526X Streaming performance

Ya, the 526X Like a stock 516 is good playing/transcoding a couple 1080P streams at once.  4K though is a lot more Data,  My 516 would stutter/Buffer to the point of not worth watching.  That's transcoding from a 4K video down to 1080P that my 1080P HDTV can see.   It sure doens't know what 4K is.  If you need 4K, the 626x would have been the one to get, but even then, you would be limited to 1 4K Movie at once.  Anything more then that?  Like a 1080P stream at the same time or Direct Play, maybe be able to do it.  My Upgraded 516 which basically turned it into a 716 other then the 10 gig ports, also allow me to stream 1 4K Video.  I really have no plans to do that any time soon.  4K takes up a lot of space and I think 1080P is just fine.  But for testing to see how much better it performs, it was a good test.  No more buffering!!!

The 526x is a Nice looking NAS with enough performace for Home use with PLEX if you're looking for a all in one solution with the power to do on the fly transcoding, which for me is very important.   Glad it's working out for you.  It's nice not having to deal with your discs.  Being able to just watch any of your movies in any room of your house with a TV, or even away from home.  It's like your own personal Netflix type service.   Except it's all content you like.  You can even share with friends, which I do.  I have over 700 movies and over 100 TV Series  with over 2600 Eposodes.  Been buying DVD movies for YEARS.  My first DVD was Lost in Space.  I have a huge Disc Spinner filled with DVD's, HD DVD's and Blu-Ray's.  I've been ripping discs and sticking them in a 300 disc binder which I have a few of.  I then toss the cases.  I have the Discs as a last resort backup.  It takes up a fraction of space.  I don't have to hunt for a disc.  I still have a number of Blu-Rays to rip.  You know you buy a a movie on VHS, then it's on DVD, and now it's Blu-Ray.  Talking about buying the same move over and over.  I'm sure not going to buy a Digital copy when I can just rip my Blu-Ray and create my own Digital copy that's DRM free.