Comments on: Cord Cutters: A first look at Plex for Roku

By: wallruss

wallruss — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:11:00 +0000

At first I had trouble getting the Plex on my Roku to see the Plex server on my PC but once I got that working it was great. Originally I had an old PC connected to my TV running Boxee which worked well enough but there were some challenges with seeing everything on the network and I had to use the mouse and keyboard as a remote. Now I can see all the content on my network through the Roku Box using Plex which is faster, doesn’t need to boot up and uses less power and I can use the Roku remote. If only Roku didn’t make me side scroll through all my channels to find the one I want I’d say that with the addition of Plex, it’s almost the perfect box.

By: wallruss

wallruss — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:02:21 +0000

When I first tried to get it up and running, I had a hell of a time getting Plex on my Roku to see the Plex server on my PC. I actually gave up and went back to it the next day and now it sees everything and works great. I have already disconnected my PC from the TV because Plex sees everything I have shared on the network. I was using Boxee on a makeshift HTPC but now I do it all on the Roku box and Plex. Now I’m going to buy another Roku box for my other TV. This is great! Now to get the Roku box interface improved. There’s got to be a better way to display all my channels.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:16:22 +0000

I’ve tried several times to get Plex to work on my computer and Roku, but it was intermittent at best..I could never figure out how to get my pictures,videos and audio to steam to the Roku so i deleted it and tried it from scratch again with no luck …I’ll try one more time if anyone has a good idea how to get it to work

By: steve

steve — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:02:35 +0000

I agree that Plex is buggy and slow, at least at the user interface level on the PC.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:44:24 +0000

I can’t figure out how to add channels!

By: desert flower

desert flower — Thu, 10 May 2012 02:03:48 +0000

Downloaded it and now I am huge problems on my Mac! I will never try this again.
Not ready for primetime, may have to take my Mac to Apple store for support.

By: Driving Innovation

Driving Innovation — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:13:21 +0000

I actually use the Playon Media Server instead, and I can get ALL my cable channels live through it. I tried Plex about a month ago and was NOT impressed: Most of the channels they advertise on their website were “disabled” for Roku – and it was most of the GOOD channels. All I found was a bunch of off-beat, unknown channels nobody wants to watch. It crashed several times while I was trying to stream movies from my computer, and overall, Plex was a NIGHTMARE to setup on my computer. It’s a HUGE problem to setup if you have a personal firewall or anti-virus that checks for potentially “malicious” network connections. I was NOT impressed

By: Z

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:06:32 +0000

I use PLEX most of the time, however,I have noticed that it doesn’t play ALL my videos, sometimes it just doesn’t either support the file, or there’s something screwy with it. But I also use PlayOn, same kind of thing, it has a 2 week free trial, but you don’t have to continue it, and still stream your media with the free version :)

By: Rokuuser

Rokuuser — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:56:58 +0000

Claude, you can order the $99 Roku from Wal-mart and by the way, the box weighs less than 1 lb….I LOVE ours….great little box

By: fpower

fpower — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:14:21 +0000

They ship to Canada now !!!!!!!! Roku is now officially in Canada……