G'Day Peeps
I am in the market for a new NAS as my old Synology DS415+ has recently decided to die :-( Not very considerate of it!
I have narrowed down my search to 2 Synology NAS's, the DS1621+ and the DS1520+.
However, my familt and I do watch lots of movies on our smart TV's through the NAS. These movies are 720p all the way up to 4k in both H264 and H265 (HEVC). While the DS415+ did struggle with some of the 4K files (especially in HEVC), it played most things.
I have watched review videos for Plex and Video Station on the DS920+ (which has the same CPU as the DS1520+) and the DS1621+trying to figure out which one is the best for watching movies and dealing with bigger, denser files, including 4K HEVC. I can't seem to figure out which NAS will be best. While the Celeron chip on the DS1520+ seems like it would be better as it has a little GPU capabilities on the CPU, the AMD Ryzen is a beefier chip and seems to come off better on your videos even though it is doing software transcoding on HEVC.
The price difference between the 2 NAS's isn't an issue (happy to pay more for the DS1621+). But which one is the better NAS for video playback, especially at 4K HEVC?
Also, if I go for the DS1621+, would a RAM upgrade or NVMEe SSD for cacheing help with video playback?
Help me out... I need guidance!
I am in the market for a new NAS as my old Synology DS415+ has recently decided to die :-( Not very considerate of it!
I have narrowed down my search to 2 Synology NAS's, the DS1621+ and the DS1520+.
However, my familt and I do watch lots of movies on our smart TV's through the NAS. These movies are 720p all the way up to 4k in both H264 and H265 (HEVC). While the DS415+ did struggle with some of the 4K files (especially in HEVC), it played most things.
I have watched review videos for Plex and Video Station on the DS920+ (which has the same CPU as the DS1520+) and the DS1621+trying to figure out which one is the best for watching movies and dealing with bigger, denser files, including 4K HEVC. I can't seem to figure out which NAS will be best. While the Celeron chip on the DS1520+ seems like it would be better as it has a little GPU capabilities on the CPU, the AMD Ryzen is a beefier chip and seems to come off better on your videos even though it is doing software transcoding on HEVC.
The price difference between the 2 NAS's isn't an issue (happy to pay more for the DS1621+). But which one is the better NAS for video playback, especially at 4K HEVC?
Also, if I go for the DS1621+, would a RAM upgrade or NVMEe SSD for cacheing help with video playback?
Help me out... I need guidance!