Preface: Not too long ago I purchased a subwoofer from a forum member here. During my visit to his home he demoed the unit in his home theater. He used, what I later learned, Popcorn Hour to view all of his movies.
I now also want to build a similar system that allows me back up all my movies to a hard drive and access them via a media player. As I have mentioned, I have little to no knowledge on this subject. With the little research I have done, I think I have narrowed it down to the below equipment.
1. ReadyNAS 516 (or Synology DS415+ / DS1515+)
2. PCH VTen
3. couple internal HDs
The reason I chose a NAS is for simplicity. From what I understand it is mostly just plug-in-play. I originally was looking for cheaper NAS alternatives than the models I have listed, but according to the Plex site, the ReadyNas 516 appears to be the cheapest model that will transcode in 1080p. At this point, I don't even know if I would be using this feature, but if I understand correctly I can stream to my tablet/mobile device remotely with Plex. If so, this does seem to be a neat feature I'd use.
For the media player, I'm thinking of the VTen. Mainly since I saw the seller use Popcorn Hour and I really liked the interface. I would prefer the A-410 model instead, but that one seems to be out of stock with no indication of a restock date. The VTen appears to be a good alternative.
Now the questions I have regarding this... Are the above mentioned items solid performers and worth the price? Are there better combination within this price range? Is this combination even usable or am I forgetting anything else, lol?
If I do end up purchasing these, how will the NAS connect with the VTen? Would it be via an ethernet connection?
Thanks in advance.
I now also want to build a similar system that allows me back up all my movies to a hard drive and access them via a media player. As I have mentioned, I have little to no knowledge on this subject. With the little research I have done, I think I have narrowed it down to the below equipment.
1. ReadyNAS 516 (or Synology DS415+ / DS1515+)
2. PCH VTen
3. couple internal HDs
The reason I chose a NAS is for simplicity. From what I understand it is mostly just plug-in-play. I originally was looking for cheaper NAS alternatives than the models I have listed, but according to the Plex site, the ReadyNas 516 appears to be the cheapest model that will transcode in 1080p. At this point, I don't even know if I would be using this feature, but if I understand correctly I can stream to my tablet/mobile device remotely with Plex. If so, this does seem to be a neat feature I'd use.
For the media player, I'm thinking of the VTen. Mainly since I saw the seller use Popcorn Hour and I really liked the interface. I would prefer the A-410 model instead, but that one seems to be out of stock with no indication of a restock date. The VTen appears to be a good alternative.
Now the questions I have regarding this... Are the above mentioned items solid performers and worth the price? Are there better combination within this price range? Is this combination even usable or am I forgetting anything else, lol?
If I do end up purchasing these, how will the NAS connect with the VTen? Would it be via an ethernet connection?
Thanks in advance.