I've been running with a MAG256 for over a year now & although I've had little issues with it, the lack of being able to run additional apps (Plex, Netflix etc) from within the same unit has always been a bit of a niggling issue for me. I also am experiencing ISP blackouts during Saturday afternoons (due to UK ISP/Premier League blocks) & was going to have to look towards purchasing a new VPN-capable router to circumvent this as the MAG does not offer a VPN client natively.
After looking in this sub this morning, I've suddenly been informed about the Formuler Z7+/Z8 devices which seem to be universally liked by the IPTV community here.
However when I look, they seem to just be Android TV boxes - similar to what Facebook used to be full of during the big Kodi craze a couple of years ago. And on paper, the specs of the Z8 seem to pale in comparison to some of the other (much cheaper) Android boxes on offer - especially where RAM is concerned.
Can anyone distinguish/explain the differences for me? I'd be interested in making the move from MAG, as the devices should run Plex/Netflix/VPN client natively - but I'm concerned that at only 2GB RAM, the experience could be slow and sluggish. And I'm approaching with caution as I don't really want to outlay ~£100 on something that is going to give a poor experience.
Both the formuler and dreamlink boxes you pretty much pay for the IPTV app. It is a very close experience to cable or sat and imo are worth every penny. Although they cannot run the same version of Netflix that say an official android TV box can, they run other on demand apps like tea tv or morphtv etc. Just fine. If watching IPTV is pretty much all you will do, 2GB of ram is plenty.