u/Jumpy-Efficiency-656

My first NAS for playing 4K Bluray Rips on my TV and quitting subscriptions - issues with choosing the correct devices.

Hi,

so for the past year i have been thinking about setting up a home NAS to watch media on my LG OLED TV, for 2 reasons mainly.

  1. Streaming sites video playback quality is often bad
  2. Its very expensive in the long term and i only watch handful of movies/shows on there|
  3. I have a collection of BluRay movies that i would RIP and store on there for easy access.
  4. Very often the movies i want to watch are just not on ANY streaming sites anymore, and i dont have a dedicated bluray player (neither do i want one) to play it on my TV

So i thought to myself - i should maybe set up a NAS - the thing is, i know nothing about the devices themselves.
2 years ago i set up a PLEX server on my m1 macbook air, and a high bitrate 4k bluray video stuttered heavily when played on my TV so i am a little lost when it comes to the neccesary computing power needed to play high bitrate media flawlessely.

Only a maximum of 2 devices at once would use the NAS, but 99% of the time it would only be one.

Any ideas? Suggestions? I have researched it for some time now but considering how expensive it could be for me i dont want to bite the bullet on the wrong purchase for my use case.

Thanks in advance for all your responses!

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u/Jumpy-Efficiency-656 — 10 days ago