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Synology Diskstation DS415Play 4 Bay Desktop NAS Enclosure @ £429.98 inc VAT

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Synology® DiskStation DS415play is designed to centralize your multimedia collections and share them effortlessly in your home network. Optimized for multimedia processing, DS415play delivers on-demand Full HD transcoding to guarantee seamless streaming experiences to the widest range of gadgets in your home.

Built to Entertain
Synology DS415play is a ready media server specifically designed for users who have a huge multimedia library and are eager to share them. With up to four drive bays, DS415play allows for flexible RAID configurations to achieve efficient data redundancy. DS415play comes with dual core CPU and 1GB RAM, delivering an average 112.45 MB/sec reading and 101.21 MB/sec writing speed under RAID 5 configuration in a Windows® environment.1 Powered by hardware accelerated transcoding engine, DS415play features 1080p Full HD video transcoding on the fly, effortlessly sharing videos with your smart TV, network media player, mobile devices and PC. DS415play comes with the external interfaces you need - up to three USB 2.0 ports to power multiple peripheral devices concurrently, and another two USB 3.0 ports for high speed external storage exchange. Designed with both safety and convenience in mind, DS415play contains hot-swappable tool-less hard drive trays to enable hassle-free hard drive installation and risk-free hard drive replacement.

Full Multimedia Features
With DS415play you can easily manage your multimedia contents and share them with smart TV, Android TV box, network media player, tablets and phones, Windows PC, Mac®, and Linux® computers. Photo Station’s intuitive design allows you to effortlessly organize photos into customized categories, smart albums and blog posts, and link them to social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, Picasa, Weibo and QQ within a few clicks. Audio Station comes with a built-in lyrics plugin, Internet radio, and support for DLNA, AirPlay®, and Bluetooth speakers for quality playback. With Video Station, movies and seasons of TV shows are automatically indexed with online metadata. You can also record your favorite programs with DTV tuners (currently supporting DVB-T, DVB-S and DTMB standards).

DLNA®-Certified Media Server
A certified DLNA DMS (Digital Media Server), DS415play serves also as a ready media server with the capability to host digital multimedia contents for remote playback. DLNA-compliant devices can access the shared contents in DS415play in the same local area network without the fuss over privilege settings. Not only does it make your multimedia bank available without any preconfiguration, Synology mobile apps transform your mobile device into the remote control of your DS415play, sending movies and photos to your TV or music to your speaker right from the palm of your hand.

Synology QuickConnect and Mobile Apps
For users whose network environment is lacking a public IP address or the ability to configure port-forwarding, QuickConnect provides a relay service for you to access your Synology NAS from anywhere around the globe, even when it’s hidden in a local area network. With a customizable QuickConnect ID, you can log in to Synology NAS from DSM browser interface, Synology desktop utilities, and mobile apps. Synology provides mobile applications that let you enjoy the full variety of your multimedia library even when you’re on the go, allowing you to reach for your private albums, music and video collection at home in DS415play. Available on iOS, Android™ and Windows Phone platforms, DS photo+, DS audio, and DS video mobilize your Photo Station, Audio Station and Video Station, potentially placing terabytes of content at your fingertips. On top of that, DS download makes it possible for you to manage and monitor your download tasks remotely and DS file allows you to access the files in S415play whenever required.

Easy Setup and Management
Combined with a quick start widget, users can simultaneously tour the DSM operating system and set it up to use right away. For users unfamiliar with complicated router configurations or those who simply want to save time, the Synology EZ-Internet Wizard simplifies the process of setting up access to the Synology DS415play from the Internet. EZ-Internet Wizard walks you through all of network settings including firewall, port-forwarding, PPPoE setup and DDNS registration. The multi-tasking web UI on DSM allows users to run multiple applications simultaneously on one tab browser and switch between them instantly. Synology Hybrid RAID allows you to reach maximum use of your hard drive while keeping your storage safe with data redundancy.

Running on Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM)
Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) is a web-based OS that provides private cloud service. It is designed to make your everyday living easier. The built-in Package Center allows you to download and install the packages designed specifically for your unique needs. All will happen with just a few clicks. he simple interface allows you to obtain and configure storage capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your personal cloud and lets you access it anywhere. Synology DSM will elp you maximize productivity and get more out of your digital assets with minimal fuss.

Energy Efficient with Cool and Quiet Design
Synology DS415play is designed with energy efficiency in mind. Not only does it provide two 92 X 92 mm fans and smart airflow to keep the system running cool 24/7, its noise dampening design makes it really quiet compared to PC counterparts. The hard drive hibernation can further reduce power consumption and operation cost. All Synology products are produced with RoHS compliant parts and packed with recyclable packing materials. Synology acknowledges the responsibility as a global citizen to continually work to reduce the environmental impact of every product produced.

Package Contents

  • DS415play Main Unit
  • Welcome Note
  • Accessory Pack
  • AC Power Cord
  • AC Power Adapter
  • RJ-45 LAN Cable


Only £429.98 inc VAT.

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Wait... a NAS doubling as a media player... but without a HDMI port? Am I understanding that correctly? :confused:

ASUSTOR provide HDMI on all of their high-end devices, meaning you can literally link it directly to a HDTV. Seems a very odd omission from Synology not to provide this on a multimedia NAS. :(
 
Wait... a NAS doubling as a media player... but without a HDMI port? Am I understanding that correctly? :confused:

It sends it over the network as a NAS should otherwise it would be a media player. This does not need to be within HDMI cable range of your TV. People will want to store this out of the way.
 
It sends it over the network as a NAS should otherwise it would be a media player. This does not need to be within HDMI cable range of your TV. People will want to store this out of the way.

It is out of the way in a TV cabinet. Many modern NAS are now arriving with HDMI ports, it's a very cool feature that means you don't need a DLNA-enabled TV to play content as it just outputs direct.

If you don't know that, then you don't know your product line so well.
 
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It is out of the way in a TV cabinet. Many modern NAS are now arriving with HDMI ports, it's a very cool feature that means you don't need a DLNA-enabled TV to play content as it just outputs direct.

I love my Asustor AS-202TE and it's HDMI output, watching Blacklist season 1 on it at the moment and controlling it with Nexus 5. Great selection of apps on the Asus marketplace.

Supplied by OCuk as well ;)
 
So the idea is that you can stream content from this box to your Smart TV directly via Ethernet or HDMI?

This NAS doesn't have a HDMI output, so you stream via ethernet cable or WIFI to your SMART TV or to a media streaming box attached to a non-smart TV.

The Asustor NAS boxes have HDMI outputs and run XBMC, PLEX and ITUNES servers and other assorted apps.
 
Do Smart TVs generally as a rule accept Ethernet connections and streaming media? Is there anyway to test this?

Smart TVs usually have apps that play streamed Media and support DLNA, I believe LG Smart TVs allow XBMC to be installed as well as all the usual things like 4OD, Netflix, Iplayer etc. They usually have Ethernet and wifi connectivity other wise they wouldn't be a SMART TV.
 
I see, thanks.

Sorry to derail but just one further question, is there a way to trial this? E.g. my PC is connected to my wireless router and my tv is connected to the wireless network, is there anyway to make my pc detectable so that I could stream a movie from it (to see if this works?)
 
Sorry, I don't have a Smart TV or ethernet connected TV, so I cannot advise you on that, check your TV manual to see if it allows you to explore the network connect and your TV may be DLNA compliant. Hopefully someone else will come along with better info for you.

I stream via HDMI enabled NAS.
 
I see, thanks.

Sorry to derail but just one further question, is there a way to trial this? E.g. my PC is connected to my wireless router and my tv is connected to the wireless network, is there anyway to make my pc detectable so that I could stream a movie from it (to see if this works?)

Try installing plex server or twonky media on your pc to see if it will work i had twonky on my old nas that played most formats but not all i`m sure there are others you can trial but those are the ones that spring to mind hope it helps

it worked great on samsung tv, samsung blu-ray player(with smarthub), PS3 (not on ps4 though as of yet) didnt work on a old sony tv with smart hub but might of just needed an update got round it by using my ps3 as the reciver.
 
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