NAS or External Hard Drive for Linksys EA6300

[xELRICx]

Newbie here with a newbie question. I purchased a Linksys EA6300 and want to adding a storage device to it, mainly for purposes of:
(1) wirelessly sharing movies/music to my Samsung tv, Xbox 360, PS3, and laptop
(2) data backup

The EA6300 is a "DLNA certified media server". My question is: should I simply by an external hard drive to meet my needs or should I by a basic NAS (e.g. WD MyBook Live) ? What am I missing out on if I don't get a basic NAS?

Thanks for any advice you can give me!

 

[thiggins]

A DLNA server is useful only for media devices that cannot browse network shares directly.

Try the sharing features built into the router first and see if they meet your needs.

 

[xELRICx]

Thanks for the advice, will give it a shot with my old backup drive.