The Plex Media Server app is separate from the standard Plex Android TV app, but still updates through the Play Store.

Multiple users noted that the issue seemed to start late last year and persisted for some users until now. The Plex Media Server app was, for some reason, not automatically updating on Shield TV devices, eventually silently breaking the functionality. Thankfully, the solution turned out to be hiding just beneath the surface. Logging out, clearing cache, and various other troubleshooting fixes weren’t doing the trick. Reported on Nvidia’s forums as well as the Plex forums, some users had noticed that their servers were breaking with no obvious culprit. Unfortunately, that’s been broken for some users for a while, but a new update apparently fixes the problem. So, I don’t think I’m regretting my Tablo decision.One of the most useful features of the Android TV-powered Nvidia Shield TV is the ability to use it as a Plex server pretty quickly and easily. I don’t think 4K and/or HDR is of any concern anytime soon for terrestrial, OTA broadcasts, which is what Tablo is intended for. Adding another layer of UI stuff (and more remotes) isn’t going to please my family much - they’re very resistant to change.

Did you factor in those costs as well? I don’t have Plex/Kodi and it would require additional setup and hardware costs to get it setup and perhaps integrated. oh wait, I see you also have Plex (isn’t it now Kodi?) in that setup. How much storage do you have for recorded shows? I have a 3TB drive and after a week I see I’m going to have to moderate what I’m recording, since it’s filling up alarmingly fast. How does the guide look? How much does it cost? How many channels can you record with the Shield+tuner setup? How do you add more tuners? Now that I have all my gripes out of the way, let me ask about your setup. While I understand that the controls to some degree affect the UI, there isn’t much reason to present different elements - some UI’s present a channel list for the guide, others don’t some have a “recent recordings” list in tabular format, others don’t.) My biggest gripe is the disparity in the UI.

I have the Tablo UI on 2 smartphones, an older ROku, a new Roku Premier+, and on my 4K LG TV, as well as on my desktop browser. I do agree that the Tablo UI on almost every device I have seem sluggish. Secondly, I guess it’s a “horses for courses” type of thing.

First off, what did you buy for the “$50 tuner”?

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