Synology’s DS216Play NAS is a middling performer, but there’s no better NAS box available for streaming multimedia features and 4K transcoding. Synology’s rich app environment allows it to also ...

“With a powerful NAS storage solution, small offices gain access to high-speed file sharing, application serving, and online collaboration. Home users can also transcode and stream high quality video ...

Synology hasn't had the best of years for 2025. The company has experienced a downward trend in customer loyalty when it came to its series of X25 models, such as the DS925, DS425, and DS225. We ...

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It has been a long time coming but all signs suggest that Synology is gearing up to launch a successor to the popular DS214play. Highlighting the two-year-wait, the new dual-bay unit carries model ...

The ability to transcode 2160p video files in real time is this NAS box’s best feature by far. NAS boxes are nigh on perfect devices for storing and streaming your multimedia collections—music, video, ...

Synology's VideoStation lets you play back video in the browser, or using DS Video apps on AppleTV and iOS. It conveniently has settings to transcode video, as well as automatically download subtitles ...

Synology launched three new NAS today with media streaming, file sharing, and data backup features perfect for home and small offices. The new devices include the 2-bay DS218play and DS218j as well as ...

Synology has unveiled a pair of new network attached storage solutions called the DS416 and the DS216play. Both of the storage devices are optimized for task processing while the DS416 gets additional ...

CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He now manages CNET San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D printers ...

We have seen an ever increasing amount of features added to NAS devices, but Synology‘s DS716+II (Product Link) takes things back to the basics. And that is not a bad thing. The DS716+II focuses on ...