Hi guys, just got into this whole NAs thing last week, and poisoned already!
So Im planning to get a ready made one, not so pro like you guys ler, maybe the DS231+, or the Thecus N2520. Buffalo 421e quite nice too but seems to be a lil on the simple side, doesnt even have hard dsik spin down feature, so its either those two since QNAP firmware fells so-so only baesd on forums.

But one thing Im really not getting after going thru forums, lets say I get a NAS, and have 1080p MKVs on it, set SMB on it, then have my droid phone to use an explorer app like ES File explorer to access the NAS, will the 1080p file actually have issues playing? because currently when I play from my PC network share to my phone, its fine and also when played thru my laptop to my phone thru SMB.

Isnt the work being done on the phone and not the NAS? because Im not planning to use Plex, so the FreeScale processor is fine with me, and it seems transcoding is a "heavy" thing even for Atom.

So, basically, will 1080p MKV file streaming have issues with a 1k ready made NAS? thx in advance

Hmm, thats weird because using my iTouch 5 I could use SMB on certain video players available on the app store, but then again, they are not as reliable as plex though, so I guess you are right.

Went and see the difference between the 213 and 213+, minimal difference with just the main difference in the type of CPU, so the 213 is a better buy, at least I still have the choice of Plex with it lol.

But, I accidentally found this while googling

http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=200&t=69761

The atom CE5300 is said to be able to transcode multiple video files at once, so it sounds pretty enticing

I wonder when did the 213 enter our market? thing is it was available since August last year internationally, so the 214 may be launched anytime soon

wow, these NAS idea just keeps getting better and better

just read this and Im getting pumped

http://www.robvanhamersveld.nl/2012/12/17/...-media-backend/

though I wont really be using the xbmc part, normal SMB is more than enough. xbmc on android is just...sad. Really looking forward to the DS214+

hopefully its not 1.5k at launch lol, need budget for 2x3TB WD RED too!!

yup, using my PC and laptop now but not really liking the idea of such a big power guzzling thing for media streaming, which is where this NAS comes in

but I would definitely be using the other functions like the cloud station and also remote accessing of the NAS. I would also like to set the download location for anything from my PC and the laptop to certain folders in the NAS, so I wont have to replace the paltry 1TB on my PC

Yeah,saw the Video station app, looks good on android, and has very good rating too! IF it works really well, I can just get the DS213 now and be done with it, but I am a little worried if I ever feel like the NAS is underpowered for something I might try in the near future as I learn how to use more and more of the features.

So I think its good to wait for the x14 series and see how it is, because there is a very nice hardware upgrade across all ranges with this new series

Usenet cost about RM300 a year, not too bad if it REALLY works as advertised(honestly the way its look, have you tried before?

So you using a DS41x+? Nice! yeah, SHR seems to be a good format with some perks, if I get the 2 bay one, I will put mirror a 3TB drive. For 4 bay, the only real hurdle is footprint. Its kinda big, coz Im gonna put this on the living room beside the TV lol. The 2 bay ones look good and are very tiny.

As for the Usenet,care sharing which Usenet are you subscribing to? how about the search index? Heard there are paid version of those too

But it really feels like you would be better off with an asus router, their NAS feature is pretty darn good. I actually thought of making what you are thinking of at first, so I checked out the features of their router. After looking at the features a real NAS has, I am constantly reminded of the features I saw on the Asus router

I would say from my brief knowledge of all of this stuff, the only real issue is that transfer rate will be slow with the router usb storage, but in terms of features, at least for casual users, it should be good enough

Wait for ac56u. Might be cheaper, and is gonna be better

Just that in some way the 66u will be better, but for your usage, the 56u will be better as the read speed from usb storage is really fast for a router! Check this link!

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/internet...-4246210-3.html

With hard disk formatted to ext3 or fat 32 it will be even faster.

This post has been edited by arslow: Aug 19 2013, 10:53 PM

hmm, but need to see budget also lol. If the price isn't too crazy, I might be able to go for it. But I will be changing router too, that's gonna cost about 500, so network purchases this year is gonna be pretty high


Even if I go for two bay, DS214, Im gonna have to ready about 2.5k

Woah that's high end stuff! DIY route is pretty good these days, whatnot with the Synology firmware already ported for use on PC

Ah yes, duplicate files everywhere is one of the reason Im getting this NAS, its really a mess now, some files on the laptop, some one ext HDD, some on the PC, until there have been times I thought I deleted something, only to find out I have a copy of it somewhere after redownloading it

Must make sure that from the start I make sure theres no duplicate