Author: Press Room

If you spend a lot of time using Plex on your iPhone, you might think the official app is the best option. You set up your server, add your movies and TV shows, and then use the Plex apps to access everything. But after a while, you might start to notice some problems, like when videos stutter or take a long time to load, or when the interface doesn’t always work the way you want it to. And sometimes, you might even find that certain files just won’t play properly. That’s when you might start looking for a better way…

Isn’t it annoying when you want to watch TV and someone in the house yells at you to turn it down? Maybe you want to game while a baby is napping in the room, or have hearing difficulties and need the volume to be at a level you can comfortably hear, but your partner complains it’s too loud. I watch TV late at night, so I turn down the volume and even use closed captions so as not to disturb others. This means I miss out on details, whether it’s a booming action scene in a show like Paradise that…

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is a new movie that features a couple of industry veterans performing at the top of their game, namely star Sam Rockwell and director Gore Verbinski. It has a message about the dangers of overreliance on technology that you’ve probably heard a thousand times before in other movies, books, and shows, but it delivers it in such a high-energy, mad-cap way that it breaks through your defenses. It’s weird, wild, and not performing especially well at the box office, but seems destined to become a sleeper hit that will still be talked about at…

I’ve tried almost every major streaming service out there, from Netflix and Prime Video to a few others that drain your bank account each month. But if there’s one subscription I’ll never dare to cancel, it’s YouTube Premium. For me, it’s the easiest yes in my monthly expenses. It’s affordable, it keeps things simple, and it doesn’t play mind games with confusing tiers. You only get three options: student, individual, and family. That’s it. And whichever plan you pick, you get the full experience. And that experience changes how you use YouTube. Once you get used to it, the regular…

Call me old-fashioned, but I miss when PCs had a built-in disc drive. Being able to plop a game into that drive, or show off a DVD to all of my friends, feels nostalgic, and I miss that feeling. That’s why I purchased a USB DVD writer shortly after building my PC — plus, my vehicle is older and still has a CD player, so I can burn audio discs to use on longer drives. But what I’ve slowly started to realize is that I didn’t need to just burn DVDs, but that I could also rip them and import…

Cross, based on the Alex Cross book series by James Patterson, is a crime thriller currently airing its second season on Amazon Prime Video, and it seems destined to surpass some of the other great detective series on the service. It’s got great source material, an unpredictable plot that keeps you hooked, a compelling performance from Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross himself, and potentially a very bright future. If you haven’t given in a try yet, now may be the right time. Aldis Hodge shines as Alex Cross It’s the best take on the character yet Alex Cross is a…

The average TV is much larger than it was before flat-panel units became the norm. Where they used to feature in the corner of a snug or dedicated TV room, they now often occupy much larger spaces, and our home theater systems, whether a basic soundbar and subwoofer setup or a full 7.1 surround sound system, need to meet that requirement. If you struggle to achieve full immersion, experience strained, thin dialogue, or your soundstage collapses during big, dynamic scenes, the issue may not be your streaming quality; it could be that your speakers are underpowered. This doesn’t simply mean…

When it comes to streaming services, most people just pay for Spotify and call it a day, myself included, but make sure you manage your storage and also don’t be tempted by lossless audio. The truth is that other streaming services have come around not only offer a better experience, but also better value. If you’re blindly paying for Spotify every month without considering YouTube Music, you’re missing out because of three key reasons that come down to cost, content selection, and the background listening experience. It’s the most economical When combined with YouTube Premium Credit: Brandon Miniman / MakeUseOf Spotify…

4K is the new benchmark every PC gamer is trying to hit. The highest possible resolution, the highest possible graphics settings, and the highest possible frame rates. But for anyone who doesn’t have absolutely top of the line PC hardware, those benchmarks and performance figures remain a fever dream. But there are decade-old GPUs that refuse to die and are still powering people’s rigs. There is more modest PC hardware out there than you know, and while everyone might be chasing 4K, 1080p is still the sweet spot for gaming for a number of reasons. You likely already own the…

Open-ear earbuds and noise cancellation don’t typically go together. By definition, open-ear buds sit atop your ears versus going inside them, which logically means sound leaks in since your ear canals aren’t sealed. But somehow, Shokz, one of the top brands in this space, has managed to develop a pair that offers noise reduction through its own technology. The Shokz OpenFit Pro earbuds, which were introduced at CES 2026 earlier this year, have been making waves for this reason. I had the chance to test them in a variety of scenarios, including at home while working, listening to music, and…