Works good for me!
Idk what everyone else is saying about this app. I love my Tablo, and it only sometimes scrambles the signal. Recordings work great! You just can’t watch something at the same time if you are recording 2 things at once. (Assuming you just have the 2-Tuner model) The app, however does sometimes crash, or refuse to load on first try. That can be resolved by just reopening it. It works, but as others have said, still far from perfect. I just don’t think it deserves the rating that it has.
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Great value for the money
I have had my Tablo v4 for about a year now. The software had quite a few bugs at the start but is quite stable now and getting better with new features over time. Having the ability to see a two week channel guide for free is great as is the ability to record OTA and internet delivered FAST channels. I haven’t seen other devices that offer a two week guide for free or recording FAST channels. If you do run into issues there is a user/manufacturer forum that usually can provide quick solutions.
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Nice but should still be in beta
The interface is nice but it doesn’t work correctly.
I cannot watch shows in progress of recording without the timeline getting messed up. Also the beginning of the show doesn’t play first but it starts playing somewhere in the middle or at the end.
The shows that have already recorded seem to usually play correctly, though.
The closed captioning works sometimes but other times it gets stuck on some part of the opening credits which continue to display on every scene.
The video and audio are good and look great most of the time.
When I delete a show, it delete just fine but then shows an error.
Overall, it should still be in beta because the Roku, Samsung and Fire TV apps all work fine without these issues.
I cannot watch shows in progress of recording without the timeline getting messed up. Also the beginning of the show doesn’t play first but it starts playing somewhere in the middle or at the end.
The shows that have already recorded seem to usually play correctly, though.
The closed captioning works sometimes but other times it gets stuck on some part of the opening credits which continue to display on every scene.
The video and audio are good and look great most of the time.
When I delete a show, it delete just fine but then shows an error.
Overall, it should still be in beta because the Roku, Samsung and Fire TV apps all work fine without these issues.
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Needs improvements
It works well as long as it’s not windy. There’s a lot more channels than I expected. The tv app works well but the default should be the live channel lineup. I don’t want to go to the Home page. When you select the live program you want, it takes you to another screen with the description and there you have to select that you want to watch it. A small pop up that gives options (Live, Start from beginning or record) would be preferable than an whole other screen that takes its time to load.
In the mobile app. You can’t multitask with it. For apple users if you ask Siri to do something, it pauses the show but when Siri is off, the show doesn’t automatically restart and you have to pull up the live menu and select the show you were watching and then it will unpause.
In the mobile app. You can’t multitask with it. For apple users if you ask Siri to do something, it pauses the show but when Siri is off, the show doesn’t automatically restart and you have to pull up the live menu and select the show you were watching and then it will unpause.
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Great in theory, but…
It doesn’t work. First it was because of my Roku device (which was not mentioned anywhere on their website) so I disconnected the Roku when I wanted to watch a recording. NOW it’s the TV they are having issues with. Here’s the thing: They know what’s not working and the only answer you’ll ever get is “We are aware of the issue and technicians are working on it.”
They have no time frame, they have no anything. Just a standard line that’s supposed to shut you up and get you off the phone. This is one of the biggest rip-offs of all freaking time.
They have no time frame, they have no anything. Just a standard line that’s supposed to shut you up and get you off the phone. This is one of the biggest rip-offs of all freaking time.
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Great Concept
It took days to set up our 2 tuner device due to connectivity issues. We have very fast internet. Didn’t realize we needed a 4 tuner to cover multiple tvs. So we bought a 4 tuner and gave the brand new 2 tuner to a family member. Experienced the same connectivity issues. Contacted technical support and very disappointed. Then all the sudden, after hours of rebooting everything over and over, it connected. No rhyme or rhythm to connecting. Caused a little tension in our household ;) such a great idea! Hopefully, real improvements will be made to the product over time.
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The app needs improvement
I love the 108 channels I get with my Tablo with antenna. I loved the ease of setting it. But both the Roku and iPad apps need work. Simple things like adding a channel as a favorite is impossible. It should be as easy as being on a channel and pressing the star button. All I get is a spinning circle or notice to try again. I hope they get the app updated because I love the actual product.
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Not ready but experiment
Was looking forward to this and like other reviewers have said. It’s not ready for prime time. Keeps saying poor signal but it’s the exact antenna that is hooked to my TV with no issues.
Update: reviews on the net say turn off internal amplifier if you have power amplified antenna but that doesn’t seem to be the case with me. My antenna amplifier is on and so is Tablo internal amplifier and that works the best for me. So you may need to experiment to get the best results. Good luck
Update: reviews on the net say turn off internal amplifier if you have power amplified antenna but that doesn’t seem to be the case with me. My antenna amplifier is on and so is Tablo internal amplifier and that works the best for me. So you may need to experiment to get the best results. Good luck
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Works nicely
I’m so pleased that they fixed the app to be able to work properly when the time of day is the top of any hour or any half hour while the guide is reloading. Now, everything is working fine no matter what time of day it is.
Not stable still - please fix the app.
I have been a Tablo subscriber for almost 5 years and everything was working almost perfect until the last update to the legacy app. I bought the new tablo white thinking it would solve my problems but unfortunately it didn’t. It just brought more frustration. The quality of the image is excellent but it takes forever to stream and in most cases it freezes. Neither could I record complete shows. It just records four small fragments of 4 minutes each. You can’t program to record a show for the next day or even for the next four hours, the app gives you a message, “program was not found.” I really wanted Tablo to work because I am very familiar with it. I will wait a couple of weeks hoping that they fix the app, if not I will donate it to Salvation Army and I will move to a different company. Sorry.
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