What’s a good cheap Media player that can access your files via NAS? If you have any kind of smart TV – it will see the NAS as DLNA or PLEX server and will let you stream any video from it. Alternatively, you can turn any TV into a smart TV using one of the […]
Will use for home: 2 or 3 wi-fi cameras LOTS of video, various formats (movies, TV) VM server emulation Remote access to NAS up to $1000 for box I would recommend either x53 (453be, 653b) or x73e (473e, 673e) series from Qnap. They come with a PCIe slot for later upgrades like 10gbe or graphics […]
I’m just looking to link two separate Google Drive accounts from my wife and I to the NAS, and have some residual storage on our network. We have work laptops and smaller laptops that don’t hold much. I’m comfortable with Western Digital, Synology, or QNAP unless you’d recommend something different. I see that there are […]
I have a 4K telly and an x box one x. I would like a nas as my media server storing blurays including ultra hd. I would also like to stream to laptops, iPads and phones. Would you recommend putting the nas next to the tv and using hdmi for playback? If so I am […]
Synology DS119j 1-Bay NAS – Specs and Details Synology DiskStation DS119j is a budget-friendly, versatile and easy-to-use 1-bay NAS with the capability to host, share and protect data for personal users. DS119j offers a variety of packages in its DSM Package Center, allowing beginners to explore the infinite possibilities of Synology NAS. Synology DS119j is […]
Brand New DS119J 1-Bay NAS announced for later in 2018 Of all the many things that were shown at the Synology Solution Exhibition in Hannover, Germany, one little sneaky mention that was made was another release for later in the year (we can only assume Q3 as always). As we expected from the previous release […]
Thank you for reading this – may you have an advice on where I should look next. Would like QNAP or Synology solution that – 10G built in or possible (PCIe lot) – BOTH 10G eventually possible (I have SFP+ switch now and would go into Cat6 rj45 later) – multiple bays – M2 cashing […]
I am looking to play 4k atmos through my Yamaha receiver are there any NAS that can handle that or do I want an HTPC? There are several options for you stream from your NAS 4K atmos to your receiver. You can use analog ports found on a Qnap TS-253b/ 453b. Also with a little […]
I am interested in setting up a NAS, for primarily backup and media. I plan to install STB emulator and/or Kodi and Plex. I have two WD30EURS which i think will work with most NAS (not verified by either). I plan to start with a four bay NAS using my two 3T hard drives then […]
I am a freelance videographer/editor and so far, I have used my iMac’s internal hard drive and/or external hard drives for both storing files and backing up files from multiple computers/hard drives. Recently, almost all of my available space across these platforms become full, and I didn’t want to go through the same process of […]
NAS for video editing. We have a small video team consisting of 3-4 people working mainly on PC/Adobe Premiere pro but we also have the occasional freelancer working on mac. We need a NAS that we can work from instead of having workfiles and footage files locally and moving them around. We mainly do short productions […]
Best Performing NAS. We are a medium sized business looking for a very fast NAS solution. We currently have an older QNAP TS-469 Pro running 4 3TB drives in raid 5. I need to get another NAS drive for 1 more layer of backup, so I figured I would buy something very fast and use the […]
Need Synology NAS Recommendation for 4K I have a 212j right now 2T raid 1 and I’m running out of space. Filling it up with 4k home video. I’d like to stream these Mp4 files to apple tv and xbox one s, pc, over the LAN without issues. I’m also kind of interested in streaming […]
I currently use an iMac and MacBook Pro with a LaCie 2Big 3tb mirrored drive as my primary storage to edit and manage photos for my photography business via Lightroom and Photoshop. I need to expand storage and I’ve become a bit tossed up between a Synology NAS, Drobo or QNAP with Thunderbolt. What would […]
selection DAS+NAS device. I am first time user for NAS device, but i am looking also to connect my Macbook pro directly to the NAS device for uploading or downloading files. which is the best model. i am looking at 4 bay. is the QNAP 451A suitable, can i connect this device directly to my […]
I’m looking to set up a NAS that is capable of transcoding 4K to multiple devices at the same time (potentially 3 phones), that can utilize at least four of these 8TB WD Red drives I’ve acquired from the Best Buy WD Easystore deals. I originally planned on getting a Nvidia Shield TV with a […]
I would like to set up a home network backup system for backing several PC’s and Macs in the house. I have one Mac–mini serving as a media server with i-tunes library consisting of both purchased and private music, video files and digital photographs. I have a growing library of digital home movies consisting mostly […]
I was trying to decide on which QNAP NAS to buy. I run a small boutique branding agency. We have about 7 or 8 videos being shot each month along with about 1000+ photos per month. Right now I’ve been running off individual drives but everything is filling up quickly. I was considering the following […]
Best Synology NAS. What is the best sinology to supply file sharing with MAC users and to work with Cloud providers like drop box? 4TB Capacity. All Synology NAS drive will support you cloud drive synchronization and backup. The best Synology NAS will always be the plus (+) series like DS718+, DS918+, DS1618+ etc. The absolute best […]
I have a NAS DS414 (4 * 3 TB) that will soon arrive at saturation (91%) I use Plex. I wanted to replace it with a good NAS that can handle 3-4 people with transcoding. The goal is to gather the media of these families, my need for storage will easily be multiplied by 3. […]
