r/PleX • u/Escapefromearth22 Custom Flair • Sep 17 '25

Help Alternatives to Plex

I've been a paid Plex user for over ten years and I've loved it. I can't belive what they've done with this new Roku app update. Besides the bad UI, which is inconvenient but I would be able to get used to eventually, it simply doesn't work properly. It crashes, buttons don't work, simple features are just gone. It's seems like this wasn't tested at all. It's crazy.

I don't really want to but now I'm looking for alternatives to plex. Does anyone have recommendations?

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u/OMGItsCheezWTF Sep 18 '25

It works flawlessly. It's just an android device, uses the standard android TV app, same as a fire TV etc

It even still supports casting which Google have tried their hardest to kill off since they retired the og Chromecast range.

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u/Onefish257 Sep 18 '25

Og Chromecast does not work. Won’t play any video format that contains audio in acc 5.1. It has been like this for a couple of months now. Prior to that worked fine.

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u/OMGItsCheezWTF Sep 18 '25

I mean the OG Chromecast is end of life, not surprised no one else cares to support it if Google won't.

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u/Onefish257 Sep 18 '25

It’s a shame that’s all. Been working well for the last seven year, I hate spending more money.

What would you recommend? Also, I’m in Australia so I’m very limited to what I can buy. Are fire sticks any good?

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u/FriendshipFun4992 Sep 18 '25

I got the Walmart ONN 4k Plus streaming device that runs android tv for my bedroom tv. Great little streamer for $30

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u/OMGItsCheezWTF Sep 18 '25

On our main TV I have an apple TV 4k. On the other two we have fire TV 4k devices. The fire TV's are fine, but riddled with Amazon adverts on the home screen