Lifetime Pass £75.99 with code @ Plex

Can someone explain to me in simple terms what Plex can do for an average person?

Sorry for my ignorance but....
What is Plex?
What do you actually get for your money?

for those asking what plex is, this is the sort of interface that plex gives you. it takes your media, goes away to the internet and grabs all the metadata like correct titles, artwork, cast, summary etc and lays it out like netflix...


if you click on one of those films it will give you all the cast, reviews from rotten tomatoes (or another service if you prefer), a summary and so on, like so...


also it will keep track of you viewing progress across platforms, like netflix or prime do. If i watch 10 mins of this film on my laptop here, then stop and move to my living room tv, it will start playing there where you left off. (edited)

I have Plex membership but I struggle to understand what I can share and how. If I wanted to share some media with someone would they need to be a Plex pass member also or can free users stream also?

I’ve got a Plex lifetime pass and an Emby lifetime pass and I’m currently using Kodi .. go figure

Is it worth it to pay for Plex pass? What’s different compared to free account?

I am sure there are big differences but heard jellyfin is pretty good?

Those who run a plex server using an NAS etc. What are you using? I’ve got it setup on my pc as it is currently but would like something I can leave on that’s going to be quieter and lower power consumption ideally. 

i've had plex for a couple of years (lifetime pass for the last year) and it's amazingly excellent.
also just set up radarr / sonarr / lidarr / prowlarr and trakt.tv to work with it and it's so so so good.
i could never go back to having a bunch of files in a folder that play in VLC or whatever

I bought this at full price because I wanted it there and then when I set up my media server about a year ago and do not regret it.

Plex has changed how we consume media in our home. Four different TV's are all able to access the same high quality content and we never have to worry about a streaming service removing our favourite shows. Obviously you have to build up your own content library but this is worlds apart from plug a usb stick/hard drive into the TV or xbox and hoping the files will play.

I have literally just come here to encourage anyone who has an interest in building a media server at any point to purchase a life-time license and then when the time is right, you will have an increadible front-end interface waiting for you.

I recommend Jellyfin - the free, open source alternative

be careful when anything claims "lifetime"

I don't need transcoding and currently jellyfin offers me everything I need from a media server. Does plex plus offer anything additional?

What is plex?

Is it not still cheaper via Turkey? I got it last year for £37, works perfect.

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I have a decent nas originally bought for backups but have since installed Plex. When I try to stream to my Xbox it struggles with anything above 1080p. Would Plex pass and enable it to transcode while streaming fix that or would o be better getting a better device to stream to like an nvidia?

tempting, although I only watch my media at home so seems a lot to pay to be able to skip intros which seems the main feature if you don't need transcoding as far as I can tell.

How's this better than Kodi+seren+real debrid? Is it for simplicity?

Is this a platform where you can watch different services in one place but you still have to pay subscription to Netflix etc?

Doesn’t plex also like phone home and tells plex what media you have?

Amazing deal for anyone wanting to host their 'own' media...

LTT recommended this handy tool for grabbing metadata:
tinymediamanager.org/

some titles I had previously had random thumbnails and Plex struggled to grab data for it - after doing this, I can't fault the Plex service!

Using smb login in VLC player at present but I like the look of this. How do people kick off the downloads on their PC to get content? I use VNC Server on PC and VNC Viewer on my phone. Is there a better way?

Looking through the library without signing up, there seems to be a lot of westerns and things, but I haven’t seen a Hollywood blockbuster, or anything that’s really grabbing me.

What appeals to you all with Plex?

Bought mine several years ago on its last sale. Still have yet to make proper use of it.
Had intended to record shows so that my father could watch them at his leisure on his own tv 100 miles away.
Then he decided that it was too difficult to press a couple of different buttons

Worth it to unlock hardware transcoding. Been a member for years and wouldn't use anything else.

Been holding out a long time for the next lifetime deal.
Thanks.

1) I was a long-time Kodi user, I got fed up with all the configuration updates needed - Plex just works.
2) Plex looks great
3) Hardware encoding!

For the techier I have heard that Emby and Jellyfish are better choices.... ( I bought a Plex pass about 10 years ago - still using it ).
I am more than techie enough, but my mum is also a user, so simple is best.

If anyone knows of a good shared library, please DM me!

It's not plex that's expensive, it's the hard drives....

I soldiered on with kodi for years. Haven't looked back since moving to plex. Kodi is amazing but Plex just works.

Plex is wife-friendly, runs on everything and has a great audio player.

Every Plex post, ever

If anyone has a VPN/Revolut trick that works please let us all know. I’ve never got it to work.

£36 deal long while ago for life time was most epic deal im glad i purchased plex is great on shield

What is Plex even for anymore? I used a long time ago with my server for films TV etc... Now have CINEMAHD/Kodi/Iptv... Is there any need?

I bought this last year.

I don't know why.

Damn, bought the full price plex about 4 weeks ago. If I email them, any chance of a partial refund you reckon? Plex is awesome! Heat!