This clever Plex app could give your aging LG TV a new lease on life - Wckediden

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https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/LG-Magic-Remote-Controlling-LG-TV.jpg (https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/LG-Magic-Remote-Controlling-LG-TV.jpg) Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR PlxNative is a new open-source Plex client for LG webOS TVs thatâ€™s designed to make browsing and navigation much faster on older hardware. It uses a native Rust/OpenGL interface rather than running in a browser, while still relying on your TVâ€™s hardware decoder for video playback. You can install it via the Homebrew Channel or sideload it via LGâ€™s Developer Mode and webOS Dev Manager. If you have an older LG TV that still has a great panel and picture quality but a painfully slow UI, a new open-source Plex (https://www.androidauthority.com/plex-brings-back-left-side-menu-3700033/) client could help you get more out of it. More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/lg-tv-slow-plex-app-plx-native-3712671/)

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This clever Plex app could give your aging LG TV a new lease on life

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This clever Plex app could give your aging LG TV a new lease on life

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority

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PlxNative is a new open-source Plex client for LG webOS TVs that’s designed to make browsing and navigation much faster on older hardware.
It uses a native Rust/OpenGL interface rather than running in a browser, while still relying on your TV’s hardware decoder for video playback.
You can install it via the Homebrew Channel or sideload it via LG’s Developer Mode and webOS Dev Manager.

If you have an older LG TV that still has a great panel and picture quality but a painfully slow UI, a new open-source Plex client could help you get more out of it.

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