Help with home network setup: Which devices should I use or not use?

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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I have a internet connection with Fios of 100Mbps/100Mbps.
My NAS where my media is stored and currently running PMS is Synology DS215+ (Ethernet)
My TV tuner is HD HomeRun Prime (ethernet)
I own a few clients (2 Apple TV3) (1 Apple TV 4 : main player), (1 Raspberry Pi). I recently purchased a 2017 Nvidia Shield 16gb but haven’t opened the box because I’m not sure if I will need the 500gb version to run PMS due to my large media collection.
My media collection tends to be ripped (owned) uncompressed Blu ray copies in MKV with some smaller compressed versions of children movies for the kids on the go so my NAS doesn’t have to transcode and my data plan doesn’t get eaten up.
I do own a custom built gaming PC/workstation.

So here’s my scenario and question. When I first starting building a pc I wasnt sure what I was building it to do. I had the small idea of building a One pc meets all needs type machine. I saw no point on buying more consoles or having multiple machines. Since then, tablets and streaming boxes have emerged. I played with XBMC back in the day, I had a great Boxee Box with a Dlink ShareCenter (NAS) that worked perfectly with ISO images of DVDs. I then had jailbroken iPhones with MovieBox that could stream to my Apple TVs. Now the world is going from Kodi on PC to Kodi on Amazon devices to Kodi on everything. Kodi is great but I preferred the beauty of Plex and how it had the sleek appearance that Apple tends to use on their software designs.

Because I do not want a huge desktop running constantly anymore like I would have a few years ago (primarily because I’m Military and move around too much and not all living rooms are designed the same), would a intel Nuc be a better choice for PMS or is a Nvidia Shield (16gb) capable of running it? I keep thinking that some consumers are stating that their metadata gets filled up rather quickly on the 16gb version. So would a intel Nuc be more feasible as a server and essentially run other programs such as MCEBuddy to cut commercials out of DVR recordings, then automatically move to NAS where a player such Apple TV, RPi, or Nvidia can play them? Or can a Nvidia Shield (16gb) act as my server and player

Will the NAS be able to record my shows directly to my NAS? I don’t need to store them very long. I just watch and delete with Plex settings.

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What did you end up doing?

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@“trent.curtis”

I didn’t do much. Since then I upgraded to Fios gigabit internet.
Current Setup:
Server: Nas (Synology DS215+)
Home players: NVidia Shield tv (2017, 16gb) location: master bedroom, also running Hyperspin with media and roms stored externally. I also added live dvr with Hauppauge usb tv tuner. (we rarely watch local tv). I just use the NVidia’s google app when I use it.
Apple TV4, location: living room. I also have my PC hooked up to our TV.

Previous setup:

The differences were: I had cable through Fios using a cable card with the HDHomerun Prime. The Nas would dvr through plex and store to NAS. I would watch on Apple TV4 or I would have MCE run in the background on my PC and cut the commercials and transcode the files to a format that would stream on the apple tv4 without any issue.

What didn’t work for me:
Hauppauge internal tv tuner for pc. For some reason the cards I tried never fit correctly so I settled for a USB version for the Shield.

I noticed you use the Shield as a server. I haven’t tried it yet but I’m willing to experiment. How much data is plex using? How does it handle remote access?

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It runs really well. Make sure you disable automatic updates in the play store and update manually. That way it doesn’t have the chance of messing up any ongoing recordings. I would also suggest adding an external USB or flash Drive…If Plex does any transcoding—16GB just isn’t enough storage. I’m right around 260 or so movies and 27 TV shows that have 253 individual recordings. So all in all it handles everything really well for me!