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The New Plex Design Philosophy is Awful

  By Scott • 2025-11-10
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One button in the relatively new Plex client for Roku exemplifies everything that’s wrong with Plex’s current approach to its business model and customers. Looking at that “screenshot”, you might wonder what I’m on about. It seems perfectly normal. It might even leave you scratching your head as to why it could ever be a problem. It’s not just that button: The entire Roku app is awful. Among other things, it now forces your home screen to present Plex-corporate-specific-content, and buries your own libraries in a very irritating menu at the top of the screen. From a UX perspective, it’s horribly optimized (or not optimized at all) for quick and easy navigation. The prior version of their Roku app wasn’t … Continue reading

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Plex: Play Icon on Pause Screen Causes OLED Burn-in – SOLUTION

  By Scott • 2023-02-24
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This is pretty much a re-post of something I put up on the Plex forums, but I wanted to archive it here for reference. So if you have any comments or questions, please add to the original thread! Server Version#: Last few years of updates through current stable build. Player Version#: Last few years of updates through current stable build. TL;DR: The orange play icon in the middle of the screen when paused causes burn-in on OLEDs. Solution at the bottom if you’re using your own server and not opposed to manipulating CSS. I need to preface this by saying that I love the Plex web player. I primarily use that to consume my media, and it puts browsing/playing from … Continue reading