TheDoctor
One of the UK Hackers
I liked the Synology one I looked at quite a bit. However the cost was close to double and it just was not worth it to me.
Yeah, it all depends on what you want out of it (and how much spare cash you have to throw at it...) - I like the Synology and QNAP stuff as they have the ability to transcode on-the-fly for players/streamers that can't handle certain file formats
I have been holding off on the purchase for a while after the hard drive price increase, but now that drives are starting to get back down to a reasonable price this is back on the horizon again