Thoughts, HEXUS.awards & HEXUS.right2reply
Thecus' YES Box N2100 does a lot of things right. It's robust, despite its plastic exterior; it looks good, but keep your grubby hands off; it's easy to setup, both hardware and software; it's easy to use, with multiple ways of getting at your data; and it's fast enough to serve multiple users simultaneously, but a little more performance wouldn't go amiss.
The YES Box borrows some nice features from its bigger N4100 brother, including its RAID support, e-mail and buzzer notification, user permissions and admin interface. Weighing in at around £260, it works out at about half the price of the N4100. For that price, however, hard drives are not included. Pop a couple of 300GB drives inside and you're looking at a total cost nearer the £400 mark.
So, do we say 'yes' to the YES Box? Yes, yes we do, providing that it meets your needs, and that's the case with all products isn't it? It's a network attached storage device that you can setup in a jiffy, then practically forget about. It'll just sit there, serving your files, taking your backups, copying your USB sticks, sharing your iTunes library, without any problems. We like it, and like it a lot. Definitely one for those looking for somewhere to put all that media for their digital home.
HEXUS Right2Reply
HEXUS World Leading HEXUS Right2Reply initiative invites manufacturers, their representatives and vendors which supply HEXUS with products for technical editorial evaluation, to comment on the articles that we publish. Thecus has provided us with the following response:
First of all, Thecus would like to thank Hexus for another in depth review of Thecus products. A feedback from a renowned media like Hexus means a lot to Thecus.
Thecus envisioned YES Box, N2100 , to be the digital home media storage center. We are making every effort toward this goal and making sure consumers are actually enjoying digital life.
At Thecus, we listen to our customers. We will try to make the product as perfect as possible. Through firmware upgrades, YES Box will get more features and more speed. We would love everyone to start enjoying the YES Box.
H. C. Yen
PM Director
HEXUS Where2Buy
The YES Box N2100 is available from the following locations:
