We’ve been complying with Plex since it was osxbmc, almost 6 years back now.  Last week the designers lastly hit their v1.0 milestone with the release of Plex house Theater.  You now have a option of utilizing it or the Plex web client  on your desktop, although you’ll definitely want PHT on your HTPC.  We asked Plex lead designer Elan Feingold what lead to the switch from the old client to the new one, he told told us…

We’re bringing Plex as much as date with upstream modifications from XBMC as well as greatly improved individual interface with the new skin which takes a giant step towards more typical UI idioms across our apps.

Plex house Theater also brings quicker performance as well as plays even more of your media too…

…almost every single thing about the app is improved: it’s faster, prettier, as well as more powerful. It plays more type of media, plays it more efficiently, as well as looks much better doing it. It even has a brand new auto-update feature.

In addition to PHT the team have likewise released an updated iphone / iPad app that brings a refreshed style for iOS 7.  As with any type of major new release there’s been a bit pain in this update, for example a few of the remote functions have been removed.  However, the devs tell us that this will lead to a much improved 2-way remote facility in the future as they develop these features back in that will be typical across all client platforms.

We got our hands on one of the bit ChromeCast units last month as well as it’s definitely impressive at the price.  It’s one more obvious option for the Plex guys to target as well as it does indeed look like a Chromecast client is in the works.

It would be another shot in the arm for the entire Plex ecosystem enabling non-smart TV owners to quickly add the affordable ($35) player to their HDMI equipped telly.

[UPDATE] – just after we hit publish Plex verified the ChromeCast News

UK individuals likewise have this unbeatable value Plex client currently too. great times.

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