Storage
Thecus N2560 2-Bay NAS Review
HD Video Playback
HD Video playback is a read test, where a single 2Gb file is read in 256kB blocks sequentially from the drive. This simulates where a 720p HD video is being watched across the network to a media player on the other end.
what a bargain price, oh wait you didn’t say…
It says in the conclusion:
“As I highlighted above, the system is not that expensive to purchase – in fact it is highly affordable for what it is and when it comes to market later in the year in November, it will be hitting the shelves for around £269, whilst the N2520 which has slightly less DRAM at 1GB and a 1.2GHz SoC is set to sell for around £230 inc VAT. Pair this with a pair of hard drives, which themselves are become more affordable and you have a small compact system that won’t upset the bank manager whilst keeping all your files in one convenient location and also offering up media centre capabilities via XMBC.”
Thanks.
Yet another thecus review with no XBMC test. This is like the 4th review online with no media playback review.
The main selling point of these SoC NAS is the hdmi port so you can use this as a media player.
Staring to think this is on purpose as its not that good.