

If you’ve got a vacation home and you want to watch local sports teams, it’s a killer option it’s even just a cheap way to avoid paying $10 a month to your cable provider for a cable box.įor now, Live TV only works with Plex’s Android TV and iOS apps, but support for the full range of Plex apps, which includes virtually every set-top box you can imagine, is in the works. With the TV tuner, you can either receive free TV channels that are broadcast over-the-air, or get a CableCard from your cable subscriber (if you have a cable.

Plex Media Server running on your network 3. Then, you can use Plex’s apps to stream your own cable channels to anywhere in the world without needing a cable box. Silicondust HDHomeRun Prime Network 3 Tuner CableCARD Tuner HDR3-CC - For US. For $2 a month, most cable providers will rent you a cable card, which you can put into your TV tuner. If you’re still going to want to pay for cable to get all the extra channels, Plex is still worth a look. There are some upfront costs for the hardware (Plex’s recommended TV tuner goes for $80), and livestreaming TV requires a $5-per-month Plex Pass subscription, but it’s still easily the cheapest way to stream TV channels to any device. You can check which channels you receive for free in your region here, but in my area, I get 45 channels including big news stations like NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX for free.

There’s actually more channels than you’d imagine broadcast free over the air.
