The new desktop app is notably lacking TV mode, which means that we’re going to stop supporting the traditional HTPC setup (using a desktop computer connected to your TV or home theater) with this app,' Plex wrote in a blog post.

'e want to be clear about this: the long-term plan is for the new desktop app to replace Plex Media Player as our only desktop solution. A new desktop app is meant to replace it. That is why it is planning to phase out support for its HTPC solution by January 30, 2020.

However, viewers are increasingly embracing streaming players such as Apple TV, Roku, and FireTV, Plex argues. Back then, people would connect PCs to TVs in order to build flexible video playback systems - and some viewers still do. The end of an eraTogether with XBMC (Kodi) and Boxee, Plex rose to fame as a HTPC (Home Theater PC) solution when PCs ruled the world.

Plex is introducing a new desktop app for Windows and macOS that will replace Plex Media Player, and as such Plex's HTPC solution, by January 2020.

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