“My friend had an old Apple TV, and it was running Plex!” Bring up a Plex client on your phone, Chromecast, or now your AppleTV, tap the video you want to play, and bam - it streams it from your PC to your device, transcoding it into a device-friendly format on the fly. Wondering what the heck Plex is? The short answer: you run a Plex server on your PC, and load it up with video and music files in just about any format - from your standard DiVX/XVid file to a big ol’ high res MKV. (Apparently this is a known issue that’s being worked on.) Without TV app support, Reelgood isn’t as useful as it once was.Plex, the much adored app for streaming totally-legit-and-not-at-all-bootlegged-cough-cough content from your PC to your other gadgets, has just hit the new Apple TV. Still, I’ve only gotten this to work on Roku devices, and having to use your phone for navigation isn’t always ideal.
Reelgood does offer a “Play to TV” function in its mobile apps, letting you launch content on your TV through a phone or tablet. While the Android TV/Google TV version still works, the Fire TV app is now riddled with error messages, and the Apple TV version can no longer launch playback in other apps.
Unfortunately, Reelgood has decided to stop development on its TV apps. The more you add to your list, the better Reelgood’s recommendations get. Whenever you add a show to its watchlist, you can choose the most recent episode you’ve seen, and you can quickly mark additional episodes as watched as you go.
Tracking your shows is easy with Reelgood as well. The website also has a handy “leaving” menu so you can catch movies or shows before they become unavailable on your streaming services. Each movie or show is clearly labeled with the streaming service it’s currently available on, along with ratings from both IMDb and Reelgood itself. It does a great job suggesting new movies and shows to watch, with recommendations based on your viewing habits along with menus for different genres. Reelgood has always been the slickest of the universal guide apps.
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