Protowalker

I've got a PC that my job was throwing out and I put a CPU, hard drive and RAM combo I got on Craigslist (that's like gumtree) for $20USD in there and I've only ever had problems with 4k and HDR. Plex itself is pretty cheap perf-wise! Transcoding can be a problem but you can set it up to pre-transcode multiple quality options or just stream it original quality if you have the bandwidth.

Linux is definitely malware. I installed it and I haven't been able to use my computer since

I'd love it so much if part of the EU's restrictions involved limiting their ability to do these things in other countries as well if they plan to sell products there.