This is such a non story. It requires physical access to unattended devices and a sophisticated attack.

Finishing things is way overrated. I hate the endings of things in general. I’ve completely stopped watching TV shows to their competition. The end is often unsatisfying. And the last seasons are often a let down. Also most games are just way way way too long. I don’t need a 150 hour game. There are just so many great games to play out there to be spending months playing one.

TL;DR; Plex server can run on a toaster oven. High quality streams are more about the streaming device itself

Streaming 4k HDR has a lot more to do with codecs used and the hardware deciding capabilities of the clients. So for the server you just need minimal disk speed and average network speeds if your client devices are good. If you do need to transcode you will want an Intel processor that has quick sync. But I would avoid transcoding (waste of electricity) and rely on clients with good hardware decoding. Hevc, av1 etc. My old Nvidia shield device didn’t support hevc and had to replace it avoid transcoding my movies.

This is a solid decoder, cec support sucks but most Android TV devices do. Anything with a Amlogic S905X4 or newer should support everything https://a.co/d/as1T5RY