Tablo 12+

I was hesitant to switch from the Recast because of mixed reviews about performance. I am pleased. My performance on a Samsung TV was pretty bad. I also could not get the sound to work. Maybe it has been fixed in the last month. On FireTV, performance has been good. I had a few shows that did not record at first, but it has been good lately. I just bought an AppleTV. It seems to work well so far. On the AppleTV, I had to set the sound to stereo rather than Dolby 5.1 to prevent a 5 second delay every time I skipped forward. So, the platform can make a difference in one’s experience.

Edit- I did not give it enough time and reduced my rating. I just found out on Apple TV, you can’t watch the beginning of the show while it is being recorded. I often let the news or a sports game go for a while until watching. I hate the cluttered FireTV device, so I will move the new AppleTV to
the back bedroom and try a Roku for my main streamer.

I purchased the TABLO gizmo to cut the cord and use an antenna to view local stations. While I’m able to very some stations regularly that’s not the case with others even if they have a strong antenna signal. I have also checked my WiFi signal where my TABLO unit is located and it is very good. Some stations with very strong antenna signals at times visually freeze and only the audio plays. Some times they drop off completely and immediately the unit takes me to the station guide. If I select the same station using the guide it plays instantly for a period of time only to drop off again. Some stations also seem to buffer frequently and then drop off. Seems like others have had issues with TABLO. While it may work for some without issues, its my opinion that these units are finicky and need all the stars aligned in a given manner for it to work without interruption.

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.