Re:Ask HN: Were you in the early 2000s HTPC scene?
by hkarthik on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:35AM
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Yes, I started with a massive Windows 8 Media center PC in 2003 which evolved to an Xbox1 with XBMC, followed by a couple of all in one PCs which could load standalone XBMC Linux based kernels by 2010.
Around 2015, I switched to having a Synology NAS hold the content with small streaming devices around the house with Plex running on both ends.
But these days 99% of the content we want is on Netflix, HBO Max, or Disney+. We occasionally rent movies via AppleTV. I can get all the content I want more conveniently through these services. And I am rarely debugging the setup during a family movie night while my wife and daughters groan about how my stuff never works.
Around 2015, I switched to having a Synology NAS hold the content with small streaming devices around the house with Plex running on both ends.
But these days 99% of the content we want is on Netflix, HBO Max, or Disney+. We occasionally rent movies via AppleTV. I can get all the content I want more conveniently through these services. And I am rarely debugging the setup during a family movie night while my wife and daughters groan about how my stuff never works.