![]() On other devices I’ve tested, interlaced channels get choked back to 30 frames per second. If you’re a stickler for smooth video, for instance, you’ll want an Nvidia Shield TV, since its video player has a double de-interlacer that plays 480i and 1080i channels at 60 frames per second. The device you use to stream from Plex also makes a difference. The other issue with Plex is that your experience can vary depending on your choice of hardware. While Plex isn’t technically at fault, this isn’t something that would happen with a controlled DVR system such as Tablo or TiVo. It took me weeks to diagnose the problem, and I ultimately had to disable the app to prevent further issues. While testing Plex, for instance, I encountered an issue where Android TV’s Live Channels app was quietly using up tuners for no apparent reason. The need to connect third-party hardware also introduces more room for hard-to-explain errors. You must gather all the hardware components on your own, then install Plex’s Media Server software on the device that’s doing the recording, then head to a web browser to walk through the guided setup process. The inherent trade-off is that this isn’t quite a plug-and-play solution. You can even store recordings on a hard drive connected to your router’s USB port, so that anyone at home can use the drive’s spare storage for other purposes. Run out of storage space? Just plug in second hard drive or move your recordings to a larger one. Want to record more shows at a time? Just plug in a second tuner. The nice thing about Plex’s approach is how extensible it is.
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