NAS?

Tau

I've been thinking of getting more storage and I've been reading about NAS. It seems great, but I'd be interested in people's experiences with it?

I was looking at buying something like this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iomega-Home-Media-Network-Drive/dp/B001HZ1R9U/ref=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&n=340831031&s=computers

I imagine this wouldn't be as fast as a USB external drive connected straight to my laptop, but is it much slower? Am I better off getting a normal USB external drive and something like this, which might be more expandable:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-F5L009uk-Network-USB-Hub/dp/B000WQ9BPM/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1300916947&sr=1-1

What do people think? Would I be able to play video files stored on the NAS drive? What if they were HD?

red menace

What are your requirments specifically?

Is it for Back up or extra storage

What kind of stuff will you be storing on it?

It its for HD content such as movies and whatnot how about one of these?

http://www.xtreamer.net/

or

http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/

Tau

I'd use it to backup important files from my laptop, but most of the space would be for extra storage of music / photos / videos. It also seems like a nice way to quickly and easily share files. I'm just concerned it would be a lot slower than direct USB? I don't mind if its a bit slower as I would be saved plugging it in all the time.

Those links look really cool, but to be honest, I'm trying to justify the step up from a 50 quid USB drive to a 100 quid NAS drive - spending 200 plus is a step too far!

DonalN

I'm thinking of getting one of these...for the same reasons you list above.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Hub-Media-Center-1TB/dp/B00466IEXE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1301094200&sr=8-3

muppet01

Watch the iomega, just got one and it dosent support dts audio , so not great for movies