I actually run both Kodi and Plex, and find the combination great. I run a media-center PC that is hooked up to my living room TV and on there I use Kodi, but on the same PC I run a Plex server so I can easily stream all my content throughout my house and beyond. If you’re a one TV home, there’s no real reason to do one or the other, but if you’re a multi-TV home I’d recommend getting both. Reply
Superb explanation on differences. I too run both and just share the library. I prefer the versatility of Kodi, my kids prefer the simplicity of Plex. I run a 16TB Ubuntu server with off-air and 5 Raspberry Pi duel boot clients. Everything you need all the time from either one. I have to say the Kodi side is more upkeep. Personally feel it’s worth the little extra maintenance. I know you are speaking out of box functionality and Kodi won’t do it. Kodi actually can steam to multiple clients, very well in fact. The setup isn’t too bad if you’re fairly savvy and can watch a few YouTube vids. IMO it isn’t a con if you just have to put forth a little effort to get it. Reply
It’s Kodi for me. There’s a definite learning curve, and it’s not for everyone (my neighbor tried Kodi and gave up in exasperation), but it opens up some truly amazing streaming content. My Android box is a great complement to my Roku. And yes, Kodi is worth the maintenance and sometimes unreliable streams. Reply
Sorry I am late to this discussion… I bought a Samsung smart TV in 2011… It had Allshare in which I could view files from computer on large TV screen. I just found out that Samsung no longer supports Allshare… Are either of the media sharers a good substitute? Reply