Plex Live TV

Plex Live TV allows you to watch a large collection of free live TV channels anywhere in the world, at any time. You don't need an internal TV tuner or antenna to watch streaming TV. The streaming channels are ad-supported like over the air television.

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There's a large variety of genres or categories and a channel guide that you can personalize. The Plex Live TV is part of the Plex player app that can be installed on the following devices: Amazon Fire TV, Android mobile, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS, macOS (desktop), PlayStation, Plex Web App, Roku, Smart TVs (LG 4K/UHD [webOS 3.0+], Samsung 2016+ UHD, VIZIO SmartCast), Windows (desktop), and Xbox. The image below is an example of using the Plex Web App using a web browser and visiting: https://app.plex.tv/desktop.

If you use Linux as your operating system then you can customize the Plex Web App to look like a native installed app on your system. Compare the image above with the image below. They both are using the Vivaldi browser; however, the image below was from a link added in my menu.

Adding it to your menu makes it look like an actual application installed. To add it to your menu you'll need to open your Control Center and click on Main Menu under the Look and Feel section.

A Main Menu dialog box should appear on your screen. Select a menu on the left. I created an Entertainment menu to keep my entertainment links and applications organized. After you select the menu click on the + New Item button on the right.

You will see a Create Launcher dialog box appear on your screen. Enter the following information:

Type: Application
Name: Plex
Command: vivaldi --app=https://app.plex.tv/desktop
Comment: Plex Streaming Media Service

You can replace vivaldi with Firefox, Chrome, or Chromium because these browser support Application Mode. However, you must enter the browser command as you would as if you are starting it in your Terminal. You can use any icon your prefer or you can save the icon below and use it. Click the OK button when you finish entering the information. <You can also use Ice SSB (Site-Specific Browser) to integrate many of the modern web applications into your menus.>

You should now see Plex under the Items section. You can click the Move Up or Move Down buttons to move the icon up or down in that section. Click the Close button when you are finished.

You should now see Plex in your folder.

Clicking on the Plex icon in the menu will open the website, but it will display a minimal amount of your browser making it look more like an installed application on your system. It will open to the Home screen where it will display a variety of topics to select from. On the left you can change to Movies & Shows, Live TV, Web Shows, Podcasts, and Music (On TIDAL). If you have the Plex Media Server installed, you will see additional topics or categories. To watch live streaming TV click on Live TV on the left.

You will see Plex's Electronic Program Guide (EPG) that will list 160 (at the time of creating this webpage) channels and a description of what is playing on those channels.

Clicking once on a description will create a drop-down with a small icon, a more detailed description, how long the program has left, and a WATCH NOW button.

Clicking the WATCH NOW button will play the selected channel.

You have a wide variety of free streaming channels to choose from. Below is from the Grid Iron Outdoors channel.

It has several streaming channels that show movies. Below is an image from The Architect (2016).

Below is an image fro The Honor List (2018) playing on the Movie Sphere channel.

You can watch old classic TV shows like Big Foot on the Run:Time channel.

There's a lot of sports channels to choose from.

It has Stadium sports channel. Below is an image from the Strongman Champions League. I enjoy watching MMA events on Stadium.

You'll even find a wrestling channel for those wrestling fans.

FTF (For The Fans) channels is a great sports channel too. Below is an image of a Field Hockey event from the FIH Pro League.

Plex is not just for streaming live TV, it also has thousands of free movies and TV shows to select from. Just click on Movies & Shows on the left and then look at the variety of Movies and TV Shows you have to select from.

Click the Categories tab near the top. You will see 12 Categories to choose from: Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Horror, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, and Western.

At the time of creating this webpage they were 774 Horror movies to select from.

The Action/Adventure section has 973 movies to select from. (You may notice that some movies fall into more than one genre.)

The Comedy section has 1136 movies to select from.

The Thriller section has 791 movies to select from.

The Western section has 101 movies to select from.

The Animation section has 274 movies or shows to select from.

The Crime section has 376 movies or shows to select from. (I enjoyed watching the series The Fall.)

The Sci-Fi section has 311 movies or shows to select from.

The Drama section has 1670 movies or shows to select from.

The Romance section has 354 movies or shows to select from.

The Documentary section has 1130 movies or shows to select from.

The Music section has 103 movies or shows to select from.

If you're looking for another way to watch free legal Internet streaming channels, then give Plex Live TV a try. You also have a lot of free movies and TV shows to choose from.

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Apr 17, 2021