Testseek.com have collected 70 expert reviews of the Synology DiskStation DS415 Play and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Synology DiskStation DS415 Play.
November 2014
(86%)
70 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Solid build quality with some robust hardware under the hood, Clean, userfriendly interface, Simple enough for home use, but with enough features for an enterprise environment, Includes an effective media transcoder, Supports many different cloud services
No physical security for the drives, Front USB 2.0 port will make for slow transfers from a flash drive
It's pretty amazing to think about how far we've come with regards to pictures, music, and videos in general, but even more so when you stop to think about how we're converting them from a format that may only last decades into something that could potent...
Published: 2015-01-11, Author: stefan , review by: madshrimps.be
Synology presents itself with another high-quality NAS model, the DS415Play which is oriented to home users with plenty of multimedia content for playback on different devices. Thanks to the Intel solution, unsupported file formats will be converted for d...
Additional bays helpful for streaming larger libraries, Video-transcoder off-loads CPU usage well, Lots of features and capabilities to leverage with DSM 5.0
Only one Gigabit Ethernet port, No HDMI port
The Synology DS415play is a 4-bay NAS aimed at home users with large digital media stores. With built in transcoding ability, users can stream the multimedia library in HD through multiple devices and with QuickConnect, they can stream anywhere around the...
Creating a bigger 4-bay version of the original DS214play makes a lot of sense and for most users the DS415play will fit the bill nicely. Now that users have the option of 5TB and 6TB hard drives, a 4-bay NAS can provide a great deal of storage.However wh...
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Published: 2014-08-22, Author: Jason , review by: bigbruin.com
Impressive data transfer rates for internal drives, Full speed data transfers for USB 3.0 connected drives, Hardware video transcoding can improve video streaming to your device, DSM 5.0 makes administrating the NAS server simple, Low power cons
Hardware video transcoding comes at a premium price, Would prefer a USB 3.0 port up front, Please drop by the Bigbruin.com Forum and feel free to post any comments or questions.
The Synology Diskstation DS415play 4-bay NAS server was reviewed on the heels of our review of the DS414j, and I wasn't sure there was much more to be expected. At just over $400 (without drives) the DS414j is considered a budget conscious offering from S...
5 USB ports (2 USB 3.0 and 3 USB 2.0), Wide range of downloadable apps, Extremely quiet
Muy expensivo, No HDMI or optical audio ports
At $629, the DS415play is the most expensive four-bay diskless dual-core Atom NAS you can buy right now. It is slightly outperformed on some benchmarks by the QNAP TS-469L ($540) and ASUSTOR AS-604T ($588). However, the 415play's weaknesses are so few and...
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Published: 2014-08-06, Author: John , review by: techworld.com
Synology's RRP for the DS415play is £372 and at that price or the inevitably lower real shop prices the company should have a winner on its hands. The competing QNAP TS-469L is faster and has better specifications but is over £100 more expensive. When you...
While transferring disc media onto personal storage devices may still be a somewhat grey area in legal terms, it is a logical evolution of digital media playback. Transcoding is a nice idea and while the DS415play can transcode most files, it is not a ...
Four bays for really massive storage, Great, simple UI, Loads of apps, Continuous support from Synology and user community
Will be overkill for many households
Don't worry, the DS415play's cooling is very quiet A NAS device can be a very useful thing. It can keep your most treasured data and files safe and it can centralise your media for playback all around the home and even outside it. And if you go down the...
