I've had a Bravia KDL48W600B "smart" TV for a while which is connected (wired not wireless) to our home network. One of the PCs in the house runs a Universal Media Server service and the TV has been able to play mpg video files hosted on that PC.

I recently acquired a Synology Diskstation (NAS) which runs its own media server. The Bravia could see video files on the NAS but when I tried to play any of them the TV would display a spinner while it made the connection, then simply crash. The TV could only recover by disconnecting the power completely and rebooting it.

The DiskStation can also host a Plex media library so the next step was to install Plex on the NAS and add the videos to its library. Now the Bravia can see the Plex videos, but attempting to play them follows exactly the same course, and we have to recycle power to the TV to recover.

The Bravia has a Plex client app, so I installed that; when I run this app the TV asks me to visit plex.tv/pin in a browser and enter the code which is displayed on the TV. That url takes me to a different page asking me to sign up for a Plex Pass (and doubtless $$ to follow?).

This is starting to seem far more complicated than it should be. Good grief, the TV is supposed to be smart and should figure this stuff out. Has anyone got this combination (or something equivalent to it) working properly?