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How To Use Plex To Put All Your Streaming Services in One Place

See everything from Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max and more through a single interface.

David Nield

4/22/22 7:00AM

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Stop Sharing Your Netflix Password, or We'll Get Ads

On this week's Gadgettes, we're diving deep into why Netflix is struggling to keep its subscriber base.

Florence Ion

4/21/22 2:45PM

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Plex's New Universal Search Is Already Better Than Google

The app wants to be your one-stop shop for all things streaming, and its new features show promise, even in beta.

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YouTube Adds Nearly 4,000 Free Episodes of TV as It Plays Catch-Up With the Competition

The TV shows join 1,500 ad-supported movies as YouTube's ammo against over-the-air TV.

Phillip Tracy

3/23/22 10:50AM

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Facebook's New Portal Is Great, but It's Also Facebook

If you want a kid-friendly screen you can easily move around the house, Portal Go is it—but it doesn't have parental…

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How to Turn Your Old Computer Into a Media Streamer

Instead of giving away your old laptop or desktop, make it your home entertainment hub.

David Nield

9/30/21 8:00AM

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Plex Is Experimenting With Apple TV App Integration

Plex appears to be exploring an integration with Apple’s streaming app.

Catie Keck

2/19/21 7:41PM

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Plex Media Has a Big Security Flaw

Plex Media might be best known as the streaming service suited for creating custom TV channels, but it turns out…

Shoshana Wodinsky

2/05/21 5:15PM

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Plex's New Atari Retro Arcade Subscription Looks Awesome

Plex just added a new subscription tier to its live TV and media streaming services: Plex Arcade, a cloud gaming…

Joanna Nelius

1/26/21 3:00PM

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Have You Tried Building Your Own TV Channels in Plex?

A wise colleague once told me I should never have anything on in the background just to have it on. He’s probably…

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Do-It-All Streaming Service Plex Is Launching a New TV Feature—And Yes, It's Free

As part of its ambitious bid to be your go-to streaming service for virtually everything, Plex this week announced…

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Plex, the Build-Your-Own-Netflix Streaming Service, Is Now Streaming Crackle for Free

Plex’s free tier is getting a boost of thousands of TV and film titles thanks to a partnership with fellow free…

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Plex Is Making Itself Impossible to Ignore as a Go-To Streaming Service

CES may be all about gadgets, but this year’s event is jam-packed with news from streaming services looking to…

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Plex Now Offering Over a Thousand Movies on Demand and for Free

Plex, the build-your-own-Netflix software suite, is adding over a thousand movies to the service for free. Films…

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How to Put Limits on Your Binge-Watching and Get Your Life Back

Having more movies and TV shows than you’re ever going to be able to watch in your lifetime all available at the…

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How to Download Everything from Your Favorite Streaming Services

Don’t let a long flight or a loss of signal get in the way of your music and video streaming: Just about all the…

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Plex Has Now Added Commercial-Cutting to Its Cordcutting DVR Service

Plex, the cable box-killing media player and DVR service, has launched a new feature to automatically strip…

Tom McKay

11/27/17 11:05PM

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Plex Just Killed My Cable Box Rental, and It Could Kill Yours Too

One of the dirty secrets about streaming live TV services like PS Vue and Hulu TV is that in many cases you’re…

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How to Build the Ultimate Movie and Music Server

If you’re like me, you’ve got hundreds of gigabytes of digital media files, everything from movies, to music, to TV…

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How to Build Your Own Private Netflix

Movies and TV shows come and go on Netflix on a regular basis, which means you might be half way through your…

David Nield

10/06/16 8:20AM

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