I spent $90 on a power conditioner, and it fixed my entire home theater setup
…I'm also a magnet for weird tech issues , including AC power quality issues in several places I've lived. More so in the U.S., where U.K. building standards mean…
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Your soundbar's Dolby Atmos is probably fake, and your room is to blame
…Related Your TV's contrast problem isn't the panel, it's the wall behind it This lighting adjustment makes such a difference. The physics behind soundbars There's a scientific reason…
TrueNAS SCALE tried to do everything, so I gave it one job and moved the rest to Proxmox
…actually hosting apps and services. that's when the home lab finally made more sense, was easier to understand, diagnose issues, and map out with the entire LAN. The issue with consolidating…
Google reveals its plan to transform Android Auto into a better-looking, more cohesive platform
…It's likely Android Auto will experience similar issues, with core Google apps getting a facelift, and third-party developers slowly updating their apps in the coming weeks and months. Google is…
This one music app connects Plex, Jellyfin, and Navidrome the way they should have from the start
…It completely solved my issues thanks to acting as a meta-client. If you have multiple sources, the app can connect to each one simultaneously and present everything in a single cohesive…
Stop buying gold-plated HDMI cables — the difference is invisible
…You plug the HDMI cable into a TV, soundbar, game console, or AV receiver so it disappears into the home entertainment setup. Unless you connect your laptop to the TV often, there…
A used office PC is the best media center upgrade I've made in years
…which already put it ahead of most smart TVs that run on under powered chipsets with limited memory. Performance wasn’t the issue. The problem was reliability. A laptop is not meant…
Your old phone is still better than half the smart displays people keep buying
…A phone can do that with no issue. A nest hub will often kill background apps to save its RAM. When the power flickers, a Nest Hub dies, but your old phone…
3 HDMI settings I always change to unlock my TV’s full potential
…Related Your soundbar won't talk to your TV, and manufacturers act like that's normal HDMI eARC was supposed to simplify home theater, but unreliable handshakes, sync issues, and audio dropouts…
Home Assistant can now see when you use the physical remote, and it changes everything
…The issue with this, however brilliant it was, is that Home Assistant wouldn't know what happened after sending the command. There's no feedback loop. If you use the remote control…