Nas drive shopping

bigtrak · 30 Dec 2019 at 16:36

as above guys and girls been over my parents for crimbo and been nagged the whole time about his nas drive and how his sony tv will sometimes not play certain films then they will.
problem is ive just been looking most the morning and still confused on what to recommend for him.
the most he wants to spend is around 150ish if thats possible but it has to be able to paly any file/film he chucks at it as the tv doesn't always like certain files!
with or without Hardrives wont be too much of a problem as he could use one from his old nas, and get a second if it has to be a raid set up.
his 70 but knows what his doing around things and loves his films lol
excuse my typos and bad punctuation btw

bigtrak · 30 Dec 2019 at 16:57

should have mentioned his tv is quite new still, but not a android model so he cant get plex on it.
also his using a wd mycloud the same as mine, he got his when they first came out and all was good untill upgrading to a newer tv.

bigtrak · 30 Dec 2019 at 18:13

his tv is running hard wired to the router,
i done this due to it dropping wifi sometimes in the past and thought i had solved the prblem lol,
its plays mkv avi mp4 but again sometimes it wont like the said file even when putting them on memory stick for playback
(will work fine on desktop),
i thought best bet would be to get him to replace the old wd.
im guessing these new wd with plex media server installed has to have plex installed on the said tv am i right?
never got into the plex scene myself

bigtrak · 30 Dec 2019 at 19:38

im actually trying to just solve the problem with a new nas drive that can handle films being played,
and not relying on the tv to do the job after hours of messing trying to solve it.

bigtrak · 30 Dec 2019 at 20:19

Pulse said:
No, I understand, but don't spend out unnecessarily if just playing with a few settings on the current NAS Will solve the issue.

If you go into the Twonky Server and just test a few settings, you may solve the issue and save the money. You don't need to change the settings on the TV and there is limited options you can adjust, if you do and it works, great. If not, you've spent maybe an hour testing and then you can look at new alternatives.

From what I've seen there is quite a few options from WD, Synology, Buffalo etc..

sorry just read back what i wrote i sounded a bit rude, i wasnt lol when you say twonky server whats that ?