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I have tablo on my tv, it appears to work but I caanot record, it only comes up on my phone in the setup and it stops there. Have called in but got no help, was told to buy a fire stick and good bye. I do not reccomend tablo, great idea but not user friendly

I bought a 4th gen Tablo in 2023 to be able to watch TV, skip, fast forward, rewind and record the few local shows I watch when I cut the cord from satellite TV. I had issues from the start, often when I would try to watch a show I would get the set-up screen you get before setting up the Tablo device. This would even happen while watching a show it would kick me out, when I would try to get back into the show I was watching I'd get the set up screen with the QR code. When I contacted Tablo support, they weren't very helpful. The service got better in 2024, I got the setup screen less often, but it would drop shows fairly often and buffers a lot more often then other streaming channels. I moved the Tablo device from the TV in my den to my office where my router is located. It is connected to my router with an ethernet cable. This did not have any effect on the signal. Even the TV that is connected to the Tablo device via Ethernet cable will buffer the same as the other TV's. One is in the next room, less that a foot away (thru the wall) from the Tablo device. I tried to connect the Tablo to 5G, Table support told me 5G wasn't supported, and I needed to upgrade my WiFi. However later I found a document online that it was supported. It seems shows on the Table get out of sync much more than on other streaming channels. I end up going back to the Tablo menu then going back into the show many times to get the video and audio to get back in sync. Then there was a firmware update in April 2025. Since then most of time anything I try to watch is so pixelated so bad you can't watch. I ended up purchasing another streaming channel so I could actually watch a show that I can no longer view via the Tablo. When I reached out to Tablo for support after the firmware update, they no longer open a ticket, I received a canned AI reply, that was not helpful, it didn't have any information in reference to the firmware update, that had no option to open a ticket or to contact someone for further support, since this happened after their latest firmware update. But they did send me an email wanting me to rate their service. Definite thumbs down!

Tablo is a wonderful idea that is terribly executed. The legacy that I had started good and started failing so often I got the current version. its user interface was not as good as the legacy model. Then they updated again and the interface went from fair to nonsinceacle. My current one in failing quite often(sieses up and kicks me out of the app) and I am just about in the market for a new product and it will not likely be TABLO.

Tablotv has broadcast channels, local, and internet channels and neither one works very well. In my opinion tablotv is waste of money.

I purchased a Tablo 2 Tuner 4th Generation device about a month ago I have had excellent results The intial set up was complicated by the fact that my wifi was set up as a public network in my home This meant that devices could not "see" each other Once I set the wifi network to private using my computer the setup went smoothly I called the Tablo Customer support to get my Tablo connected and sort out the wifi issue Very happy with how I can see broadcast TV on other TV's and Ipads in the house

Purchased Tablo Gen 4/1/2025 from Amazon to use with a rather large Winegard TV antenna. Just got the antenna installed and attempted to use this for streaming to TV's in our house using Roku sticks installed in all of of them. I have tried to connect to this unit on 6 different TV's and cannot get 1 to connect. I read all of setup guides, watched the video and attempted rebooting the unit, the router, and reinstalling the app. That is a waste of time. I discovered on a Tablo chat room that they disclosed they have discovered a problem with a recent update on April 7, 2025 and are working on it. Sorry but when I purchase something at this price I expect it to work ! They say it works with Roku in their advertising but it does not as of 4/10/2025. This isn't a $10.00 item I'm just going to throw in the garbage and let it go. They should either make this product work or recall them and refund people's money. I'm tired of companies doing stuff like this. It's time for them to step up and stop selling this product at the very least until it works as advertised.

Legacy Tablo was great! App was excellent and with lifetime schedule subscription programs were easy to find and record. Picked up a 4th generation and everything changed. App is terrible! They should have just cloned old app to work on the new hardware. The "archive" feature doesn't work as advertised so without an external storage drive it filled up storage with less than 25hours of recordings.

I love the unit, only issue I have is I have to force stop it before it will open almost every time. Clearing data does not help. Once it's going, I get about 40 over the air channels plus streaming ones that come in great. Considering I spent 100 on the unit 100 on the antenna, I saved that in 2 months cutting cable.