Would you run your server on an Nvidia Shield TV or a Synology 1813+ (Atom 2.13 GHz)

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I have an OG Shield TV which was my first Plex server experience, but I recently got a Synology NAS, too. Now all the media is on the Synology, but the server is still on the Shield TV.

The Shield TV is obviously going to be faster at transcoding than the old, slow Synology… but I rarely have multiple users and rarely need to crunch a stream down for remote access.

As server, the Shield TV basically works, but I am wondering if the grass is greener on the Synology side for any reasons I may not be aware of.

There is one problem I would like to address… With the Shield TV as server, I have never been able to download/sync to my mobile devices, file processing always fails… but I do not know if that is a problem with the Shield server, or with the mobile apps. If syncing would work reliably with the server on the Synology, that would be a reason to switch servers.

(Not that I am leaving the house much these days anyway!)

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I use QNAP, not Synology.
I have all my media on NAS, so my server is on the QNAP.
The main problem is, do you REALLY need transcoding?
I don’t, that’s why I’ll keep my PMS on my NAS and everything else picks from it.

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The Synology models have limited application:

  1. No subtitle burning
  2. Hardware transcoding works well in the X18 and newer units. Any X16 (e.g. 1816) have an Atom CPU – no hardware support.

Which Syno is in use here?

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Synology 1813+, Atom Dual Core 2.13 GHz, no hardware transcoding supported.

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DS1813+ === File Server only. I used to own one. It’s a dual core D2700 CPU.
It can shovel data like there is no tomorrow but it can’t run Plex well.

I currently have a DS1815+ which is also FileServer only.

I also own a Nvidia Shield Pro 2019.

The Shield, using the Syno or my QNAP as file storage, is quick.

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