Guides, tutorials, tips, and tricks on home media, streaming, media players, and home theater devices. In addition, other relevant topics such as downloaders and library organizers are also covered.
Last year, we showed our selection of Kodi skins for Raspberry Pi 3 2016 and now we start the new year with the same topic showing you the best Raspberry Pi Kodi skins 2017. If you are a frequent reader of our site, you probably know about Kodi, but for beginners, … read more
While setting up your HTPC, securing your connection is a very important thing to consider. Whether you use addons or apps to get your content, it is crucial to keep your connection away from prying eyes. If you want to do so, you need to install a VPN. What is … read more
Install Acestream on Linux Mint 18! Acestream brings you the ability to start online playback of torrent videos in one click on any website that contains links to torrent files, therefore it is an excellent BitTorrent client. Acestream serves another great purpose since it is also necessary to play live … read more
Plex has achieved widespread adoption among home theatre enthusiasts. At its simplest, Plex is a sort of do-it-yourself (DIY) Netflix. While a powerful Plex server is a must, the Plex client is equally as important. As with all servers, media resides on the server and remains accessible on clients. With … read more
Do you know about the newest device from NVIDIA, the NVIDIA SHIELD TV 2? If you are planning to buy it, or have already got your hands on it, you will need apps to put it to good use. Luckily, if you want to stream content on Android, you have … read more
The Ebox T8 V smart TV box is a new HTPC media player solution to hit the internet. Using the Android Marshmallow operating system the device supports OTA firmware updates to keep it fully up-to-date. The Ebox team also pushes out new features and upgrades to the T8 V software. … read more
In this guide, I will show you how to install Kodi on Nvidia Shield TV 2017 version from Google Play Store as well as by sideloading, which enables you to install the latest Kodi version, including Release Candidate and Beta. At the time of writing this guide, Kodi 17 Krypton … read more
OpenELEC & LibreELEC reduce the system requirements of a HTPC system. They are Linux based “just enough” operating systems. They are branded this as they they provide just enough OS functionality to launch popular media center solutions like Kodi. This means that you no longer require any high-end system components … read more
These alternative Nvidia Shield TV launchers can make your life easier if you have sideloaded apps on your Nvidia Shield TV. Recently, we showed you how to sideload apps on Nvidia Shield TV 2017 using ES File Explorer. The problem is that Android TV launcher interface on Nvidia Shield TV … read more