Re: Plexpass
I had never heard of plex before the chromecast announcement. I setup a plex server on my laptop easily enough (had to rename some of my files and follow their naming conventions, and forward a port in my router). It was working well, so I paid for 1 month of plex pass, downloaded the app, and it has worked flawlessly for me. I was even able to use it on the road, accessing my laptop's media that was at home, without any issues. Only thing I've noticed is you simply have to close out of the plexpass app and reopen it to get it to see new chromecasts. Oh once I had to restart the plex server to get it to display new media. Again, extremely minor issues to me. I'm only paying monthly for now as I imagine there will be free options soon enough, but I don't mind one bit right now.
Thanks to chromecast, plex, netflix and a new antenna, I'm about to "cut the cord". The last piece for me is to get SiliconDusts HDHomeRun and set it up on a linux MythTV box I built this week from old parts laying around. They don't ship the newest version until the 17th.