Plex Media Users - upgrade plans before Sep 29 increases (1 Viewer)

[Bucks]

Anyone thinking of upgrading from the free offering to the pay subscription or anyone on a monthly or annual plan may want to consider switching to one of their other plan choices before September 29 in order to lock-in the current prices. They will honor the price of your current plan going forward but you will pay the higher rates if you want to change later. So if you are a happy Plex user and on a recurring payment plan now is good time to consider the lifetime plan before the 100% increase.

Here's the notice:

Upcoming price increase for NEW Plex Pass subscriptions First, we want to thank all of you for the support and loyalty you have given us over the last few years. We truly have the most amazing and passionate community of media lovers on the planet, and it makes our job an absolute joy. If you already have a Plex Pass, rejoice! To show appreciation for your loyalty, the price of your subscription is not increasing (and if you were thinking about upgrading, now is the time). If you don't have a Plex Pass, this is your last chance to subscribe at current rates.

We’re working harder than ever to bring more Plex goodness to all your favorite devices, and we’re super excited about the things we’re working on and can’t wait to share them with you over the next few months! With premium features and content, sometimes come moderate cost increases. So on September 29, 2014 we’ll be making some changes to our Plex Pass subscription rates for new subscribers:

• Monthly Plex Pass subscriptions will increase from $3.99 to
  $4.99 per month.
• Annual Plex Pass subscriptions will increase from $29.99 to
  $39.99 per year.
• Lifetime Plex Passes will increase from $74.99 to
  $149.99.

For all of you PayPal subscribers, we now have support for recurring monthly and annual PayPal subscriptions. We’re also making it easy to view your billing summary by providing full transaction history and receipts.

Again, please note that these new rates will only affect new subscriptions moving forward. Of course, as we’ve mentioned in the past, we may need to charge separately for certain types of premium content, and we may need to adjust Plex Pass prices again in the future.

Thanks again for all of your support and keep an eye out for more new exciting releases coming very soon!

Love,
The Plex Team

 

[17seconds]

I've never understood the benefit of PlexPass, maybe it doesn't fit what I use Plex for. Which features do you use?

 

[NewlyRetired]

I use Plex for free right now just to stream my digital media. Will that remain free going forward?

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

MediaBrowser FTW

http://mediabrowser.tv/

 

[NewlyRetired]

MediaBrowser FTWhttp://mediabrowser.tv/

What the advantages of this over Plex? Plex has been flawless for me but I want to stay informed.

 

[Bucks]

My main reason for initially subscribing to Plex Pass was for the offline syncing feature. This allows me to download offline copies of media to our tablets to watch it locally on our devices when we aren't home and don't have a high speed wifi connection to direct stream. At the time it also allowed me to use the chromecasting feature but that is now available for non-subscribers. I also use the smartphone camera auto-upload feature and the scheduled maintenance tasks. It also includes access rights to use the Android app but I had already separately bought that before I subscribed.

Overall a lot of the free and subscription Plex features can be done with a variety of other apps out there but what I like is that it brings a lot together in a single slick polished user-friendly interface. This isn't so important for me as it is for making content easily accessible to everyone in my family.