC-case and power maker could be the last maker of HTPC cases standing. I have been a technology journalist for 30-plus years and have covered just about every kind of computer ...

Want to turn your PC into a digital video recorder and media center box? For more than a decade Microsoft has made that by offering Windows Media Center. But when Windows 10 ships in the summer of ...

Linux isn't a requirement, either ...

I'm a student at Ga Tech that has been building PCs since I was in elementary school. For years, I've had it in my head that the PC should be phased out in exchange for a home server rack that is ...