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Apple's TV App continues to get better and lets you combine content from most services into one unified menu. This player can also support an external TV tuner for cord cutters and run more powerful games and apps than other streaming devices. Apple finally redesigned the remote, after years of customer complaints, by adding a standard directional pad that makes navigation easier. But the Apple TV costs far more than the competition, and that extra processing power isn’t really used when streaming content. If you plan to take advantage of other features that the Apple TV offers, like playing lots of games on Apple Arcade, then you might need the increased power, but it just costs too much if you’re only streaming. The Roku Streaming Stick 4K has the widest selection of services overall, and the player supports all the major 4K HDR standards (including Dolby Vision, HLG, and HDR10+).
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If you use Plex to launch video from another service, such as Netflix, you’re taken out of Plex’s app entirely. Because Kodi is open-source software, there are a fair amount of third-party extras available for it. Unfortunately, that includes a big collection of unofficial add-ons that can cause you all sorts of problems, including unknowingly accessing copyrighted material.
If your server machine isn’t powerful enough to handle this conversion process, you may be told that the movie cannot be played. Many devices, including smart TVs and Android TV boxes, come with the Plex client pre-loaded, so there’s nothing to download. The clients are typically free, but occasionally, Plex charges a small amount to download them.
Screening Room for a Television Star
Here, a pool cabana for a residential home was transformed into a sports bar with a five-screen media wall. Not shown is the 12-foot wide projection screen that rolls down from the ceiling for the stadium experience while watching a game. Automated lighting and motorized shades create the perfect viewing environment whether it is day or night. An evening of Netflix and chill suddenly becomes way more exciting when you have a big screen equipped with a surround sound system. Whether you are planning on turning your basement into a picture palace, or want to make the most of a flat-screen, the following ideas will help you create the ultimate home theater. Deirdre Sullivan is an interior design expert and features writer who specializes in home improvement as well as design.
One lucky winner will get a 65 inch OLED Smart TV, a soundbar with wireless subwoofer, a home theater gradient lightstrip, an Android TV streaming media player and more. The whole package is valued at $5000 and is going to turn someone’s family room into a destination hangout spot. If you’re a fan of owning personal media still on the lookout for the perfect solution to store and organize your library, the good folks over at Plex are offering a tremendous deal for Black Friday.
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Andrew is the News Editor for Review Geek, where he covers breaking stories and manages the news team. He joined Life Savvy Media as a freelance writer in 2018 and has experience in a number of topics, including mobile hardware, audio, and IoT. If you’re new to Plex, or are thinking of installing it, check out our complete guide to using it. If you’re a die-hard home theater PC user, it might be worth looking at Kodi. It lacks some of Plex’s features, but it continues to be an all-in-one solution for those who want to keep their computers connected to their TVs.
MyPlex is a free service that allows you to watch your media over the Internet, share it with friends, or bookmark interesting videos for later viewing. In addition to it’s own front-end software, Plex Media Center, the back-end server application is compatible with many other front-ends such as XBMC (with Plexbmc add-on). There are also mobile front-end apps available on iOS, Android and Windows Phone operating system. Finally, click “Create storage space”, and your storage pool will be created.
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An intrepid Mac or PC user could set Plex to launch on boot-up, and the app has built-in options to reboot or power down the computer. More importantly, the open nature of desktop computing could give Plex more control over what happens when you launch a streaming video through the app. If you know that you will mostly want to play your files on a single TV at home, buying a more powerful client device that can handle lots of file types on its own — without needing the server to transcode — is a great alternative to a more expensive server machine. The Nvidia Shield TV and Shield TV Pro can play virtually every media file type, effectively eliminating the need for the Plex server to perform transcoding.
But not everyone wants to keep a powerful PC running continuously. Your Plex adventure starts by installing the Plex Media Server software on your chosen machine. And get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles.
Some cable companies let you replace a monthly cable-box rental with a streaming device. With cable-box rentals costing $10 a month or more, a streaming device can pay for itself pretty quickly. Instead of presenting a home screen with a bunch of separate streaming services , Google TV groups all your recently watched shows and movies together along with your watchlist of preferred content—making it easier and faster for you to find what you want to watch. The player has a compact size and comes with a useful remote that supports voice search through Google Assistant. The downsides are that the menu isn’t very customizable and this device can’t draw power from your TV’s USB port as many competitors can. The Apple TV 4K (second-generation 2021 version) supports almost every service, can handle Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos content, and has a simple user interface.
We’ve been able to play 4K HDR files with Dolby Atmos on a Shield TV from a Plex server running on a WD My Cloud Mirror Gen 2 — a NAS with less computing power than even the cheapest PC. The new Plex HTPC application looks and works almost exactly like Plex’s other TV apps. That means many newer features that weren’t backported to the old HTPC app are available for the first time, like the free library of movies and shows, skip intro support, and Live TV. Search all your favorite streaming services—not just Plex—plus upcoming theatrical releases, without leaving the comfort of your own Plex.
Plex, the media server software that powers many a home theater setup around the world, has announced that it’s ending support for its Plex Media Player software for the desktop, replacing it with a new desktop app. For anyone who uses a streaming set-top box, like an Apple TV or Roku, to access their Plex library, this move won’t have any impact on their day-to-day use of Plex at all. But for people who preferred to use their PCs connected directly to their TVs, it’s a serious blow. The single most important thing any media streamer must do is play back the content you want to watch.
It supports 4K HDR video (including the HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision formats) and Dolby Atmos audio, for the highest-quality picture and sound you can get from streaming services. Its compact size allows it to hide behind your TV, though you do need to connect it to an external power supply (as opposed to your TV’s powered USB port). Unlike with previous Chromecast models, which relied on your phone for control, Google finally has included a handheld remote with voice control via Google Assistant; the remote also allows you to control power, volume, and input selection on your TV. Plex is software that you can use to store, locate, and access all of your media in one place.
Now Plex has completely rebuilt its home theater app from the ground up. If you only plan to watch one video at a time and you’re not planning to share your Plex library with other users, an inexpensive NAS or a Shield TV might do the trick. However the moment your needs become more demanding, you’re probably going to want to run your server on a desktop or laptop. If you’re unsure what you should use, the Plex user forums are a great place to ask questions and get advice.
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