Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.
Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.
Yeah I wish NAS devices were cheaper. You forget how big shows are these days and that it’s still over $200 for a single big enough hard drive.
But a couple tips that I’m not using myself because of weird configuration requirements.
• You don’t really need raid if you feel comfortable having to get all the files again • You don’t need a true NAS device. Ebay and Craigslist can be your friend for getting either a used NAS or just a workstation PC for cheap (I don’t have a pi but a micro PC that was like $85 running a lot of server configs on it and it’s a 12th gen Intel chip) • Look for companies selling server or parts or old media drives they are generally models that last super well and even used will have plenty of life on them at a discount.
For the cost of just a year of HBO Max I now have ad blocking on my whole wifi, the ability to spin up custom websites and email addresses, and remote storage access on top of my jellyfin that I’m able to share and watch my 500+ TV shows with friends
It really can get expensive cause PC parts aren’t always cheap but like… We have so much tech scrap a quick dumpster dive would net you a lot of usable stuff
