Depends on the resolution, compression and quality level you expect. I'm generally fine with 1080p as I don't notice the difference to 4k that much, also am ge

Depends on the resolution, compression and quality level you expect. I'm generally fine with 1080p as I don't notice the difference to 4k that much, also am generally fine with h.265 at decent compression and prefer the way it degrades (blurry background) over most others like h.264 (weird blocky background). But YMMV, my vision is not the best by any stretch, and when I was younger I'd probably notice a lot more. In this, I'll often go for movies that are <4gb and TV episodes that are under 500mb in size. I do pay for several streaming options, but often still find it easier to just hit the high seas for content. For example, Paramount+ doesn't work with my pihole, and I didn't feel like figuring out what domains they'd require me to whitelist. Edit: I had setup a relatively large NAS as I was wanting to get into Chia when it came out... that said, the first few days it became obvious I would never get a coin compared to the really big minors, so now I have a 6-drive and 5-drive raid6 array with 12tb drives. So I'm set on storage for a long while. And the Synology box supports another 5-drive expansion case to grow with. I maxed the ram, and added the 10G network card.