Tablo - 4th Gen, 2-Tuner, 128GB Over-The-Air DVR & Streaming Player - White

I am very happy with my purchase so far. Directions were easy. I downloaded the app to my iPhone. In my home office I plugged the Tablo in. I put antenna in office window. Hung Tablo on the office wall. With provided Ethernet cable I connected to the Router. Followed the directions to find channels from antenna and done. Went to the correct Tablo app on my Ruku and started recording my shows I wanted to record while I am at work. I get all the channels I get from the antenna before getting Tablo. I knew I only could get 9 channels because I live in a very wooded and mountainous area and I got all 9 of them. I am happy that I get that many, for where I am. The stations are clear and the recording look great to me. So far, so good. I was nervous, with some of the negative reviews, but I am so glad I took the chance and bought this and I hope it works for a very long time.

Nice somple interface. Easy setup. Connect antenna, plug into the router. Plug in. Follow basic detup, upgrade firmware, scan for channels, disable unwanted ( multiple copies of shopping channels), download first 24 hours of guide, then you are up and running. Understand default recording options. One option is to auto delete recordings after you warch them. Recording quality and streaming quality is very good. This is new tech for tablo. I already had firmware upgrades and software upgrades in the first 10 days. Streaming has improved. Works great on ROKU and Samsung phone. Still waiting for an upgrade on SONY Google tv version. No fees for use of the guide.

It’s hard to say if this product will work for you depending on where you live within the USA. But i will give you my experience based on my limited knowledge of being a recent cord cutter. My set up is a Sony xbr 800 series from 2015 paired with an antenna direct clear stream 1MAX. I live in downtown Yonkers which is about 15-17 miles away from midtown Manhattan where most of the towers are, I would get good reception without the tablo but with the new antenna my Sony tv couldn’t register a channel guide. After doing some research I went with tablo as a “Tivo” device, after months of having it there are some hiccups along the way but if you stuck with and have some patience you can enjoy HD tv and record it while your away. If your having troubles with the app go to your tv settings and force close the app along with others you aren’t using frequently and that will solve most your issues. You definitely want to use the tablo with an Ethernet plugged into it, that will allow the the device to run at an appropriate speed. After all that I’m able to I pick up around 60 plus channel's, excluding abc 7 I get almost every other local channel (2,4,5,9,11,13) your also able to get exclusive content from the parent company scripps which has a lot of content also available for recording. The interface still need a bit of help in the tv app but after watching this NFL season for free mostly in HD while also being able to record the games when I’m handling laundry or groceries shopping has been a gift lol. Looking forward for MLB season and more free tv.

This device once on your network supply's all your smart TVs with a very nice guide of available channels and access to the DVR. We now just pay 20 dollars for FanDuel to get our sports and have no other costs associated with TV and we get over 100 channels with an amplified HD tv antenna. I did add a spare hard drive via USB to add to the DVR storage now can record over 500 hours of TV.

Having tried several items in the past that promised "free" OTA channels, I was skeptical. But this thing actually delivers. No recurring fees, no hassle. Setup took less than 15 minutes and the guide is simple and intuitive. Enjoying almost 100 channels for free, and the DVR is a great added bonus!