Re: shall i buy a NAS drive or an external ( i already have 2 1tb portables)
How many devices would this NAS be connecting to also needs to be taken in to account.
As If you have 3 devices on the go trying to access say 2 portable drives.
Then you see the problem. 1 device has no choice as it can't access the portable drives with NAS they can..
WMP on PC is a DLNA streamer and all PCs with windows forced on them have that.
It also depends on what Protocols you want.
DLNA, Upnp, bonjour, FTP, HTTP, Airplay
For example WMP on PC only does DLNA and Upnp. If you had a vita your screwed
Twonky on PC/NAS has a web interface and will stream MP4 to Vita with out having to stop others playing on PS3, This is why Twonky used to cost money.. no longer does.
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