kurcatovium

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[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ok, thanks for reply. I'll keep it in mind. I'm in EU, so I'll check the M.2 situation here.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But that is terrible to use. I can't imagine my kids or wife to use this with TV...

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Not mentioning taking 100 screenshots each second with what - 25 frames per second? - is kinda overkill...

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

So how do you all guys watch content on these "dumb TVs"?

If you connect e.g. android box, how is it any different than connecting the TV itself? Do you think producers of android boxes aren't such pricks? This bugs my mind.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Yes, and I'm doing what's in human power to reach it one day!

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

As I wrote above. It's not about speed, it's about price and mostly availability. When I look at 2,5" at my country's biggest retailer, there's not really much to chose from and the number of available offerings are more or less shrinking. That's not really the case with M.2 which seems to be "new shit" everyone wants so there's plenty of options. And even if I stayed with "trusty WD Red" it'd still cost less to buy M.2...

Another benefit (for me) is its form factor. I don't have a lot of space. Classic 2-bay NAS size is "perfect" for me, apart from its bay limitation. That's what's so tempting on Asustor. Either Nimbustor with 4xM.2 or even Flashstor with just 6xM.2 are quite a small devices (compared to what regular 6-bay would be) which is a big plus for me.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I meant I probably should not buy 2-bay NAS with just USB2, if that still exists. There'd be not much to expand to once I put those two starting drives in. So preferably more bays/slots to put another drive there once the need arises. Or use expansion units like all of these offer (Synology is eSATA I believe, others have USB).

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you for suggestion. I stumbled upon this brand last week, it looks promising. Sadly they don't have presence in my country. Sure there's ebay, international sellers and possibly other ways, but I don't want to buy such a thing with non-local warranty.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks for the reply. For now, I only intend to stream music if anything at all.

And as for the services, the main gripe now is adblock, honestly. There's also cheap N100 mini pc burried in my drawer that I intended to run Proxmox on and play with it. But that's reserved for "when I have time" winter evenings or so.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I don't need it. But since I can't use spinning drives due to noise reasons, there are only SATA SSD and M.2 SSD options. And while SATA speed is definitely enough for me, M.2 drives are actually cheaper for whatever reason. That way I could even go with things like Flashstor that only has M.2 slots.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Good game, yes. Concord was not one of those. It was mediocre, nothing special, definitely not a game people would pay 40 for.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's the thing. They sell it due to marketing. Concord had virtually no marketing whatsoever.

So Sony came up with $40 game that failed to be as good and enjoying as mediocre f2p ones, supported it with zero marketing and expected profits somehow. Genius.

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