Dune HD Network Media Player, MAX, DUO, SMART, Prime 3.0, Base 3.0
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 Oct 6 2011, 12:54 PM
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hi all. quick question. does Dune have a model equivalent to WDTV Live? i.e. I just need one that has a network connection, hdmi and usb port. i dont need a built-in hdd or disc player.
appreciate any help. many thanks. |
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Oct 6 2011, 04:50 PM
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QUOTE(ronaldjoe @ Oct 6 2011, 03:29 PM) thanks bro. this model is superior to wdtv live though (lossless audio, 2.5" hdd tray, etc) .... and priced accordingly too!  from the website, i think the new TV-101 model is closer. again, thanks. |
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Oct 19 2011, 01:02 PM
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I can't contribute to this thread as I don't have a Dune, only WDTV Live. However, i can help if you have any questions on QNAP NAS as I have a TS-209, TS-409 and TS-412.
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Oct 20 2011, 10:55 AM
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QUOTE(ADJ @ Oct 19 2011, 02:38 PM) htkaki, here's a quick overview about using a NAS. very good post and explains it really well. if you use a sharkoon/hotway 4 bay storage device, and connect it via USB to your media player, you will see a list of folders, files etc. you will then navigate it via our media player, and then play your files accordingly. a NAS is similar, but it is like a mini PC. It has a processor, memory, and runs on it's own OS. You will need a PC to access the web UI of the NAS to configure/manage it. Since it has an OS, there are also applications like media servers, web servers, download managers etc. It is also more energy efficient than using a PC to do all this on a 24/7 basis. using a NAS is similar to the external USB storage, only that it is connected via networking instead, usually wired. Instead of it being local files, it would then be on a network shared folder. There are 2 kinds of network shared folders, SMB and NFS. NFS offers better performance, but you will need to enable it on your NAS, and your media player needs to support it. I believe the Dune supports NFS (WDTV Live does not). Once you have connected to the folder, you just browse and play the content, no problem. you can also access the NAS content if it has a DLNA media server application on it, and if your media player is also a DLNA media renderer, which I believe the Dune is capable of doing so. There are advantages to this, such as creating a media library, tags, etc. Synology has a simple DLNA server app, but you can also install 3rd party DLNA server apps like Twonky. I believe bro terranova is more knowledgeable in this. one cool thing I can do with my NAS and WDTV Live is using an iPhone app called ZappoTV. I can use my iPhone to browse my DLNA media library, and then select the movie/song I wish to play, and "ask" the WDTV to start playing it. Quite cool  hope this helps ya  just one more point to add .... another advantage of running a NAS as opposed to running a hdd usb-bay is that you can run a RAID configuration for the hdd in a NAS. this means you can have a hard disk failure (physical hard disk damage) but yet your data will still survive the crash. this may not be so important for htkaki if all you are storing is just media files .... but when you have thousands of it stored on the hard disk, you surely dont want to go thru the hassle of re-ripping everything and tagging and organise and album art them all over again, now do u? more importantly, if you're using the NAS to store invaluable data e.g. family photos, home videos of your kids, your pRon collection, etc. then having a RAID config may give you more peace of mind. |
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Oct 20 2011, 11:36 AM
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QUOTE(ADJ @ Oct 20 2011, 11:09 AM) good point too! I run mine in RAID 1 mirror since mine is only a 2 bay NAS. Reason I didn't mention this earlier was because some external USB/eSATA boxes also have RAID, like this 5-bay Sharkoon unit which you can get from lowyat, so I thought it wasn't a feature exclusive to NAS boxes Fair enough. Valid point. http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/node/1809 QUOTE(ADJ @ Oct 19 2011, 02:38 PM) I believe the Dune supports NFS (WDTV Live does not). And just to clarify, the new WDTV Live now supports NFS. Anyway, back to topic. |
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