Answer - probably not as well as you'd like...
[font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"][font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"]We know there are a number of cheap Android TV boxes out there. We're sorry to say that we cannot recommend any 'TV' based Android box that's not a 'Google TV' at this time. ICS based boxes with a good HLS media subsystem may work well but anything < Honeycomb is unlikely to have good video playback with Plex.[/font][/font][font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"][font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"][/font][/font]
[font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"][font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"]The main issue is that most of these devices do not support HLS which at least for working with Plex is going to mean that they aren't going to look good on the big screen. If they aren't official Google TV releases you also will not get the 'Big Screen' layouts. If you really want to try one out - go for it - but expect that you'll have to troubleshoot the unit to get it working well with Plex. [/font][/font]
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[font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"][font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"]Note that these devices can be setup to 'Direct Play' but we recommend this only for the more technical Plexians out there since it'll mean that you'll need to understand video codecs, containers, etc to understand why some videos will not play for you... therefore again we cannot recommend this type of device for the masses.[/font][/font][font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"][font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"] [/font][/font]
[font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"][font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"]If you decide to go ahead and get one here's how to go about troubleshooting video issues which are your most likely problem on these devices: [/font][font="arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif"]http://wiki.plexapp...._going_on.21.3F. Please do report back your findings - in particular if you find a good/cheap unit out there that others should know about.[/font][/font]