The Synology DS1819+ NAS is Here! We have seen our fair share of network attached storage at NASCompares and as we rapidly approach the end of 2018, we are finally starting to see some of the new diskstation NAS that we featured at the Synology Solution Exhibition and Synology 2019. A few months ago we […]
Need help on the best nas for plex to play 4k movies 10bit I want to buy a NAS for my plex setup, so it will stream 4k 10bit movies to (My Tv, model LG 55EG960V ) OLED 4K TV using the inbuilt Plex apps and also using Xplay app on the LG tv which […]
QNAP HS-453DX VS TVS-951X For Plex I am a follower of your youtube channel and this site. I pove the way you review every Nas drive. I have a question, I want a nas primarily for Plex/direct connect to tv to streat 4k content. And along with that I will use Nas for backups. For […]
NAS Server for Plex. I have a very large collection of DVDs, Blu Rays and 4K movies. I have at least three thousand of them. I also have close to 100 TV series and and a couple of terrabytes of music. As I’m running out of space for all of the disks, I began inquiring […]
NAS for security cameras, backup and Emby/Plex Looking to setup 4 security cameras with notification and such. They would also like to have backup and media server abilities. I need a box, drives and camera solution. Up to 600usd for the box. Please select the cameras and drives to best match the setup. For a multi-purpose solution […]
Budget, Power and Ability – Is the QNAP TS-351 NAS What you need? When it comes to innovation and changing the way we think about accessing our data, I think it is fair to say that QNAP NAS is by far the most innovative brand out there. In recent years we have seen genuinely groundbreaking technology […]
I currently have a 2U Dell server with a 15 bay external enclosure. 21 drives, totaling ~47TB, are electricity intensive and dual Xeon E5645 processors struggle with Plex multiple transcodes. I am looking to build a NAS that can handle transcoding and will use less power. Initial budget is about $2000 and I can buy NAS […]
I have the option between Qnap TS-231P, Asustor AS1002T V2 and Synology DS216se They are on the same price where i live. I would mainly use it for Plex media server. Which Nas server would you choose? All of these NAS models will allow you to set up a PLEX server. It will work just […]
After watching all your videos about the Qnap Ts-251B and the TS-253Be I was thinking I would pay the extra amount to buy the later if I can have one HDMI working with plex and at the same time have an Ubuntu running on the other HDMI. Is that possible with the 253Be? How many […]
Qnap upgrade. Im hoping you could point me in the right direction of an upgrade for my NAS. at the moment i have a TS-251A. i have run out of storage. I would like the NAS to store my personal files, pictures and videos, it will also be used to store movies to play thought plex, […]
Google home mini to plex on Synology DS712+. Thanks for nice introduction with the ifttt to plex video. I don’t find the video to connect Google Home Mini to Plex server on my Synology DS712+ NAS server. Please help me to connect these devices. I can see manuals of setting it up on a PC. It […]
Replacing old ReadyNAS Pro 6. Also have Synology DS1515+.and another ReadyNAS Pro 6 for backup of original ReadyNAS Pro 6. Focus now is on more TBs & multimedia, Plex server, transcoding on the fly. Was looking at Synology DS918+ but then saw your QNAP TVS682 videos. I am on home Apple ecosystem but techie enough […]
NAS Video Library Software. I have a Synology DS412+ with four x 2TB HDDs configured in RAID 10. I have tried Plex and Video Station. Can you suggest others that may be worth a look. 🙂 There are quite few Plex and Video Station alternatives: DiXiM Media Server DVBLink Server iTunes Server Media Server BRAVIA Signage […]
NAS for Plex. I’m looking to setup a NAS primarily for plex and backing up phones and computers at home. As I have a rack installed with all my network equipment contained therein I was looking at rack-mounted options such as the QNAP TS453BU-4G. Can you please advise what may be suitable for the […]
I need to buy a NAS that will serve as a PLEX SERVER only. We will never use a HDMI output as we will use Apple TV 4K’s as clients/players. Many times we will have 3 or 4 videos streaming from the PLEX SERVER at 1 time. Most of the time they will be original […]
NAS for plex. All my videos is 1080p. Now I have brought Philips POS9002/12 new TV. I will be using this nas for watching movies only, and I think over the Plex. Another thing is, that I planned to add my brother to this media nas also, his tv is also OLED 4k. So I […]
Need help and recommendation from you on which Nas could accommodate Plex and possibly VM. If you want something with a processor made for virtualization, then ds1618+ and ds1817+ will be a good choice in this price range. It will also allow you to run local Plex server. And also transcoding is possible up to […]
I am looking for a backup solution with Video options i.e. plex & Kodi & M-TV. I have narrowed down to the what i think may be the best two and would like your advice with pros and cons of each. Synology 918 vs qnap 253be. Both are about the same money and i plan […]
I was set to purchase the Synology DS218+ with a couple of Seagate Iron Wolf Pro 6TB Drives, on the advice of the IT manager at my workplace. This was to replace (instead of expanding) my current cobbled-together system of a 3TB Seagate Central (my first foray into NAS) and 2TB Toshiba external drive, and […]
I’m planning to build a NAS on my on. It will be used with FreeNAS and Plex. Also, it should transcode my Blue-Rays (4k) to 1080p or just play it natively. I want to use Raid Z1. Here’s my current list: I3 8350k Asus Prime Z370-A 16gb ram ddr4 500watt supply 4x8TB Seagte Ironwolf M.2 […]