Q: “RAID is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple hard disks. My goal is to rip all of my collection of Blu-ray & DVD discs to upload on a RAID 1 network drive, for storage and playback through my TV and tablet. But the only issue is […]
Copy Blu-ray to Play on Samsung UHD TV via HDD and Flash Drive
With four times the picture resolution of a 1080p HDTV, breathtakingly lifelike images and the ability to upscale all of you content including movies, TV shows, sports to near-Ultra HD quality, Samsung 4K Ultra High Definition TV, whether it’s 55, 65 or 85 inches, deliver us a grand visual experience that is utterly immersive and […]
Watch DVD movies on Boxee Box or Store on external hard drive
Can the Boxee Media Manager play DVD rips from external hard drive? Boxee says NO in its Support board; currently ISO and RAR archives are not supported. However, if you try ripping a DVD to Boxee/external hard drive supported format – it does support a lot of formats – like AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, you […]
Play music DVDs on BeoVision Avant 4K TV via LenovoEMC NAS
Question: “I have a B&O (Bang Olufsen) Avant TV, via a LenovoEMC NAS. We usually watch TV channels on it but recently would like to try playing music DVDs there. Any 101 steps?” What is the Bang & Olufsen BeoVision Avant? The original B&O Avant was a CRT TV that’s now considered by some to […]
Copy Blu-ray movies to personal cloud and watch on Roku
“On on online article I read about Blu-rays to personal cloud, I know that I can backup all my Blu-ray collection to online server and then watch with Roku. But it’s a pity that article does not provide detailed steps. I want to store my Blu-ray movies on my personal cloud so I can watch […]
Looking for a Software to Backup My 150+ DVDs on DROBO 5N
I was looking for S/W to convert my 150+ DVD discs to MP4 so I could create clips. MP4 is the format I mostly use. And I want to store these DVDs on a DROBO Array for playback on my phone and PC. You know backup is so important nowadays. Would you advice? Thanks! As the […]
Copy TiVo Premiere recordings to WD TV Live via NAS
This weekend I bought myself a WD TV Live…the main idea was, since I have the TiVo Premiere and can record the shows I love, I would like to watch them in my Mac, also can stream Tivo shows with WD TV Live to my TV from NAS in my lazy weekend. Besides, even wish I can […]
Rip BD/DVD ISO to NAS for syncing to iPad Air (2) and iPad Mini 3/2
The ISO file format is an excellent file type for data storage and backup, especially suited to backup media like Blu-ray/DVD. To manage your ISO files on kinds of DLNA compatible devices like iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad Mini 3/2, you’d better convert ISO to the correct format before storing ISO files on NAS drive […]
Best Ways to Store My DVDs to WD My Cloud for Playback and Sharing
I am new to this media conversion stuff and have got a WD TV and WD My Cloud. I need to know how best to convert my DVDs onto this NAS in the best quality format so I can put the DVDs into storage. I have had a look around the web, but there just […]
Copy Movie DVDs to 25 terabyte Drobo DAS Device for backup
DROBO is dedicated to provide services for backup storage, RAID storage and storage for virtualization. It is attached to one computer and can be used to store/backup data from it. Drobo also offers a small number of apps that you can run, most importantly Plex, which lets you stream your media to TVs or mobile […]