Abstract: The HS-251 from QNAP is a 2 bay NAS especially made for the living room. Thanks to a nice looking design with brushed aluminum cover plate it should blend in perfectly. Apart from that there is an Intel Celeron dual core processor in combination with 2 Gi...
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Published: 2014-11-27, Author: Alan , review by: techradar.com
Living room friendly, stylish and quiet, HDMI for direct attachment to TV, Hardware, based transcoding and integrated XBMC
Gets very hot, Expensive and only has two drive bays, Requires some technical know, how to set up
If file sharing is all you crave then the HS-251 will come way down your shopping list behind cheaper, faster NAS rivals with greater capacity. As a multimedia server attached to a TV, however, it makes a lot more sense, especially with XBMC on board and...
Slim design to fit in with other home cinema devices, Magnetic front cover to hide drive bays, Friendly user interface, Direct HDMI output with HTPC features, Noise-less, Great performance
System runs a bit too hot for my liking, USB ports not easy to access, Neutral, No card reader, Price-tag might be a bit to high for most people, Screws are not default-sized,
PricingThe price is a major factor in the SOHO market, as I'm sure you can imagine and it's something that can make or break the decision to buy a particular system. Priced at around $540-600 through Newegg, Amazon.com and TigerDirect in the US and around...
Very expensive, Mediocre file transfer performance, No dynamic, expandable RAID, Gets very hot
QNAP has dared to do something different and largely succeeded. The HS-251 looks good, is fast enough for its media centric purpose, fits in nicely under the TV and has integrated HDMI to directly connect to your TV. The problem is it is far more expensiv...
Published: 2015-02-04, Author: Jon , review by: pcworld.in
Abstract: Network Attached Storage (NAS) is probably not the first thing you think about when you consider your home-entertainment system, but at least one company intends to change that: QNAP. QNAP has offered HDMI output and a 10-foot user interface (so you can o...
ในแง่ดีไซน์และความสามารถ QNAP HS-251+ นี่ทำหน้าที่ได้เยี่ยมในฐานะ Home Media Player แน่นอน และยังทำได้เกินตัวอีกด้วย หากยอมลงทุนเดินสาย LAN เข้ามา เพราะนั่นเท่ากับว่าตัวมันเองยังสามารถทำหน้าที่เป็นพื้นที่กลางสำหรับอุปกรณ์อื่นๆ ภายในบ้านได้อีกอย่างไรก็ดี ต...
Qnap HS-251+ memang ditujukan untuk pengguna rumahan yang lebih berfokus pada kemudahan penggunaan serta fitur yang ditawarkan. Namun, justru hal itulah yang membuat NAS ini menjadi menarik karena ia tidak hanya terlihat seperti media penyimpanan biasa.Mi...