Plex through its web interface and apps offers free streaming of some live TV and movies. Free as in beer. For enthusiasts, it can also catalogue and offer a p

Plex through its web interface and apps offers free streaming of some live TV and movies. Free as in beer. For enthusiasts, it can also catalogue and offer a portal for your local media collection. That is also free. The Plex Pass is not free. It offers some neat customization features for the app, plus hardware transcoding of media which I suspect is the reason most people pay for it.