![]() ![]() Having played around with media servers for eight years, I can safely say I have no ideahow to add that connection, or why I should, or shouldn’t - particularly when it startsspouting gobbledygook like “leave the ‘port’ field blank to listen on the default Plexmedia server port …. Is a button labeled “Add a New Connection” with text description: “Add a connection foreach network address this media server is available at” user-friendly? I think not. However, surprisingly, some large-icon pixelation was apparent on the Google TV appwhen viewed on a 720p television. There’s no denying it is superior in looks to Orb and Tversity.With Plex’s Germanic white, orange, light and dark grey colors, it’s lovely to look at, anddoesn’t affront like most DVR, TV cable, and media player box UIs do. I’ve found the media server concept in the past to be bordering on geeky, and toocomplicated to configure and maintain for average media consumers, so I was interestedto see whether slick-looking Plex had improved matters.įirst up, Plex is pretty. I chosean 8 GB RAM, 64-bit dual core i3 Dell. I was keen to try Plex on a recent, newish, decently specified machine this time. ![]() I’ve tried many media servers before - I wrote about Orb in this column last year - and Ihave always found them to be resource hogs, with transcoding and other tricks slowingdown the server Windows machine. Online resources like YouTube are also delivered. ![]() It then streams your media - like photos, video andmusic - over the network and onto your other devices, say an Android tablet, for example. Plex provides a media server that installs on your regular Windows and other OScomputers via a Web-based download. I was interested in particular in how wellthey integrate Android tablets and Google TV. On looks and apparent tight integration between my existing Android-based devices, Idecided to check out Plex’s two Android apps. Online channels include Hulu, Vimeo and more. Plex for Android, an app from Plex, is available for US$4.99 at Google Play.Plex is a good looking media platform for running media files on Google TV, tablets,phones and so on.
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