I think this is a good place to get this talked about. Best box, over time I have come to want more in the various interfaces of the box. looks modern easy to read, user friendly. I do know what to say the GUI interface of each box looks like. I have seen some screen shots of the mag and the dreamlink but depending on the service the appearance differs.
Specificly, what the guide looks like connected to this service. I see Mag interface pales against kodi mulit-channeled colorful guide, the playlist players like progtv has an ok EPG but its not too fancy navigation through 10 channels and it drifts in the timeline and you have to adjust to stay on NOW or at least that's my experience.
I have see dreamlink and its records so does it use STB EMU or what ? does it use a player?
the big question is it like the mag gets "skinned"? but the appearance is up to the provider?
Is this true of the dreamlink and does one have a cleaner multichannel EPG? What about a Shield? does it just use the STB EMU? Nothing compares to my kodi full multichannel EPG but I would love to know.
I never knew any of this I'm a "barney" and I still can NOT find screenshots of various boxes with various portions of the EPG and VOD areas.
I really want a dreamlink but some questions should be answered when you say best box, its not all hardware and specs. I like some form to my function as well. I need a multichannel EPG. the players are ok but need polish.