ASUSTOR AS6202T Enthusiast 2-Bay 4K-Capable NAS Review

Direct Usage via HDMI

A NAS as powerful as the AS6202T would be a waste not to take advantage of. The built-in HDMI port allows the CPU to use the iGPU and you to use it directly. You can either use ASUSTOR’s remote control or connect a keyboard, mouse, and other input peripherals directly to your NAS

There are a few settings that you can change inside the Portal app such as what information should be displayed on the screen.

The main setting you might want to access is to change the resolution, like for example to 4K as the NAS supports.

The ADM control built into the direct usage simply loads a browser instance and as we can see below, the 4K resolution is working sweet. It’s by far the smoothest 4K experience that I’ve had from a NAS so far and ASUSTOR deserves praise for this.

With access to ADM from the NAS itself and without the need for any other device, the configuration and monitoring become real easy.

You can also use it to browse the web and your favourite pages, such as Eteknix for example.

The YouTube app works much in the same way as you’re used to it from your smartphone and tablet.

Search, find, click, and play the videos.

KODI is also part of the app availability and it works like a charm.