Home Entertainment - Plex and NAS

[eek]

Whats the best way (cheapest) to get Plex onto a TV?

Cheapest would be Amazon Fire.

AppleTV 3 seems to have a better front end.

Its available directly on most samsung TVs though and Android TV's (whichever brand sells those)..

[SimonMac]

Cheapest would be Amazon Fire.

AppleTV 3 seems to have a better front end.

Its available directly on most samsung TVs though and Android TV's (whichever brand sells those)..

I assume Chromecast is cheaper, but its a crappy interface you need to use your phone to use rather than the Amazon Fire which comes with a remote?

[VectraMan]

I use it with a Chromecast controlled via an app on Android tablet (which I think I had to pay a couple of quid for).

My LG TV will do it via DLNA, as would my 5-year old Sony, though the interface in both is really poor. There is a Plex app I can install on the LG, but the reviews are mixed so I haven't bothered.

[VectraMan]

I assume Chromecast is cheaper, but its a crappy interface you need to use your phone to use rather than the Amazon Fire which comes with a remote?

What put me off the Fire Stick was that it came with another crappy remote. Using a phone/tablet to control the telly is great; the interface is the same HTML interface you get on your PC.

[sal]

Many smart TV OSes have a Plex client app for them that just need installing, PS3, PS4, X-box 360, X-box One all have the client app. Chances are you already have one of these.

Short of that amazon fire stick - with full GUI or Google Chrome where you have to navigate the UI on another device like tablet or phone are the cheapest options.

[SimonMac]

With a Fire Stick etc, can you just play the media without having to pay any more (for example having to pay for the iOS app to play more than 1 minute)

[eek]

I assume Chromecast is cheaper, but its a crappy interface you need to use your phone to use rather than the Amazon Fire which comes with a remote?

Why do you think I didn't suggest it....

Yep you need to use a phone for a chromecast. FireTV is £25 today assuming you don't want 4k or voice control.

[RonBW]

Whats the best way (cheapest) to get Plex onto a TV?

NowTV (if your TV doesn't do it natively) - good deals at Tesco and Argos at the moment.

[eek]

With a Fire Stick etc, can you just play the media without having to pay any more (for example having to pay for the iOS app to play more than 1 minute)

I believe so. I wouldn't know I pay the £4 a month to "family" accounts..

[vetran]

Dlink DNS320 (£60) + Sata drive or two (£40 / 2TB) plus mini DLNA $2 from the chappie who does all the dlink
apps.

so £100

+ £25 fire stick with downloader & Kodi (Easier Interface I can set up multiple DLNA servers with sensible display names) or VLC (Quicker but have to search for DLNA server - I have loads set up so it can be confusing)

each tv add another fire stick.

Rip using Handbrake & shrink with MakeMkv get movies down to < 700MB at reasonable quality or 2-3GB at original quality. So 500 - 1200 movies on 2TB.


CDs I ripped using windows media player set to FLAC lossless I have 400GB of music that I can play anywhere in the house via DLNA or Squeezebox. Will soon be able to play via Alexa - I hope!