Apologies, if this has been asked, but I am buying a Shield TV this weekend. My current setup is Raspberry pi 1 + attached 1 tb hard disk. The Raspi 1 is running OSMC.I have my ripped DVDs and video camera backups which I watch using OSMC. I also have a Chromecast Gen2. I do not have very fast broadband with unlimited capacity, but with my current streaming, I don't hit the limit too. I mainly use these two to watch Netflix, and run SPMC from my 1TB drive.The 1 TB drive is almost full with media and my Steam backup.
My question is - Is it worth saving the 100$ and later adding a dedicated NAS with my router and moving my media there or getting a Shield Pro with 500GB and just locally use the 1 TB drive.
I know the cost offset doesn't work, but I don't have enough money or the space to run a dedicated NAS.
What is everyone's experience with the Shield Pro(2017)?
If you have over 1TB of media on your HD already, what is 500GB on the shield going to do? You could spend that $100 on a 4TB HD and have plenty of room to grow your collection. Then set up Plex on your shield and you can stream your movies to any device.