

When you go into the Live TV section, you'll be greeted with a program guide. The engineers at Plex tested antennae from Mohu and HD Frequency, so that might be a good place to start if you're feeling a bit lost. *Verify TVButler compatibility with the vendor some NAS's have experienced issuesĪlso of note is that this will work with any digital antenna, so this leaves plenty of options open to you to decide which one is best for your situation. If you're wondering what tuners will be supported, check out the table below or this link. For those of you for whom this applies, that's great. At launch, Live TV will also support multiple tuners in a single household for more recording and live viewing options. OTA standards (Jason Williams, Director of Product and Growth, assured me that reaching a global audience was a priority). The company has also worked to make sure that this new service supports more than just U.S. But now to sweeten things further, Plex has announced Live TV, which will be available to all Pass subscribers at no extra charge.The biggest thing to note before going forward is that Live TV still requires a broadcast tuner, but the good news is that Plex has majorly increased the number of supported manufacturers that you can use - that means that you're no longer limited to an HDHomeRun. Having a powerful computer and a strong internet connection will also help ensure that your live stream looks just as good as what you get from hooking an HD antenna directly into your TV.Back in September, Plex DVR launched, giving you the ability to record and save any broadcasts that your HDHomeRun tuner and antenna had picked up. Just remember that your computer is acting as a media server, so if you shut it off, you won't be able to watch or record anything, even though your antenna and DVR tuner are still hooked up. That's it! You can now watch and record live broadcast TV to your heart's content. (Older smart TVs won't, for obvious reasons neither will PS4, for reasons that are less obvious to us.) Just be aware that while most Plex platforms support Live TV, not every single one does. Download Plex for your platform of choice, log in and then navigate to Live TV, just as you'd normally navigate to your Movies or Music folder.

If your preferred Plex platform is a streaming player, game console, smart TV or mobile device, you'll have to go through one additional step.

Setup is now done, and you can enjoy live TV on your computer or Shield TV. Again, the program will do this in the background if you don't do it now, so you can't screw this up either way. You can start watching programs right away, but if you wait a little while (somewhere between 5 and 30 minutes, in our experience), you'll know exactly what programs are playing as soon as you start using Plex.
