Buffalo DriveStation review

Give your Media Center PC a storage boost

TechRadar Verdict

Does its job so well that it's largely forgettable - but also because it offers nothing outstanding

Pros

  • +

    Fire-and-forget philosophy

    Capable performance

    Silent running

Cons

  • -

    Limited connectivity

    Unflattering aesthetics

    No Mac support

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An external hard drive as a home entertainment essential? There's no wireless network support, no audio or video line-outs and certainly no controls to play any media files stored on the drive. No, what we have here is an ordinary USB 2.0 compliant external hard drive.

Despite the drive's lack of credentials though, it makes a solid case for itself when hooked up to your Media Center PC - laptops in particular. Setting up and installing the drive is simplicity itself and shows how much attention Buffalo has paid to making the DriveStation as unobtrusive as possible.

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