Plex’s free streaming services may be supplemented with premium streaming services for even more personalization, allowing the home screen to reflect the user’s interests and requirements. Plex Pass, which costs only 4.99 dollars monthly also includes many premium streaming content to choose from. However, in order to keep things simple and economical, we’ll emphasize Plex’s free membership and features.
Getting started with Plex
To avail free of cost streaming service on Plex one has to either download the Plex app or visit Plex’s official website with the help of the browser and active internet. Plex-based content can be watched on a variety of devices including smartphones, tablets, smart TV, laptop, PC, and several other streaming devices.
The list of devices and operating systems that can run the Plex application:
• Android-based smartphones, tablets, PC, and laptops
• Apple iOS-based smartphones and tablets, PC, and laptops
• Roku TV
• Google Chromecast
• Sony PlayStation
• Microsoft Xbox
• Samsung Smart Television
• LG Smart Television
The device range that can run Plex’s application is quite broad and widely available.
Famous movies and TV shows being featured on Plex in June 2022 are:
• Snowpiercer (2013)
• Hannibal (Series – 2013)
• Apocalypto (2006)
• Requiem For A Dream (2000)
• Blended (2014)
• Awake (2007)
• Blitz (2011)
• Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
• The Gift (2015)
• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009)
• Children of the Corn (1984)
• Oculus (2013)
• Let The Right One In (2008)
• 1408 (2007)
• Train to Busan (2016)
• Drunken Master (1978)
• Goon (2011)
• Super (2010)
And Several others.
Famous live TV channels being featured on Plex in June 2022 are:
• IceFilms
• Let Me Watch This
• FilmsOn
• CBC
• G2G.fm
• FMovies Plus
• SSPlex
• Old Movies Time
• Fox News
• Cchooseyroll
• BBC iPlayer
• CBS
• cCloud TV
• Hallmark Movies & More
• NBC News Now
• Newsy Live
• Stories by AMC
• Game Show Central
• Bloomberg Television
• Reuters TV
• True Crime Now
• IFC Film Picks
• Documentary+
And many more to choose from. However, these online live streaming channels are not what is displayed on common TV sets but they are internet-only channels.
What is the user experience on Plex’s free subscription?
Now you are familiar with the content available on Plex’s free subscription, let’s talk about the user experience on the Plex platform. We will first address advertisement and then will move towards UI or User Interface and other kinds of stuff.
What is the fuss about advertisement?
The advertisements displayed on Plex are quite tolerable and engaging. However, the timing of advertisements is whimsical. There is always a timer displayed on the advertisement that denotes how much time is left which is a good thing. Moreover, some advertisements are interactive and let the viewer know more about the pricing and features of the product or service shown in an advertisement.
Nonetheless, the advertisements on Plex are prolonged in comparison with common 20-second advertisements featured on other platforms. Moreover, while watching movies the advertisement break exceeds 150 seconds which means complete two and a half minutes. In addition, Plex does provide cues before advertisements. Several other streaming providers do have this feature.
What about the UI of Plex?
The UI of Plex is simple and nicely segregated. All the content is classified according to its genre. Moreover, live TV, movies, shows, discoverMore, and music categories are provided on the left side of the UI for quick access. Settings can be tweaked according to preferences with settings on the right-hand side of the UI. Discover tab links other paid OTT services to Plex seamlessly and gives easy access to them.
Plex is a good option if one doesn’t want to spend money on other premium OTT platforms. However, it is not a complete entertainment solution. But one can conjoin Plex with other free streaming services providers like Pluto TV, Tubi TV, and Roku TV and that will be a game-changer for some. It will definitely help reduce monthly bills.
