Now that the Now TV box has no Plex...

scotty365 · 10 Nov 2017 at 23:00

Now that the Now TV box has no Plex, I was looking for a like for like option to replace it - basically my missus liked to be able to stream content from the house PC direct to the TV.
Does anyone have any information please - the amount of different stuff out there now is bewildering to a simpleton like myself - the sky promotion team tell me the new sky q+ box can stream content in a similar manner (I assume I copy it to the HD in the q+ box) and they are basically offering it me for no extra cost and free installation.

Any advise is gratefully received.

Regards
Scotty

pepp77 · 10 Nov 2017 at 23:21

What TV do you have, could it have Plex available?

How about a Roku, FireTV?

bremen1874 · 11 Nov 2017 at 02:06

Plex works well on my Fire TV sticks.

The only streaming I care about that they can't handle in Now TV.

neodude · 11 Nov 2017 at 11:10

Rasplex, either with a simple USB remote or a RemotePi board. I have 5 running locally and 2 running remotely. Never had any issues with them.

xs2man · 11 Nov 2017 at 16:14

Yeah, I have had plex running on Amazon sticks, and roku sticks. They are both quite slow for my liking though. So I usually use my xbox ones instead. I find them to be quite good for this stuff, with all the added benefits of being proper games consoles with BR drives if I need them, and when I had nowTV a couple years ago, there were nowtv apps for the xbox one too, so only needed one device. Not as neat an option as the little sticks though, but a single device to do it all. And they work well enough with the media remote. I haven't actually used a gamepad in over a year (I don't actually game on my xboxes).

UnworthyBean · 11 Nov 2017 at 16:31

Is Chromecast a possibility? Would need a phone to control it though but I'm guessing you have one of those.

Ev0 · 11 Nov 2017 at 17:49

Roku, it’s like Now TV but you can have Plex.

andy_mk3 · 11 Nov 2017 at 18:14

Raspberry pi is what I'd go for. It's the fastest of all the smaller devices I use. Firetv sticks have gotten horrendously slow lately since the updates. Rpi is nice and simple.

jpaul · 11 Nov 2017 at 21:56

xs2man said:
Yeah, I have had plex running on Amazon sticks, and roku sticks. They are both quite slow for my liking though

was that a roku3 or roku2 4205 ?, earlier ones are slow. (I posted videos on OC earlier threads showing 4205 speed)

the new roku express 3900 is £30, and although only 1080p, has same processor, and 50% of ram as the £80 4K version, *IF* it does hevc too though, could be interesting.

Captain · 12 Nov 2017 at 06:31

Get a Roku box, exactly the same box NowTV use without the limitations.

nicknack35 · 12 Nov 2017 at 08:58

neodude said:
Rasplex, either with a simple USB remote or a RemotePi board. I have 5 running locally and 2 running remotely. Never had any issues with them.

This. Rasplex is awsome the Pi3 is well worth the price and the choice of skins which are updated regular

Addxm · 27 May 2018 at 15:11

You can pick up an old xbox 360 for around £50. full surround, 1080p, plex, plus all on demand apps etc.
xbox remote £5. A bit big, but it makes your tv a smart tv.

Amp34 · 27 May 2018 at 18:21

Or keep the NowTV and run Kodi. Let the box do the processing rather than the computer. That also means you don’t need the computer on if you get a HD and plug it into the router (or a proper NAS device).