Wondering if others have experience with any of these products and advice or recommendations to offer or if there are better alternatives. I'm vacillating between the DS216Play and the DS216+II. Synology Diskstation Ds216play Nas Server - Stmicroelectronics Stih412 Dual-core (2 Core) 1.50 Ghz - 2 X Total Bays - 1 Gb Ram Ddr3 Sdram - Serial Ata/600 - Raid Supported 0, 1, Basic, Hybrid Raid, Jbod - 2 X 3.5 Bay - Gigabit Ethernet - Network (rj-45) - 2 X Usb Ports - 1 - 1 Usb 3.0 Port (s) - Diskstation Manager - Dns, Iscsi, Ssl/tls, Smb 2. Based on my browsing, I'm considering a couple of options which are: the DS216se, the DS216Play, or the DS216+II. In order to further improve on the streaming performance, I was looking at various alternative solutions for the network disk drive and I see that Synology NAS products come up a lot and that the satisfaction rate also seems very high. I do also want to move my photos and videos to the NAS so that they are easily available throughout the house.

Synology has a Plex server app, & if your tv has plex, that will show up pretty pictures. I'm using a LUXUL XWR-1750, which has already significantly improved streaming fidelity from the original installation (the dealer had installed an Apple Airport Time Capsule as the wi-fi router and network drive for media files.).Īt this point, I mostly have music files on my existing system (mp3 and AAC) that my C4 system streams through the house. How exactly does the DS216Play media server work Ive read I can play video files from the NAS onto a smart TV.

I'm also using the C416AMP3B 8-channel amplifier through speaker pairs set up in 8 zones through the house.

My current system is based around a HC250 controller which I will shortly be upgrading to the EA-3.

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