![]() ![]() Plex will continue to support and update its existing HTPC solution, the Plex Media Player, until January 2020, according to the blog post. “We implore you to check out how far our apps and the various excellent streaming devices have come - it’s truly night-and-day since you unboxed your first potato-powered Roku or Apple TV,” the company said. They went on to argue that streaming devices use a fraction of the electricity, and are a lot easier to use. “We looked at how most people were using the app, and most of you will have an equal (if not better) experience with a streaming device and our new players,” the Plex team wrote Thursday. However, media consumption has changed a lot since those early days. In fact, Plex, XMBC / Kodi and Boxee all gained significant traction after Microsoft stopped investing resources into its own HTPC solution, dubbed Windows Media Center. ![]() This used to be the primary way for early adopters to bring digital media to their TV screens, and apps like Plex owe much of their early popularity to this use case. ![]() For the uninitiated, HTPCs are dedicated PCs connected to TVs or projectors to access streaming services and downloadable media. ![]()
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