Can we discuss this - is there a way to improve those results?

Plex Players Gaming Consoles
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looks like the xbox one turns out to be the worst client for Plex :confused:

will that change in a near future or should I consider buying another device for this purpose?

thanks for your honest answer, at the moment i started using VLC as itā€™s more compatible without delay or complicated subtitles management

2

Buy another device. We were told a year ago that updates would be quicker after the last major update to the app. Here we all areā€¦still waiting a year later and no idea when the next update is coming. Maybe itā€™ll be tomorrow, or next week, or in several more monthsā€¦no one knows except for Plex and they arenā€™t willing to even give us a hint of when it will arrive.

3

IMHO, this ā€œreviewā€ is based on aesthetics.

I have used all of the devices in this review except the Intel NUC & Shield, and have settled with my Xbone (followed by the Rokuā€™s in other areas of the house). No matter what codec/container a video sitting on my PMS is, the Xbone has been able to direct play it. I have never had a video transcode while playing on my Xbone.

My personal choices for ā€œbest Plex media devicesā€ are:

  1. Xbone
  2. Roku 4
  3. Roku Express/Express+
  4. Windows 10 Plex app
  5. PlayStation 4
  6. Roku Stick
  7. PlayStation 3
  8. Amazon Fire
  9. Chrome web browser
  10. Xbox 360
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Kinda hope something will happen in terms of update as well :confused:

the thing is:

  • my NAS is not the brightest of the batch. and Iā€™m watching loads of movies with subtitles, which ask the server to transcode the data and add buffering for content higher than 720P (sometime 1080P is ok, sometime not - I will not even start about H265), but iā€™m not taking the chance anymore :confused:

anyway, thanks for those answers which are kindy opposite ahaha

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@TheCli3nt said:
IMHO, this ā€œreviewā€ is based on aesthetics.

Thatā€™s ridiculous. Xbox app is really slow to navigate, clunky, lacks folder view and a plethora of other features. Even the Plex app on my Samsung TV is faster and more pleasant to use, supports soft subtitles, loads faster ā€“ it does everything better except for extremely high bitrate movies, which the Xbox handles fine.

But the Smart TV apps are okay at best. Pit Xbox against any even half decent client and it will lose.

My personal choices for ā€œbest Plex media devicesā€ are:

  1. Xbone

Lol. Iā€™m pretty sure youā€™ve never used any other client.