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Store your media safely, get it on to your TV, capture live programmes and extend Emby’s capabilities with these top picks.

Emby Media Server is brilliant on its own, but it really comes to life when paired with the right hardware. There are tons of options on both the server and client sides of the arrangement; you’ll need a good machine to host Emby, and something capable to get it on your TV. The former is, basically, something you’ll need to work out for yourself; hopefully you have a Windows 10 PC that’s capable – if not, there are more difficult options (the Synology NAS above, for example). Whatever you use, make sure it’s something you won’t mind leaving on. Of course, there are other aspects of serving up your media to consider, from storage to live TV capture.