Samsung - HomeSync

I was thinking about buying the Samsung All-Share Cast ($80), so I went to Best Buy. They didn't have it, but they did have this item. It looked great, but the Samsung guys didn't really seem to know a lot about it. They couldn't make a number of the features work correctly, but assured me that was because they were unable to access the internet because of Best Buy's in-store restrictions and that the device would work beautifully once outside the store. I even brought my Galaxy Note 10.1 with me to see if it was compatible. The Samsung reps sync'd my tablet with the smart TV (not the HomeSync) and said, "See, it works!!" Once I got it home, guess what didn't work? Yeah, the tablet. Even though my tablet is less than a year old, the HomeSync would only work with the newest Samsung tablets - no backward compatibility for devices over 6 months old. Real value there. I was eventually able to get my phone to work with the device (Galaxy Mega), but then only intermittently and the apps were awful. The device is three times the price of an Apple iTV, but it can't even run Netflix or other common apps. It offers a 1TB HDD onboard, supposedly so you can store all of your info from all your devices on the HomeSync, like having your own personal home cloud. This sounds great, but the HomeSync only allows very limited access to the HDD and since it's not compatible with 90% of the rest of Samsung's own products, it's worthless. I was extremely disappointed with this piece of equipment and returned it as soon as possible the next day. Maybe Samsung will wise up and patch the crummy software this thing is running and expand its "accepted" list of compatible devices for those of us who don't update our tech every other month. Until then, I'd definitely recommend you spend your $300 on something else. This is definitely not worth the time or the headache.

Great product to make a TV a "Smart TV"! Interacts with Galaxy tablets through mirroring function to access all the tablet's content. Only wish there were more apps such as Netflix and HBO to Go. Was told that they should be on a future update.

We can all connect and watch/listen/download pictures but the apps are lacking on this. Netflix, hulu, and so many other apps are not available for this system yet because Samsung is still working through the licensing for this product. That is a big downside for us. You can control this thing via a remote on your phone or tablet and that takes some getting used to. On the plus side, I can connect to it from anywhere I go and it has a ton of storage. I would only recommend buying if you are willing to wait out the licensing and fixes. If not, the wait till they do. I see a lot of promise in this product I just hope Samsung doesn't let me down.

I bought it to back up Pic and video from phone and it works great. I lost Pic from phone died and it wipe SD card, now that will not happen. The device was easy to setup, can view content from the road, backup happens automatically. It also turn you TV in to a smart TV, it has android play store, so it has all apps needed. Your phone becomes the homesync remote. Works very well. It was worth buying.

I like this box from the way it looks and the design. Work great, the only thing I don't know why some Android apps that work on Android phones but can't install on this box, error "The device is incompatible .....". I was able to download XBMC via browser (not via Google Play) and install, XBMC works well on this device.

I love this device, no matter where I am I have access and storage capacity of 1 Terabyte....my own personal and secure cloud storage and home entertainment system. I LOVE being able to mirror my phone screen on my 65" TV, whether watching NETFLIX or checking out land I'm thinking of buying on Zillow or Google Earth my view goes from 4" to 65". I highly recommend this product to anyone who wants to be able to store documents, pics, videos without taking up the limited storage on your phone but still have instant access to all that data via your mobile device no matter where you are. Love the homesync!!!

This is a great little device to run as a HTPC. The 1 TB of space is a big plus in this set--up, and it is simple to set up. The only negative part is that the device has no dedicated remote!

easy to set up. feelore secure backing up to my own drive. lots of storage. quick easy access