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 ...

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 ...

With network-attached storage (NAS) solutions from multiple vendors touting increasingly similar feature sets, it can be tricky to differentiate one NAS from another. That isn't advantageous for any ...

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, ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

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 ...

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 ...

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...

There are some big changes coming from Synology, as it rolls out new products for both businesses and home users. A major new release of its venerable NAS operating system, DiskStation Manager version ...