Plex Server and Transcoding on the $179 MSI Cubi Intel Broadwell Mini PC

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Buy it on Amazon - http://lon.tv/1acp7 (affiliate link) Two viewers wrote in asking how the MSI Cubi machine performs as a Plex server. The answer is quite well - even with Blu Ray MKVs. But the transcoding tax will stretch the machine to its absolute maximum. Doing anything else will likely lag the real time transcoder. Still this is a significant improvement over prior low cost mini PCs. Subscribe to my email list to get a weekly digest of upcoming videos! - http://lon.tv/email Visit the Lon.TV store to purchase some of my previously reviewed items! http://lon.tv/store Want to chat with other fans of the channel? Visit our forums! http://lon.tv/forums Want to help the channel? Start a Patreon subscription! http://lon.tv/patreon Follow me on Facebook! http://facebook.com/lonreviewstech Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/lonseidman Catch my longer interviews in audio form on my podcast! http://lon.tv/itunes http://lon.tv/stitcher or the feed at http://lon.tv/podcast/feed.xml Follow me on Google+ http://lonseidman.com