Optimized for multimedia processing, DS214play is a 2-bay NAS aiming to fulfill the increasing need for high-quality photo, music, & video streaming, while keeping all other aspects of the NAS uncompromised. Powered by a hardware accelerated transcoding engine, DS214play features 1080p Full HD video transcoding on the fly. With 1080p lossless transcoding, you can enjoy a non-degraded version of the original movie even when the format is not supported by your player. DS214play is equipped with a built-in floating-point unit which not only enhances the overall capability of the main CPU but is particularly advantageous in speeding up thumbnail creation when uploading large amounts of photos or videos. Coming with a dual core CPU & 1GB RAM, DS214play delivers an average 108.99 MB/sec reading & 104.4 MB/sec writing speed under RAID 1 configuration in a Windows environment. DS214play comes with comprehensive external storage integration, providing two Super Speed USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 ports & one e SATA interfaces in the back, as well as one SD card & one USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 interface in the front panel, along with the Copy button that enables one-click data replication from your SD/USB device to DS214play. As a DLNA Certified DMS (Digital Media Server), DS214play can serve as your primary media server, with the capability to host digital multimedia content for local or remote playback. Once connected to a router, DS214play streams music, photos, & videos to DLNA-compliant devices, such as DLNA TVs or gaming consoles without any pre-configuration. You can even browse & select content on DS214play using DS audio & designate a DLNA player within the same local network to play it.