You can't browse listings by channel, either, which makes it a bit difficult to record a show if you already know when and where it will air. What you won't get, though, is a comprehensive guide feature that tells you everything that's on right now, then everything that's on in the next half-hour block and so on. Once you select Live TV, you'll choose your preferred server (whichever computer you set the service up on), then watch or record whatever you can get your hands on in your local broadcast market. Once everything is set up, Live TV shows up as just another option in your Plex app, somewhere among your stored music, photo and video directories. This lengthy process is not that complicated, but figuring out that this is what you need to do is not that easy. Then, you'll have to dive into the settings, find the DVR tuner on your network, fill in your location information, tell Plex to scan for channels and tell it to download listing information. You first download the Plex media-server software (which directs you right back to the Plex website - the server software doesn't have its own navigable client). MORE: Your Guide to Cable TV Cord-Cutting Plex doesn't explain exactly how to activate Live TV and DVR options on its main page, so you'll have to track down a full explanation at the company's Support site. What comes afterward, unfortunately, is not nearly as straightforward. Be aware that most DVR tuners still require an Ethernet connection, so you'll want to make sure that you can set this up somewhere near both a window and your router. To start, I connected the HD antenna to the HDHomeRun, and the HDHomeRun to my router with an Ethernet cable. (The tuner built in to your TV can pick up channels, but it can't rebroadcast those channels to the rest of your home network.) Plex sent us a Direct ClearStream Eclipse antenna and an HDHomeRun Connect box, but pretty much anything (opens in new tab) will work. Plex Live TV and DVR works pretty much the same way, just with some additional hardware required.
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