A powerful two-bay NAS for home or office prosumers. We liked the idea of Qnap's living-room-friendly NAS, the HS-251+, when it went under the review microscope last year, but the product was by no means perfect. A lack of native multimedia apps for the likes of Netflix and Amazon Video detracted from the overall package, and the thought of NAS storage without active cooling seemed somewhat counterintuitive.

The HS-251+'s other ingredients made a lot of sense, mind, so wouldn't it be nice if the same combination was available in a more traditional form factor? You're in luck, because that's exactly what's on offer from the new TS-251+.