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Yeah, I'd like NAS support as well. I think their thinking is that the variability introduced by the network speed (especially since they advertise it with wif
by dtparr 11y ago
Yeah, I'd like NAS support as well. I think their thinking is that the variability introduced by the network speed (especially since they advertise it with wifi), might cause unexpected failures that they won't see with a usb drive. They seem to be riding the line between a "just works" appliance and something more configurable. I'm surprised, frankly, that there's not an option to just get the HDD bundled with it and call it a day, in order to guarantee the user is using a known-good HDD.
If you already have a home server, this is probably not as good of an option as you could just add some software and a dual tuner for $75-100. The EPG thing is more of a hassle once WMC gets deprecated. For mythtv and some others, you can do schedules direct for $25/yr. There are some free setups I've seen using scripts and such, but they mostly seem to be held together with twine and bailing wire and seem likely to break if a 3rd party decides to crack down.
For someone who's looking for a whole-house DVR though without running a bigger media setup though, it seems reasonable.
If you find a good appliance that'll get stuff onto a NAS on the cheap using reliable EPG, I'd love to see it.