Kodi

By Mark Wilson

You’ve almost certainly heard of Kodi – and you’ve probably not heard good things about it. The software has been in the headlines because of the controversy over ‘fully-loaded Kodi boxes’ which make it easy to illegally stream copyright-protected films, TV and other material from the internet via third-party plugins.

However, the software itself is perfectly legal, and there are lots of ways to use it at home to manage and enjoy your media collection. If you have a massive archive of music, movies and photos, Kodi is the tool for you.

Kodi is designed to be hooked up to a TV or a large monitor, but there’s nothing to stop you from running it on a laptop or just about any other device (it’s available for many, many platforms).

Kodi can be used like a DVR if your PC has a TV card, but the software really comes into its own when you jump into the world of add-ons. There’s a massive collection of extensions that extend its capabilities by adding support for extra services such as streaming sites, games, lyrics, subtitles, and just about anything else you could possibly want.

User experience

By default, Kodi runs in full-screen mode – …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac