UPDATE: Decided on the TVS-951x (planning on getting a new TS-453Be)

[howarmat]

Consider looking at the TVS-472XT instead. By the time you populate the 453Be with the M.2 card, you're not far off from the 472XT. With the 472XT, you get a much more powerful CPU, 2x NVME, 10Gbe, USB 3.1, HDMI 2.0, thunderbolt 3, etc... Much better box for a few $ more.

that is like 2.5x as much as the 453be...not sure that is a "few $ more" really

[xavierh]

Consider looking at the TVS-472XT instead. By the time you populate the 453Be with the M.2 card, you're not far off from the 472XT. With the 472XT, you get a much more powerful CPU, 2x NVME, 10Gbe, USB 3.1, HDMI 2.0, thunderbolt 3, etc... Much better box for a few $ more.

that is like 2.5x as much as the 453be...not sure that is a "few $ more" really

exactly and you do get 10Gbit already with the 951x and more room to grow (9 drive bays vs 4).

[xavierh]

Liking the 951x so far. migration form the ts-453a went well. the only hitch were the dockers containers they experience network connectivity issues. fix was to completely remove them and container station and install it again problem solved.

[Trexx]

Glad things are working good so far. Make sure and get your Plex Pass to enable HW transcoding capability.


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[claykin]

Consider looking at the TVS-472XT instead. By the time you populate the 453Be with the M.2 card, you're not far off from the 472XT. With the 472XT, you get a much more powerful CPU, 2x NVME, 10Gbe, USB 3.1, HDMI 2.0, thunderbolt 3, etc... Much better box for a few $ more.

that is like 2.5x as much as the 453be...not sure that is a "few $ more" really

2.5x the price after you add the M.2 card you need? You must have some crazy aggressive pricing on your 453be.

[dolbyman]

The 472XT and the 951X have the same IGPU, so if you want hardware transcoding the 951X is the better deal for sure

[xavierh]

Glad things are working good so far. Make sure and get your Plex Pass to enable HW transcoding capability.


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Thanks Trexx, i have been a Plex pas user for a while now

Also the migration “feature” is definitely a time saver for sure. Of course the key is to put the old drives is in the same order as they were in the old has

[xavierh]

The 472XT and the 951X have the same IGPU, so if you want hardware transcoding the 951X is the better deal for sure

same conclusion that i reached and now i am using the 453a for the time being as a vpn gateway for some dockers that i have running on the 951x... loving it.

[janwer]

With 951x you can't have full 4K HDR quality. 472XT looks like cheapest Qnap for full quality 4K. Still too expensive for me.

[dolbyman]

sure you can ..you just dont use the qnap as a player

I doubt the 472XT currently supports HDR output (lack of player support)

[janwer]

So if I'm not using Qnap directly attached to TV via HDMI and Qnap is only Plex server with Plex pass. Then I have Plex player (Apple TV currently) attached to TV and to Qnap via ethernet.

What is the difference for 4K UHD between: TS-251A (current), TVS-951x, TS-873?
Summary of my knowledge: All of them can transcode. Only 951x can do 4x real time. I can get best possible 4K quality and real time transcoding only with 951x. I can have best possible 4K quality with 251A and 873 if I do transcoding at night to a separate file and use more disk space.
Is it correct?

[ssuper2k]

If you do the transcode in advance (no realtime) about any intel/amd NAS will sufice

Do your own tests to check if 1-night transcode is enough. (ie 4k -->720p)

Anyway, for directplay, even in 4k, an ARM NAS is good enough.

[janwer]

So what is advantage of TVS-951x over TS-873? With which should I upgrade from my TS-251A?

[ssuper2k]

Mainly if you:
need 4 ssd'+ 5 hdds --> 951
or just prefer 8 hdds --> 873

[dolbyman]

why would you want to transcode 4k to 720p ? a larger NAS also has more space (given same size disks used)