Hi all,

Wanted to pass on some info - for any of you that use a Plex server...

The "Lifetime Plex Pass" is currently on sale (this week only) for
$150 (normally $250). Pretty good deal, maybe a nice stocking stuffer.

Details here: https://www.plex.tv/plans/



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Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: Gamgee to All on Wed Nov 26 2025 12:17 pm

Wanted to pass on some info - for any of you that use a Plex server...

The "Lifetime Plex Pass" is currently on sale (this week only) for $150 (normally $250). Pretty good deal, maybe a nice stocking stuffer.

Details here: https://www.plex.tv/plans/

The price has gone up.. About 5 years ago, a Plex Lifetime Pass was $120, and I got one for $80 during one of their sales.

Nightfox

Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: Gamgee to All on Wed Nov 26 2025 12:17 pm

Wanted to pass on some info - for any of you that use a Plex server...

The "Lifetime Plex Pass" is currently on sale (this week only) for $150 (normally $250). Pretty good deal, maybe a nice stocking stuffer.

Details here: https://www.plex.tv/plans/

The price has gone up.. About 5 years ago, a Plex Lifetime Pass was
$120, and I got one for $80 during one of their sales.

Nice! Yes that is a pretty dramatic increase in only 5 years. Like everything else these days, I guess.



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On 26 Nov 2025, Nightfox said the following...

Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: Gamgee to All on Wed Nov 26 2025 12:17 pm

Wanted to pass on some info - for any of you that use a Plex server..

The "Lifetime Plex Pass" is currently on sale (this week only) for $1 (normally $250). Pretty good deal, maybe a nice stocking stuffer.

Details here: https://www.plex.tv/plans/

The price has gone up.. About 5 years ago, a Plex Lifetime Pass was
$120, and I got one for $80 during one of their sales.

Yeah, they're not really offering much extra with the constant increase in prices. As a matter of fact, they recently took *away* the ability to stream remotely unless you have a Plex pass, which is just a terrible idea.

I had to install Jellyfin just to get remote streaming back. Luckily I can run that tandem with Plex server, but it sucks that I even had to do that.

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Hello maskreet!

26 Nov 25 17:31, you wrote to Nightfox:

The price has gone up.. About 5 years ago, a Plex Lifetime Pass
was $120, and I got one for $80 during one of their sales.

Yeah, they're not really offering much extra with the constant
increase in prices. As a matter of fact, they recently took *away* the ability to stream remotely unless you have a Plex pass, which is just
a terrible idea.

I had to install Jellyfin just to get remote streaming back. Luckily I
can run that tandem with Plex server, but it sucks that I even had to
do that.

I have tried Jellyfin but it creaks my heart. I am not expecting the polish of Plex but it just keeps dieing on my mac. I guess I need to find all the config stuff and delete it

TheCivvie


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Re: Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: maskreet to Nightfox on Wed Nov 26 2025 05:31 pm

Yeah, they're not really offering much extra with the constant increase in prices. As a matter of fact, they recently took *away* the ability to stream remotely unless you have a Plex pass, which is just a terrible idea.

I had seen some posts online about that not too long ago, and that seems odd..

Nightfox

On 26 Nov 2025, TheCivvie said the following...

I have tried Jellyfin but it creaks my heart. I am not expecting the polish of Plex but it just keeps dieing on my mac. I guess I need to
find all the config stuff and delete it

Yeah, I literally only installed it for the remote streaming, it doesn't look great for a default install. You can modify it and get it looking how you want, but it involved a lot of coding and trial and error, and I'm not really interested since it's just for remote streaming.

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On 26 Nov 2025, Nightfox said the following...

Re: Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: maskreet to Nightfox on Wed Nov 26 2025 05:31 pm

Yeah, they're not really offering much extra with the constant increa prices. As a matter of fact, they recently took *away* the ability to stream remotely unless you have a Plex pass, which is just a terrible idea.

They know a lot of people stream remotely with their Plex setup, and also share their libraries with other people to stream remotely. It's a way for them to prod people to pay up for the Plex pass, which seems kind of scummy to me.

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Hello maskreet!

26 Nov 25 19:11, you wrote to me:

I have tried Jellyfin but it creaks my heart. I am not expecting
the polish of Plex but it just keeps dieing on my mac. I guess I
need to find all the config stuff and delete it

Yeah, I literally only installed it for the remote streaming, it
doesn't look great for a default install. You can modify it and get it looking how you want, but it involved a lot of coding and trial and
error, and I'm not really interested since it's just for remote
streaming.

After I typed my reply, I went to the Mac and deleted all the old stuff related to Jellyfin and reinstalled it. This time I chose a lighter music library and it is currently at 85%. I will let it run overnight and then add my main library to it. I have a small collection of Compilation albums and the main one is all the bands and stuff

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Re: Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: maskreet to Nightfox on Wed Nov 26 2025 07:12 pm

They know a lot of people stream remotely with their Plex setup, and also share their libraries with other people to stream remotely. It's a way for them to prod people to pay up for the Plex pass, which seems kind of scummy to me.

I had already bought a Plex Lifetime Pass for the other features, so for me it will be unchanged, but it does seem weird.

I like being able to stream my content remotely. I also use Plex as a DVR for some TV shows (such as Jeopardy); I like being able to watch my library, including recorded TV shows, remotely. And I think it's cool that Plex can stream my local over-the-air TV channels remotely too. :)

Nightfox

Hi all,

Wanted to pass on some info - for any of you that use a Plex server...

The "Lifetime Plex Pass" is currently on sale (this week only) for
$150 (normally $250). Pretty good deal, maybe a nice stocking stuffer.

I stepped away from Plex years ago. I currently do in fact have a life pass, but with the direction plex has been goin in recent years I jumped over to Emby.

How is plex treating you?

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niter3 wrote to Gamgee <=-

Wanted to pass on some info - for any of you that use a Plex server...

The "Lifetime Plex Pass" is currently on sale (this week only) for
$150 (normally $250). Pretty good deal, maybe a nice stocking stuffer.

I stepped away from Plex years ago. I currently do in fact have a life pass, but with the direction plex has been goin in recent years I
jumped over to Emby.

How is plex treating you?

Yes, I understand what you're talking about. I don't have the Pass, and likely won't. I only use the server for in-the-house stuff, no remote
access or transcoding requirements. This lets me run it on non-premium hardware and I have some of my movies ripped from DVD/BD on there, along
with some Turkish historical TV shows that I enjoy (paid downloads).
For that limited use case, it's quite good for what my wife and me need.

I did experiment some with Jellyfin too, but the user interface was not
very pleasing to me and I've stuck with Plex.



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Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: niter3 to Gamgee on Wed Nov 26 2025 08:26 pm

I stepped away from Plex years ago. I currently do in fact have a life pass, but with the direction plex has been goin in recent years I jumped over to Emby.

How is plex treating you?

I know I'm not the one you were writing to, but I also use Plex. I know Plex has been making some changes that some people don't like, but Plex still does everything I want it to do and it still works well for me. I also have a Plex lifetime pass (which I bought about 5 years ago), so to be fair, some of the changes they've made don't affect me (such as removing remote streaming for the free version). But I plan to keep using Plex unless they eventually make a change I don't like.

Nightfox

Re: Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: Gamgee to niter3 on Wed Nov 26 2025 10:10 pm

Yes, I understand what you're talking about. I don't have the Pass, and likely won't. I only use the server for in-the-house stuff, no remote access or transcoding requirements. This lets me run it on non-premium

Are you sure about the transcoding? I found that sometimes it might transcode when you don't expect it to. For instance, if your player device doesn't have a good connection for some reason, it might decide to transcode to a lower bitrate to conserve bandwidth (even if you're on your local network, if your player is connected via wifi, it may randomly have connection issues due to wifi). Or if you sometimes like subtitles and the subtitles are in a graphic format (such as PGS/SUP), then Plex will need to transcode the video to put the subtitles in. I usually convert the subtitles in my videos to SRT, which is a text-based format, and that avoids transcoding when using subtitles.

Nightfox

I stepped away from Plex years ago. I currently do in fact have a lif pass, but with the direction plex has been goin in recent years I jum over to Emby.

How is plex treating you?

I know I'm not the one you were writing to, but I also use Plex. I know Plex has been making some changes that some people don't like, but Plex still does everything I want it to do and it still works well for me. I also have a Plex lifetime pass (which I bought about 5 years ago), so to be fair, some of the changes they've made don't affect me (such as removing remote streaming for the free version). But I plan to keep
using Plex unless they eventually make a change I don't like.

Right, works for some and for others like myself it doesn't.

I share content with family members, I also have IPTV integrated into it along with my antenna on the roof.

Plex did all this miserablly and made it confusing to the end users what content was what.

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On 26 Nov 2025, Nightfox said the following...

I had already bought a Plex Lifetime Pass for the other features, so for me it will be unchanged, but it does seem weird.

Ditto here, I bought a lifetime pass back in 2022 when it was on sale for CAD$128, it's currently on "sale" for CAD$210!

I like being able to stream my content remotely. I also use Plex as a
DVR for some TV shows (such as Jeopardy)

Which DVR are you using? I recently added a quad-tuner HD Homerun to Plex to record our OTA shows. We already have a Tablo which records our shows but the ability to view/stream remotely is hit & miss. Tablo also records in a proprietary format to a USB drive plugged directly into the tuner. Plex recording over the network to my NAS is much more convenient & now we have one app to watch our recorded TV & media acquired elsewhere. I will say that Tablo handles subtitles better than Plex though.

Plex can stream my local over-the-air TV channels remotely too. :)

That is neat, I tried it out at work one day and another time when I was up north visiting my parents. There's something cool about streaming live TV from my antenna over the internet and viewing it hundreds of kilometres away.


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Re: Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: Gamgee to niter3 on Wed Nov 26 2025 10:10 pm

Yes, I understand what you're talking about. I don't have the Pass, and likely won't. I only use the server for in-the-house stuff, no remote access or transcoding requirements. This lets me run it on non-premium

Are you sure about the transcoding? I found that sometimes it might transcode when you don't expect it to. For instance, if your player device doesn't have a good connection for some reason, it might decide
to transcode to a lower bitrate to conserve bandwidth (even if you're
on your local network, if your player is connected via wifi, it may randomly have connection issues due to wifi). Or if you sometimes like subtitles and the subtitles are in a graphic format (such as PGS/SUP), then Plex will need to transcode the video to put the subtitles in. I usually convert the subtitles in my videos to SRT, which is a
text-based format, and that avoids transcoding when using subtitles.

Well... not completely sure, but it seems to work well, and the hardware
has no fancy GPU in it. All players (Roku) and the server are on wired ethernet, so Wifi is not a factor. Haven't ever seen any videos with
external graphical format subtitles. I do use subtitles a lot on
Turkish TV shows, but they are "embedded" into the vidoes (mp4/mkv)
already and seem to work automagically.



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Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: niter3 to Nightfox on Thu Nov 27 2025 07:01 am

I share content with family members, I also have IPTV integrated into it along with my antenna on the roof.

I've been curious to look into IPTV, though I've heard it can be difficult to find a provider, and they charge money too.

Plex did all this miserablly and made it confusing to the end users what content was what.

What's confusing? My content is clearly listed as being under my server, and Plex content is clearly listed as being in Plex streaming. At least it seems that way to me..

Nightfox

Re: Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: Warpslide to Nightfox on Thu Nov 27 2025 07:35 am

I like being able to stream my content remotely. I also use Plex as a
DVR for some TV shows (such as Jeopardy)

Which DVR are you using? I recently added a quad-tuner HD Homerun to Plex

Plex itself acts as a DVR.. You can go into the live TV schedule in Plex and there's an option to record. I'm pretty sure DVR is a Plex Pass feature, so you might only see the record/DVR options if you have a Plex Pass.

I have 2 tuners set up with Plex: A HDHomerun Flex 4K and an internal Hauppauge TV tuner card. The HDHomerun has its own DVR functionality too, and I've actually been using the HDHomerun DVR for ATSC 3.0 broadcasts.. A few of the main stations here broadcast in ATSC 3.0 as well as the older ATSC 1.0 standards; the ATSC 3.0 broadcasts come in better for me, but Plex currently doesn't support the ATSC 3.0 audio.

Nightfox

Re: Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Thu Nov 27 2025 09:05 am

Well... not completely sure, but it seems to work well, and the hardware has no fancy GPU in it. All players (Roku) and the server are on wired ethernet, so Wifi is not a factor. Haven't ever seen any videos with external graphical format subtitles. I do use subtitles a lot on Turkish TV shows, but they are "embedded" into the vidoes (mp4/mkv) already and seem to work automagically.

Yeah, if subtitles are embedded into the video, then they're just part of the video; there's nothing really automagic about that, and the downside is you can't turn off those subtitles (since they're part of the video).

Nightfox

Wanted to pass on some info - for any of you that use a Plex server...

The "Lifetime Plex Pass" is currently on sale (this week only) for
$150 (normally $250). Pretty good deal, maybe a nice stocking stuffer.

Details here: https://www.plex.tv/plans/

I hate to say that I might consider this. I tried all the other options, and Plex is just far beyond the rest...

I hate to have to pay for software, but DO like to support projects that make sense to me - this ones just a bit steep, even @ $150 - but is prolly the way to go - IF it remains a 'lifetime' pass.

Too many projects have sold lifetime licenses only to change something in the future that breaks the license.



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On 27 Nov 2025, Nightfox said the following...

Which DVR are you using? I recently added a quad-tuner HD Homerun to

Plex itself acts as a DVR..

D'oh! I mis-typed, I *meant* tuner, but my pre-coffee brain typed DVR...

I have 2 tuners set up with Plex: A HDHomerun Flex 4K and an internal Hauppauge TV tuner card. The HDHomerun has its own DVR functionality

Ah, perfect. I had an old tuner card (also Hauppauge I believe) and tried in in an old PC first, when I saw how well the Plex DVR works I went on the hunt for a good deal on an HD HomeRun. Found someone on eBay selling the HDHomeRun Flex Quatro (ATSC 1.0) for a good price and took the plunge. Uses less power than running the old PC to record the stations.

too, and I've actually been using the HDHomerun DVR for ATSC 3.0 broadcasts.. A few of the main stations here broadcast in ATSC 3.0 as

Have you noticed any difference with ATSC 3.0? Do those stations actually broadcast in 4k?


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Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

Well... not completely sure, but it seems to work well, and the hardware has no fancy GPU in it. All players (Roku) and the server are on wired ethernet, so Wifi is not a factor. Haven't ever seen any videos with external graphical format subtitles. I do use subtitles a lot on Turkish TV shows, but they are "embedded" into the vidoes (mp4/mkv) already and seem to work automagically.

Yeah, if subtitles are embedded into the video, then they're just part
of the video; there's nothing really automagic about that, and the downside is you can't turn off those subtitles (since they're part of
the video).

In this particular case, there is no downside, as I don't speak Turkish.
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paulie420 wrote to Gamgee <=-

Wanted to pass on some info - for any of you that use a Plex server...

The "Lifetime Plex Pass" is currently on sale (this week only) for
$150 (normally $250). Pretty good deal, maybe a nice stocking stuffer.

Details here: https://www.plex.tv/plans/

I hate to say that I might consider this. I tried all the other
options, and Plex is just far beyond the rest...

Agreed.

I hate to have to pay for software, but DO like to support projects
that make sense to me - this ones just a bit steep, even @ $150 - but
is prolly the way to go - IF it remains a 'lifetime' pass.

Too many projects have sold lifetime licenses only to change something
in the future that breaks the license.

Yeah, I hear ya on that, but I think this company is big enough (and
"known" enough) that that promise will be kept.




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Hey paulie420!

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:00:34 -0800, you wrote:

I hate to say that I might consider this. I tried all the other options,
and Plex is just far beyond the rest...

I'm contemplating it also, and for the same reason. I looked at Kodi, Emby, and a couple others just the other day and they kinda look like dogshit compared to Plex. Kodi was the only one I'd give a little credit to, because apparantly you can change the way the UI looks.. so maybe there's some community provided "themes" or something.

I hate to have to pay for software, but DO like to support projects that make sense to me - this ones just a bit steep, even @ $150 - but is
prolly the way to go - IF it remains a 'lifetime' pass.

And this is the only reason I haven't jumped on the bandwagon yet, also. Since they're currently restructuring their pricing (word is the lifetime pass is going to just about double), and they just took away remote viewing from the free version (which honestly, I'm kinda surprised they had it there in the first place), what else are they going to do?

Too many projects have sold lifetime licenses only to change something
in the future that breaks the license.

I know you already know this - but it's a perfect example of what you're saying, and why I'm hesitant to jump into a "lifetime pass". They can and will /definitely/ change it if profits are down, or stagnant and they aren't making enough money (which according to "the boards" should increase exponentially with a graph in the very upwards slope direction every quarter. ;)

VMWare had a great FREE version, then took it away while completely restructuring their pricing. Lost thousands of customers, and now offer the free version again. :D

The fact that very high dollar making people make these kinds of decisions without realizing beforehand what the consequences will be, is astounding. I suppose at the time it's more of doing whatever it takes to make "the board" happy.

Either way, I think we still have tomorrow to think about it. To be honest, I may just keep my free version account of Plex. I also don't need transcoding, and had never used it remotely. I just kept it running to watch old stored movies, since we don't bother with DVD or BluRay players any more.

Regards,
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What's confusing? My content is clearly listed as being under my
server, and Plex content is clearly listed as being in Plex streaming.
At least it seems that way to me..

I would have to look at it again, but it was confusing for the old aunt and uncle. If I remember, the menu for movies were not showing on their screen and you had to pin them.

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Re: Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: Warpslide to Nightfox on Thu Nov 27 2025 04:58 pm

Have you noticed any difference with ATSC 3.0? Do those stations actually broadcast in 4k?

The stations near me that broadcast in ATSC 3.0 don't broadcast in 4K (at least, not yet). The video & audio is basically the same, so in that regard, I don't raelly notice a difference. But there is another advantage to ATSC 3.0, which is that it gets better reception, as ATSC 3.0 is designed to be more resilient to things like buildings & trees blocking the signal, etc.. And that seems to be true, as the ATSC 3.0 signals where I am do seem to come in better, whereas one of the same channels on ATSC 1.0 sometimes have reception issues where I am. One show we like to watch is Jeopardy, which is broadcast by ABC; they're one of the stations that broadcast in both ATSC 1.0 and 3.0 here, and their ATSC 1.0 signal often has reception problems for me, so I tend to record
it from the ATSC 3.0 broadcast with the HDHomerun, as it often comes in better.

Nightfox

I would have to look at it again, but it was confusing for the old aunt and uncle. If I remember, the menu for movies were not showing on their

The stock Plex interface is a little goofy, IMO. Especially if the thing
you're running the client on isn't very fast. It's harder for me to navigate than stock Kodi, that's for sure. Not that it's hard, just harder. Probably from it trying to be 'flashier'.

I only really use it when I want to watch something from someone else's library.

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Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

Well... not completely sure, but it seems to work well, and the hardware has no fancy GPU in it. All players (Roku) and the server are on wired ethernet, so Wifi is not a factor. Haven't ever seen any videos with external graphical format subtitles. I do use subtitles a lot on Turkish TV shows, but they are "embedded" into the vidoes (mp4/mkv) already and seem to work automagically.

Yeah, if subtitles are embedded into the video, then they're just part
of the video; there's nothing really automagic about that, and the downside is you can't turn off those subtitles (since they're part of
the video).

In this particular case, there is no downside, as I don't speak Turkish.
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paulie420 wrote to Gamgee <=-

Wanted to pass on some info - for any of you that use a Plex server...

The "Lifetime Plex Pass" is currently on sale (this week only) for
$150 (normally $250). Pretty good deal, maybe a nice stocking stuffer.

Details here: https://www.plex.tv/plans/

I hate to say that I might consider this. I tried all the other
options, and Plex is just far beyond the rest...

Agreed.

I hate to have to pay for software, but DO like to support projects
that make sense to me - this ones just a bit steep, even @ $150 - but
is prolly the way to go - IF it remains a 'lifetime' pass.

Too many projects have sold lifetime licenses only to change something
in the future that breaks the license.

Yeah, I hear ya on that, but I think this company is big enough (and
"known" enough) that that promise will be kept.




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Hey paulie420!

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:00:34 -0800, you wrote:

I hate to say that I might consider this. I tried all the other options,
and Plex is just far beyond the rest...

I'm contemplating it also, and for the same reason. I looked at Kodi, Emby, and a couple others just the other day and they kinda look like dogshit compared to Plex. Kodi was the only one I'd give a little credit to, because apparantly you can change the way the UI looks.. so maybe there's some community provided "themes" or something.

I hate to have to pay for software, but DO like to support projects that make sense to me - this ones just a bit steep, even @ $150 - but is
prolly the way to go - IF it remains a 'lifetime' pass.

And this is the only reason I haven't jumped on the bandwagon yet, also. Since they're currently restructuring their pricing (word is the lifetime pass is going to just about double), and they just took away remote viewing from the free version (which honestly, I'm kinda surprised they had it there in the first place), what else are they going to do?

Too many projects have sold lifetime licenses only to change something
in the future that breaks the license.

I know you already know this - but it's a perfect example of what you're saying, and why I'm hesitant to jump into a "lifetime pass". They can and will /definitely/ change it if profits are down, or stagnant and they aren't making enough money (which according to "the boards" should increase exponentially with a graph in the very upwards slope direction every quarter. ;)

VMWare had a great FREE version, then took it away while completely restructuring their pricing. Lost thousands of customers, and now offer the free version again. :D

The fact that very high dollar making people make these kinds of decisions without realizing beforehand what the consequences will be, is astounding. I suppose at the time it's more of doing whatever it takes to make "the board" happy.

Either way, I think we still have tomorrow to think about it. To be honest, I may just keep my free version account of Plex. I also don't need transcoding, and had never used it remotely. I just kept it running to watch old stored movies, since we don't bother with DVD or BluRay players any more.

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.

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What's confusing? My content is clearly listed as being under my
server, and Plex content is clearly listed as being in Plex streaming.
At least it seems that way to me..

I would have to look at it again, but it was confusing for the old aunt and uncle. If I remember, the menu for movies were not showing on their screen and you had to pin them.

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Re: Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: Warpslide to Nightfox on Thu Nov 27 2025 04:58 pm

Have you noticed any difference with ATSC 3.0? Do those stations actually broadcast in 4k?

The stations near me that broadcast in ATSC 3.0 don't broadcast in 4K (at least, not yet). The video & audio is basically the same, so in that regard, I don't raelly notice a difference. But there is another advantage to ATSC 3.0, which is that it gets better reception, as ATSC 3.0 is designed to be more resilient to things like buildings & trees blocking the signal, etc.. And that seems to be true, as the ATSC 3.0 signals where I am do seem to come in better, whereas one of the same channels on ATSC 1.0 sometimes have reception issues where I am. One show we like to watch is Jeopardy, which is broadcast by ABC; they're one of the stations that broadcast in both ATSC 1.0 and 3.0 here, and their ATSC 1.0 signal often has reception problems for me, so I tend to record
it from the ATSC 3.0 broadcast with the HDHomerun, as it often comes in better.

Nightfox

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I would have to look at it again, but it was confusing for the old aunt and uncle. If I remember, the menu for movies were not showing on their

The stock Plex interface is a little goofy, IMO. Especially if the thing
you're running the client on isn't very fast. It's harder for me to navigate than stock Kodi, that's for sure. Not that it's hard, just harder. Probably from it trying to be 'flashier'.

I only really use it when I want to watch something from someone else's library.

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Re: Re: Sale on Plex Pass
By: phigan to niter3 on Sat Nov 29 2025 01:24 pm

The stock Plex interface is a little goofy, IMO. Especially if the thing you're running the client on isn't very fast. It's harder for me to navigate than stock Kodi, that's for sure. Not that it's hard, just harder. Probably from it trying to be 'flashier'.

I only really use it when I want to watch something from someone else's library.

I don't remember if I've tried Kodi, but I've always thought the Plex client user interface feels fairly polished and works well, at least compared to others I've tried (such as Emby). Not too long ago though, they re-arranged the Roku Plex app UI a bit, which was a bit jarring, but not too bad once you get used to it. I don't think that change was necessary though, as I thought it was fine before.

Nightfox