Other options with no paywall (or at least a less expensive one).

What if you could replace every streaming service you subscribe to with a single, tiny device that costs less than $100? It sounds almost too good to be true in a world where Netflix, Disney Plus, and ...

tl;dr is: scrounge up some hardware, preferably on a recent-ish Intel platform with an igpu (i think 8th gen+ is the sweet shot), and then get a slew of storage. Pick a base operating system (I like ...