When Tyler was showing Seinfeld as his example on how to change channels, the time was 12:16 AM. Wow! Tyler was up late in order to post a free video regarding a free service. Thank you so much Tyler for spending HOURS on something that will benefit us with more free OTA TV. Now that’s what I call quality content. Keep up the good work, Tyler!
This really is the way to go imo. My story: I bought a Tablo 2-tuner DVR about 3 years ago and I was so frustrated with my experience (channels dropping, fuzzy, inconsistent image) I disconnected it and put it in a draw, forgotten. I went back to the 'cord', paying $40/mo for RU-vidTV. Then I came across this channel late one night. I have watched every one of the videos. They are informative and well done. I started to realize that it was the antenna, a piece of crap Mohu Curve 30. I decided to go out and buy a new outdoor antenna, the Clearstream 2Max. Lets just say that my performance went from a C- to an A+. Thank you for providing this info. I have cut the "cord" again, permanently this time! We all need to cut the cord and give these multinational companies the boot.
I am glad to see you solved the problem. I personal do not like my tablo because I have to rely on wifi through my firestick. I would rather have tablo connect directly into my TV through an a cable. I am thinking about Tivo.
I’m not tech savvy at all and have been going nuts trying to figure out the different models, hookups, etc. This review was so genuinely helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to help people like me. I also laughed when you said we’ll see how this video ages in a year because it’s just over a year later right now!
TiVo lifetime subscription applies only to a specific unit, and now TiVo has snuck in pre roll ads ahead of your recordings. You pay for their service, you pay for their hardware, and still they try to sneak commercials in on you, on top of the existing commercials in your programs. If my TiVo quits, I’ll be sure to look into Tablo. Thanks for a thorough, straightforward, and honest review Tyler. Honestly I just don’t watch much OTA programming anymore. Had no idea Maury was still on. Wow
I have a Quad Tablo for about a year now and we love it. It works great on our TV's in the house and as an over the air DVR. I like the guide and its easy enough for other less tech savvy people in my house to operate. If I had any minor complaint, it would be that 6 seconds it takes for the channel to appear and my is hard wired. But the picture is great and I have no regrets for buying a Tablo. We basically just use the guide and select a show, but it was nice to watch this video as a review for device setting options and for the other ways to find specific shows to watch.
I just cut the cord last week & bought this. It's WONDERFUL. I live 2 miles from the broadcast station so my reception is superb. I have 2 tvs and bought 3 $9.99 rabbit ear antennas. I used one for the Tablo and the other 2 actually wired into the tv's coaxial outlet. Now the reception is even better through the tv but not bad through the Tablo. I also had the Tablo app on one of my tv's & the reception thru the tv app is better than thru the roku Tablo app. So to save on bandwidth and to actually watch my locals while 2 programs were recording, I just use the antenna directly when watching live. I added a 256 gb flash drive that I got for $16.99 & it works flawlessly. The only downside is that the Tablo wouldn't recognize my Wifi and once I got it to recognize it, it wouldn't hold the signal & I had it right next to the route so I just hardwired thru the Ethernet cable and alls fine. Do you think that the problem is with the unit itself or my router? I also got Philo for $20.00 a mth & I get mostly all the cable channels with unlimited dvr. So I've gone from $115.00 a month for tv to $20.00 but the caveat is my internet went from $30.00 a mth unlimited to $75.00 a mth for 1TB which is cutting into my savings. I'm calling the competitor tomorrow and see about switching so I can get the introductory price for $35.00 for a year. They aren't going to let us get away with taking their monies away from the TV dept and using their bandwidth for the same price as the package. Thank you so much because I ran across your video by accident and you're the reason for the cut. I never thought about an OTA antenna and knew NOTHING about Tablo until you came into my life. Believe it or not, I bought this thing to record my Judge Judy's. LOL I couldnt find her on any streaming app so I had to buy this to collect her shows. I work out to her every morning and evening. I couldnt lose my Judy's. I had over 50 on my dvr before I returned it to AT&T.
@@AntennaMan The guide should free. I still like me Recast and I do not see the weak signal message any longer too. The full 2 week accurate guide I am impressed with. I just do not like forking out my money, just to have to pay a chunk more just to get a guide. That is the reason the Tablo or Tivo has not interested me.
Thank you for all your videos. I had my antenna installed professionally today! I have the Tablo Quatro (and got a 5TB Seagate external hard drive). I took the cable boxes back to the office and got my bill cut over $50/mo 🥳 I picked up 2 Roku devices for my 'dumb' TVs so all my fixed costs are done until ASTC 3.0 comes to Cincinnati. (Strike that, I still have to pay the $150 lifetime subscription). I subscribed to Sling TV (blue) and plan to rotate Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max for extra premium content. Keep up the good work!
I just may have to do this. We live in a major county in NY [fortunately 400 miles from NYC}. FOX and PBS {which we pay for in our taxes} are unavailable in this electromagnetic black hole. In fact of the 25+ stations we should get according to TV FOOL, we only receive 8. Even the NBC affiliate which is only 10 miles away, breaks up when it rains and my antenna, while in the attic, is 30' above ground. Possibly a better antenna capable of being outside and omni directional could help but using Tablo remotely might be better. Open to suggestions on the best omni-directional antenna.
@@AntennaMan if you set this up in another market, do you have to leave the box at that friends house? Or, do you bring it back to your house after setup?
You do great videos! I watch them all… I have had a Tablo quad for quite some time now and absolutely love it. I added a Samsung 2 TB hard drive end it stores more than I could ever watch
@@JT-lq4yd I wouldn't try that unless you are moving it to an new Table device. The first thing my Tablo did was to format my hard drive and give me a warning that this would wipe all the content on the drive completely.
@@joeljentelson3810 Yes, some electronic products that can use some type of external storage will format said storage to something they are programed to work with, i.e. FAT, exFAT, etc. Let's say that once the hard drive is formatted, is it recognized by a PC? Are the video files recorded for example as Avi, MPG1, MP4 or a proprietary format?
That's the most excited I've seen you, Tyler. Seriously I've done a bunch of research myself and totally agree with you... and everyone else. As Jeff (Simpson comic book guy) would say, " Best episode ever"
I have had tablo for maybe 6 yrs now. Fantastic device. You can even open ports on router and watch recordings an live tv on your cell phone while away from the house. Only problem I have had with tablo is lightening has has arched over from hitting two nearby trees and taken them out. My advice in chosing one get the 4 tuner version you will glad you did. Few extra bucks but look what you are saving without cable!
I have had my Tablo, roku and outside antenna for 2 years now. I also got the $150 Tablo lifetime subscription. It works great for me and I am happy to be rid of cable and happy with this setup.
I am very impressed... I have been looking for something like an over the air external tuner, because my TV's tuner might be starting to go on the fritz - it's a 2014 Sony. I DID order the Mediasonic tuner box, but THIS "Tablo" gadget is amazing! Anyway, I wanted to tell you I went to grade school with your father.... 1st grade. I would say your father did a good job ;-)))))) I'll look into this "Tablo" a little more. Very, very cool. This would actually be an answer to wanting to watch Roku that I just got, and be able to watch it in other TVs in my house. This is just wild. I dig that you show how this stuff works and what it looks like. Hope your dad is proud of you, because I sure would be...
Hey Tyler, the countdown is NOW ON !! Less than 10,000 subscribers are required for you to hit 100,000 and for you to get your plaque from RU-vid. I hope you will show it to us. Who would have "thunk it." In celebration you should paint the cupboard red beside you. Good luck with your channel growth in the coming weeks. Me and my three over-the-air channels have been with you since you were under 1,000 subscribers.
I still love my TiVo and have it connected to 3 TV's in the house. Commercial skip has been there for years. Mine is cable connected, however the previous TiVo was OTA and worked beautifully. Tablo looks like a good alternative.
I’m debating between the table and TiVo through channelmaster but was wondering how you connect your TiVo to multiple TVs? Is it hard wired, or can you hardwire one TV and stream to the others?
Great review. We have had one since January and actually prefer the free way to set up recording. I did have to hard wire it to the modem for it to work for the initial setup. It does work great with Roku , with Amazon fire stick--not so well . One thing you can correct me on if I am wrong-- I decided to buy the duo because I heard the quad had the equivalent of 4 splitters built-in instead of the 2 for the duo, so to maximize signal reception, I went with the duo. Keep up the great job.
Ive had the quad tablo for almost a year now with a 500gb internal drive and hardwired to my gb switch... it has not failed me once. Ended up liking the premium guide and commercial skip enuf to keep it... you are correct in that its pretty much my main go-to TV viewing. The really cool part is lots and lots of old shows that come on at 2am are now part of my main tv routine. You forgot to mention too that as your HDD gets full the Tablo will delete the oldest recordings in order to keep recording your scheduled events. Its pretty cool. There is a very active Tablo online community too for tips and tricks. I ended up buying a usb powered muffin fan and put under my tablo box to assist in keeping it cooler (got really hot)... silent $7 fix. Tips from the community....
I would always recommend for those who want too get into this to get a quad tuner system, whether it's a Tablo, HDHomerun, Fire Re-cast, etc simply so you won't run into a situation where you've set it too record 2 shows simultaneously but you happen too be watching TV live so now one of the tuners is being utilized for that and you're not getting one of your shows recorded (depending on how you've prioritized the shows). I dvr a ton of evening OTA programming and with a quad tuner I've never once ran into that issue. I have quite a few simultaneous dual recordings scheduled and one single instance of 3 shows recording at once over the course of a week. Point is I always have a spare tuner available to watch live TV and don't have to worry about it whereas back when I used to only have a dual tuner I was running into that situation all the time.
As for paying for guides I would disagree with most here and say it's totally NOT worth it. You're going too get a month out (or whatever) anyways....which is always going too be current and free of charge. Programming times can and will change...so paying for something that gives you a year out is pointless and/or who's sitting there scheduling recording's for a year? Just that task in and of itself is not even feasible and is pointless too have "theoretical" scheduling. Just my 2 cents. Also pro tip....say there's some brand new show coming on in 3 months you want too schedule. Typically with the free included (internet/ota meta data) guides you can still just search the given show...poof there it is.... and set it too record regardless if it isn't physically on your guide yet. YMMV but I found paying for the official "TV guide" to be completely unnecessary.
Tyler is there a program you can get for it for your computer? Or does it have a Web Interface? (192.168.1.1 type thing) This looks like it can out preform a HdHomeRun as with them you have to pay for the DVR service! But what i like with the HD Home run is I can see the signal quality in a App and a Web Interface Is it hard to set up to watch it at a separate location? Great Review Thanks!
Hi Robbie - We do have a web app and a Windows 10 app. You can read more about our out-of-home streaming feature here: www.tablotv.com/out-of-home-streaming/
Love your videos, I have used a Tablo for over two years with the subscription . Good recorder but they now charge extra for the commercial skip. Tried the commercial skip for a while but found it to be nearly useless and don’t work at all on some programs. If you are computer savvy Next DVR is a much better option. It also shows thumbnails when timeshifting.
This is a wonderful video! I have a terrace outside my condo with an electrical plug. I can put an antenna out there and plug it into the tablo and then use my roku sticks to watch tv via Wi-Fi. I don't have to run wires outside or through the house. I can put the tablo in a plastic box with a hard drive to record programs as well.
Hi Ronald - Tablo isn't designed to be outside with major temperature swings. I'll bet Tyler has a recommendation for a flat coax connector that would allow you to place the antenna on your balcony and keep the Tablo indoors.
It's also worth pointing out that the tablo quad also has an internal SATA connector for an internal hard drive. This means you not only don't need yet another chord running around, but the drive won't be sitting there waiting to be knocked over and corrupted. It'll be permanently (and more importantly, SAFELY) installed inside the device. also, if you want faster response times, the best thing you can do is to use an SSD instead of a mechanical HDD. Hard drives are slow. Solid state drives (even cheap ones, usually.) are MUCH faster.
Well made and thorough review, Tyler. I have this same device and I use it every day. Just one thing. The channel skipping doesn't work for live newscasts that are recorded. Not sure why. Also, when surround sound is activated, watching a DVR show from a phone or tablet with Bluetooth headphones doesn't work. It seems the Tablo app does not transcode 5.1 audio into stereo for headphones. I had to switch off the surround sound so I can listen to shows privately with headphones.
As an owner of the older Dual tuner Tablo and now a Tablo Quad the auto commercial skip is hit or miss. Sometimes it works great and other times not. So in my honest opinion it is not worth the extra $5 bucks a month. Hopefully Tablo can improve this feature down the road. I tried the service for the trial period and man it the feature is great when it works. Also I think Tablo is the best way to go for OTA DVRs for entire house coverage.
I love the fact that it records when show starts & stops recording when show ends. My last cable DVR, was updated so it would only record when the show came on BUT it would often start recording AFTER the show started and STOP before the show ended. Previous DVR, I could set the timer for recording so I would set it to start couple minutes before show started, and stop couple minutes AFTER the show was over in order to get the entire show.
I would like to know more about setting Taboo up in another town. Can someone explain to me how this works and how many tv's I can use simultaneously if the device is in a home 100 .miles away? Thanks!
I ordered this on Amazon (November 2022). I initially was impressed but I learned a couple of hours in (after tweeking the antenna and scanning) that there no longer was a life time subscription option. Also in my particular Mesh WI-FI 6 home, it streamed poorly and buffered every couple of minutes. I'm returning it. I'm only commenting because Tablo changed their offering and you might want to update your video. I'm returning it because of the buffering and without the lifetime offering it's no longer an attractive choice for me.
Great review - love the channel too, Tyler. I am also a major fan of the Tablo. It just works! And well!! OK, one thing I wish were different, when watching live TV it can take 6+ seconds to change channels. The check box to speed up channel change seems to do nothing. Regardless - I love this product.
Also, I just purchased a Televes Mast Head Amplifier. I have to go into my attic and attach this and see if it works on my VHF yagi-style Winegard antenna that I installed myself in my attic around 10 years ago when I was a little younger and more physically fit... I am also on Facebook, and a friend of mine joined me to this OTA group, and they mentioned this amplifier and they liked it better than the Channel Master Titan 2 amps. (I have a Blonder Tongue one, and it has lasted longer than a couple of faulty Channel Master amps). But I want to see how this one is. Some of the stations are not coming in as well as they used to be, and I'm just curious to see how this will be. Someone said in the Facebook group that it has a lot of "interference" or "noise". So I thought I would check this out. I got to go try it out, now that it is cooler in my attic to see if it even WORKS. I don't want to go past any "return window"....
Great video! Just subscribed. I just ordered this unit, and have a question on your option #4. Are you saying that I could take my Tablo to, say, Denver to set it up using their local channels and then take it back home to, say, Kansas City and use it to watch the Denver local channels? Thanks!
I bought the Tablo on your recommendation, and it was working flawlessly until recently. I bought it directly from Tablo and it is still under warranty, but they refuse to replace the unit. After spending many hours rebooting, Tablo , router, Roku. And still Tablo no longer connects. They told me it is my network. I borrowed someone else’s Tablo and it connected first try. I have a defective unit under warranty. So I like the product, but if it fails under the 12 month warranty don’t expect any help from Tablo. Very frustrating.
This is a amazing device and thanks for the review. I just got it today and it solves lots of issues. First off the tuner is superb, before upgrading your Antenna try one of these. Second it's wife friendly, no need to change your inputs or audio outputs if you are on the Home theater system, it's just another app on your roku or firestick. I wish it had native signal pass through but for the price what it does is great.
This is a really great video showing the functionality 9f the Tablo. I really liked the way you showed us how to actually use it by going through the channels and recording setting. By any chance will you be making a similar video about the Homerun device? Thank you again for all that you do for us.
I am waiting on contributions to come into the channel to purchase new equipment including the HD Homerun. They are running low lately. If you'd like to contribute to my channel and request I reveiw the HD Homerun the link is below: antennamanpa.com/support.html
Great review, thanks. Other than the automatic commercial skip, were any other of those features "paid"? Is that channel grid available without the subscription?
Thanks Tyler for a great review. Question: at 7:45 you mention that there's no thumbnail preview, but at 9:12 you show that there is a thumbnail preview. I don't understand the difference. Thanks.
Would love to know how to hardwire tablo. My whole house has Ethernet ports in each room. Currently IP coxaxial goes to modem and then modem to router. Then router to switch for all my rooms. Where does Tablo fit in here. Does it go in basement with all of these items or can it go in one of my rooms.
As someone who works in TV I want to point out that if people keep skipping commercials over-the-air broadcasting will not continue. Commercials is how we keep the lights on.
Maybe tell the folks who produce commercials to put more intelligence into them. There's a lot of commercials that treat the public like they're blithering idiots. Then the technical issues (mostly of the past) where you're enjoying a show or a movie on tv, and suddenly it's commercial time, and the commercial comes on a blows everyone in the room away with loud audio. Yeah, we know that commercials are the revenue side of television, but it's the negatives that turned viewers off of it. As someone who trained in television in the mid 80s, we learned how to set luminescence and audio levels at time of production. Some things can even be altered in post-production, but the writers and the producers are responsible for the content in the first place. Lastly, see what you can do about repetition. Nothing is worse than seeing the same commercial over and over (mostly on late-night television). I've even seen the same commercial repeated in the same block for crying out loud. That's poor programming, or maybe automation that isn't quite perfected.
Pretty sure the TV stations don't know who is skipping the commercials. Besides, the Government dictates that they must broadcast OTA so they just can't stop doing it.
You know, I bought the original TiVo OTA a while back. It has lifetime service for OTA channel data for free, and four tuners. I noticed the bolt OTA now charges for the guide service. They keep trying to get me to "upgrade" to the newer device, but I'm not buying!
How long are you able to rewind during the live tv time shift? Also, are you able to add app programs into Tablo? Example, PlutoTV, RU-vidTV, Sling TV, Philo or other monthly paid apps like HBO/STARZ/CBS etc.. I want to have an all in one feature if possible where they will all show up and be able to use the time shift feature for every channel. If not, do you know what dvr box offer this? Thank you for your time & happy holidays!
I know after 3 months I'm still very impressed with this thing. You know I just use it everyday and I like the fact that I can have the tablo app on my PCS or laptops. Android phones. Even the phones that I'm not using except as a tablet. But I did get the service where you can get the 14-day guide and watch it outside the home. I think hard wiring might help some things out. But definitely it works even when you use the web interface. And I've watched it on my raspberry pi for. In that case you have to use the web interface on their website. But it's very friendly to use even raspberry pi for handles it like a breeze so basically I am really impressed with this thing. And I don't have to go out and buy all these TV sets just so I can watch tv. Anything can be an over there TV when you have a tableau period and you can have up to eight terabyte hard drive hooked up to it. That's if you're a real serious TV hound. Thank you antenna man for promoting this device and telling us all about it. I'm one happy customer.
This can't connect directly to your TV but the Tablo HDMI below can: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z1aztiiIDlI.html Do not use a thumb drive as it's not fast enough to handle the large video files sizes.
WoW this seems exactly like what I`m looking for. I wonder though if it can rewind and pause live TV. I`ll google that. Hope it works with a Samsung smart tv. If not I`ll get a Roku stick. Thanks for an excellent video presentation!
Tyler, does this record Closed Captioning? Some other competitors are adding this CC capability either by recording them directly or by loading the closed captioning file from the national database which runs with the video. The result is a recording with the original closed captions for those with hearing disabilities. Does this product support CC at all?
The Internet in my area is DSL through the phone company and I only get 15 MB, it’s not always the best Internet service with this Tablo work good in that situation or should I take the time to hardwire it all?
@Antenna Man: Great video! I'm wondering how the tuners compare with others like the TCL 32" I have. I'm wondering if it will be able to pickup the same channels as my Roku. Any thoughts? Thanks!!
Great Review!!! I have the Tablo Quad, and I love it, BUT Is there a way you can do a demo on how to set up the Tablo outside my service area (when I go on vacation). I would get the lifetime subscription but I cant figure out how to set it while Im away from my router.
I've used the original Tablo 2-tuner version for 3+ years. My experience has been that the hardware and design quality of early units was poor. My first one apparently overheated and destroyed itself because of very poor air circulation inherent in the design (it even fried a switch that I had its ethernet plugged into.) I replaced it with the same kind of unit but I leave it upside down so the bottom plate stays cooler, and it has survived longer. Otherwise, Tablo is a reasonably-priced, high performing solution.
your "use #4" (2:01) didn't go into any detail. i bought your service to assess my available channels and the answer was "all are weak" - so i would like to explore your "setting up at a friends house and accessing over the internet" - is there a vid on this?
How does the quality of the tuners on the Tablo compare to the tuners on Tivos? I live in a rural zip code 50-60 miles from the broadcast towers. Tuner quality can be just as important as the antenna quality. Different TVs can't pick up stations reliably but every Tivo that I have had seemed to have quality tuners.
Hi Tyler. I had an idea you may want to consider for a new video. I have tv stations with weak signals that are in opposite directions. I bought two different directional antennas and point them in opposite direction. My issue is how to combine the signals. Well after watching your video I know I can not just connect them to a splitter because the interference cancels out the combined signal on some channels. So I connected one to a Tablo, and the other I run to my splitter in the basement that goes to every TV. So now I can watch some channels using the Tablo, and other channels using the TV cable. I could have also used a Amazon Recast and a Tablo. What would be nice is if I could use two Tablos and Tablo support combining the signals in one feed where I could choose which tablo to use for the channel. Anyway I thought I would share my trick to combine two antennas with you and you may want to share this with your viewers.
My question is can you watch local channels. Channel 09/05/12/19.. And can you use your TV remote if you don't have a tablo remote. And does it work if you're in the basement of your house or apartment.
Hi Tyler, great video. But I am wondering how the quality of the picture is compared to a set top OTA DVR like the Tivo edge or bolt? For me I worried about loosing quality of the video. Or the speed to change channels. Any comment would be helpful as I'm looking to upgrade my old Channel Master DVR+
@@AntennaMan My next question is (if you don't mind) I am also looking at Recast, since i have a Fire TV box, which I have installed custom apps. Is this a better quality picture than Tablo? Thank you Tyler. I'm 5 years now as a cord cutter.
@@AntennaMan I am beginning to feel that way about tablo. one other question Tyler and I'll try not to bother you much more. Can one install apps on a tablo device such as example Kodi.
@@georgelaroche7955 no the Tablo doesn't connect to your TV. It's accessed by a streaming device like Roku or Firestick. You can install Kodi on one of them.
Is there a way to schedule a recording by just specifying a date, time, and channel? Can this be done without a subscription? Can it be done more than one day in advance without a subscription?
Hey Tyler. Love your channel. I have two questions. 1) If I purchase the quad can I run multiple tv's off the same antenna. If so could you make a video of that. I can't seem to find anything about it on youtube if it is possible. 2) I want the most top of the line, most powerful outside OTA antenna. I want to be able to get a signal from outer space, LOL. I live in Las Vegas. Lots of houses and mountains. What would you recommend??? Thank you.
I actually already have a video of the Tablo Quad. You can run multiple TVs off it. Up to four TVs can access it at the same time. As far as the antenna recommendation I now this service for a small fee at the link below. One from me can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
nice review... if i wasn't running a SageTV server i'd totally buy this up in 2 seconds! it will be interesting to see how the next digital transition of OTA TV ATSC 3.0 pans out..... lets hope we'll still have some sort of DVR with 3.0!!
Great review, Antenna Man. Questions for anyone reading this - If I use a Tablo Quad, with 4 tuners, is it usually necessary to use a booster for the OTA signal, in the same way I might need one if I was connecting my OTA antenna directly to 3 or 4 TVs? Also, has there been any announcement as to whether they might be producing a Tablo with ATSC 3.0 tuners, the way that HDHomerun will be doing soon? Thx.
All Tablo DVRs have built-in amplifiers that help make up for the reduction in signal strength caused by sending OTA signals to multiple tuners. However if you're currently using a signal booster/amplifier it may still be needed depending on your situation. As for ATSC 3.0, this is something we're currently looking at but it's still quite early for any consumer-level devices to be of much use: www.tablotv.com/blog/what-cord-cutters-need-know-about-atsc-3-part-4/#tablo
Good coverage, although I was looking forward to a demonstration of using Tablo to access OTA from a single antenna on two or more Roku devices in the house.
Are you thinking about updating OTA device reviews. I am going through your videos and most are several months old which means they are most likely out of date. Thanks for your videos. Great help and info.
I have two homes in two states, one with no available OTA due to blocking mountains. It's my understanding I should be able to stream from the Tablo over the internet. Do you have any analysis of how that works? I'm concerned with configuring the router to allow that.
I seen this box yesterday when I was at@ Best Buy because I just perchesed The Clear Stream Max 4 Antenna double 8 Antenna My Question is to you Antenna Man This Tablo box is do you Need A computer Desktop top to work Or can it be used as a converter box ??
You don't need a desktop to get the Tablo to work but you do need internet and either a roku or firestick to access it on the TV. It doesn't hook up to your TV like a converter box.
Thanks so much, Tyler! I'm thinking about purchasing a DVR, but I'm wondering: with ATSC 3.0 coming out, should I wait to purchase one until it comes out ATSC 3.0 compatible? From another of your videos, I know there's an HD Homerun we can pre-purchase that meets the new standard. Is Tablo working on one that's compatible with the new standard? I'm in the Indianapolis area, so we should have some broadcasting in ATSC 3.0 by the end of the year. What do you think?
Hi Jerry - While the transition to ATSC 3.0 is going slower than anticipated and is 100% voluntary, we are evaluating options for a compatible Tablo. More info on that here: www.tablotv.com/blog/what-cord-cutters-need-know-about-atsc-3-part-4/#tablo The current standard will be around for several more years so your investment will be worthwhile, especially if you're still paying for cable or a higher priced streaming bundle.
What Tablo said. There were other standards like ATSC 2.0 and ATSC/M-H. Both had stations convert, even some tuners on the market but nothing ever came of them. Some stations aren't interested in having a very easy to access signal as it will hurt their bottom line if people drop cable.
Could you elaborate on option #4? I am assuming I could have the tablo at my house and connected to the internet with a roku. Then a friend of mine who lives hundred of miles away can have the app on their roku and log in and see the TV I am seeing? All without paying a subscription? Also, the channel guide you were showing, is that also available without the subscription?
Wow! what great tips. So a friend with a great antenna can share his 2 or 4 tuner reception with his friends all over the world? As long as only 1 person is accessing each tuner at a time?
I have a 4-turner Amazon Recast box that I have been having problems with it skipping some of the programs that are schedule to record. Amazon Tech support have been called several times and so far haven't been able to figure out the problem. My main TV has the Fire TV Cube and 3 other tv's have the 4k Firesticks (always unplugged when not in use). Would the Tablo work better than my Recast? I don't want to buy a new Recast if I end up having the same problem. We record 99% of what we watch. My wife is ready to go back to cable or satellite TV because she is losing certain TV shows that occur only at 10:35pm on CBS and ABC. Everything else records fine even another show at the exact time on another channels NBC.
I've been looking at these for a while. This IS a great tuner, BUT it has no HDMI output for stand alone use without the internet. When they put a HDMI output on it I'll consider buying one. Thanks for the review.
y an n. If your internet is down, but your home network is up(router, power still on) my roku will allow me to view my recordings from my tablo. Yes, no outside connection is 'there(the guide, new content)', but my roku still sees my home 'network', and my tablo is still 'connected', so I can play Ota recordings.
Hello I have been watching your videos . I have SPECTRUM network and mobile not cable tv. I am using there cloud to dvr programs is the a dvr out there I can us to record what on my tv wireless? Thanks
