Living room friendly, stylish and quiet, HDMI for direct attachment to TV, Hardwarebased transcoding and integrated XBMC
Gets very hot, Expensive and only has two drive bays, Requires some technical knowhow to set up
Overall we liked what we got with the QNAP HS-251 but it does come with a hefty price tag. Without disks we found it selling for £380 (around $595, AU$690) and if you add in the cost of the two 4TB disks that rises to something around the £650 mark ($1,02...
Abstract: The QNAP HS-251 is "the" NAS to have for your man cave. It's basically an outstanding 2-Bay network attached storage device, but is super slim and fits in perfectly with home audio/video equipment. Believe me, it's what you've been waiting for!...
This network-attached storage box is a less-expensive alternative to a full-blown home-theater PC, and it can do a whole lot more than just stream media to your TV. But its capabilities and complexity can be intimidating....
High performance, Energy efficient, strong CPU for a NAS (Intel Celeron J1800), Low power consumption, Hardware-accelerated transcoding, Quality finish and construction, Fanless operation minimizes noise output, Highly intuitive administration interface,
Price, RAM upgrade isn't possible (and according to QNAP, you need at least 4 GB of memory to run the Virtualization Station properly), CPU temperature can be high, especially in hot environments, HDD temperatures are between 40°C-45°C (at around 26°C amb
The QNAP HS-251 retails for $429. High performance Energy efficient, strong CPU for a NAS (Intel Celeron J1800) Low power consumption Hardware-accelerated transcoding Quality finish and construction Fanless operation minimizes noise output Highly intuitiv...
I don't really need to point out that we were all impressed with the performance of the HS-251 since that's very easy to see just by taking a quick look at our charts. Actually i was more than just surprised since i never expected a passive cooling soluti...
Published: 2014-09-25, Author: Twitter
Terry , review by: wegotserved.com
To put it simply, we're huge fans of the QNAP HS-251 Silent NAS. The original HS-210 concept was brave, innovative and looked fabulous but was let down by sluggish internals. That issue has been addressed with the HS-251 which is blessed with more power a...
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...
