Would streaming 1080P movies from this 5400RPM Hard Disk be choppy?
498736
No, the read speed of the drive would be more than adequate. Blu-ray video bitrate is 40Mbit/s max. Typical low end hard drive read speeds start around 100MB/sec (I don't have the specs for this particular drive, however).
756295
Yes, it can. Streaming movies through it over WiFi causes frequent buffering, however all 4TB content is visible.
2127238
The kind of hard drive your using should really have any affect on playing back HD movies. The only restraint with the hard drive may be the amount of space for storing and the bit transfer rate. The bigger factors are going to be the capability of your graphics card and how much ram your pc has.
77046
Yes, I have used DVD and Blu-ray ISOs. I also saw some stuttering using wireless but I connected a network cable to it and it not streams flawlessly. To stream Blu-ray you will have to either copy it locally to an attached hard drive or have a wired network connection.
1733433
This is just a hard drive with streaming service. So it can handle any resolution. I have been able to stream HD video from this drive with no problems
189356
I watch all my movies from my server to the Asus HD, no problem in buffering. After a good amount of research. I bought this and very satisfied with performance.
1369042
I had the same problem and the video playback was choppy. I don't think this product works very well. I wish I had an answer for you.
2272626
Yes and no. Streaming audio and most video should be OK... But if you want to play a hardcore fast action hi Def video game I think the lag and occasional choppyness will be a showstopper
1922699
I know my own wireless-g network cannot keep up with some 1080p content, so it may be a moot point depending on your specific network and bitrate of files
1785499
My SD DVDs did not look good either. The upconversion to 1080p cause the picture to "jitter" slightly, but noticeably. I went to "video output settings, selected hdmi (which are the cables I am using), manually set the output to 1080i....and the problem completely went away. My SD DVDs now look as well as they did on my old players.
1928577
I use it for streaming at 1080P. I only use it for that nothing else loaded on the system.
1032037
If your using the USB then yes, but I would recommend a NAS hard drive because it streams faster for video's than USB does. Hope this helps you.
7299
Yes. Not in HD . And you will have about 48 mbps to enjoy it with out too much buffering . I would just by a notbote at a store for 250 will be hd and stream flawlessly. This is the same model they used at my high school. So google takes 30 sec + to load.
206320
Even from the hard drive I can't play 720p smoothly half the time, let alone 1080p but I bought mine used.
1934662
I'm not sure as I havent look into it. When I got the unit my concern was the way it streamed 1080p content which is so important for me and it failed...
602243
read up on HDCP, and see the top review below. This may not work because of DRM.
1469259
Same problem i have faced... the higher resolution video is jerky (stutters) while being played on a very fast computer. I tried copying it to my hard drive so that SD-Memory card reading lag time is been reduced, but to no benefit.