Reviews of Network Storages »

Great unit, bad Firmware and Cust. Support.

Advantages: Handles beautifully on the network and runs smooth and quick.
Disadvantages: Stock firmware is useless. Gotta use a 3rd party firmware.

This is a great little device, however there are some quirks using the stock firmware. I say forget the stock firmware altogether and install a 3rd party firmware instead. Otherwise you got a painfully useless brick. I've found fvdw online and it open ...

Doramius 02.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Philips SPD8020CC

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Great idea, but not a great unit

Advantages: Central storage solution for Documents, 2x USB ports for printers
Disadvantages: Very poor build quality

I have to say the idea behind these drives is excellent. You can store all your music, photos and other documents on this drive, connect it to a network with just one cable and then have access to your documents from any pc on the network. We purchased tw ...

paulpemby 04.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Iomega StorCenter Network Hard Drive Premium Series

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Filesystem woes with the Conceptronic CHD3NET

Advantages: both USB and Network capability
Disadvantages: only supports FAT32

...What an incredible disappointment that the CHD3NET only supports FAT32! It makes it quite useless as a network drive! Updates over the LAN from any filesystem with complex filenames, large file sizes, etc. are next to impossible. Unless Conceptronic updat ...

vagemulo 19.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Conceptronic Grab'n'GO CHD3NET

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