“I know fast internet is required on this unit for whole home OTA or remote viewing. But, I'm hoping that my slow DSL (1.5Mbs) will work well enough to just download and update the channel guide and wifi viewing thru roku. Anyone able to confirm this?”
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The Tablo should work fine within your home, as long as you have a good strong signal from your antenna. The channel guide would likely download successfully at the speed you have. The Roku is receiving the video from the Tablo thru your wireless router and is not dependent on your internet provider speed, but the speed of your router. The Tablo is receiving video from your antenna.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The channel guide gets updated 1 time per 24 hours. It updates very early in the morning when you are sleeping. Your DSL speed will be fine to update the channel guide. Viewing Tablo is limited to your WiFi speed or Ethernet depending on how you connected your Tablo to your router. In most cases it should be very easy for your wifi router to send video to your roku.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Follow-up: I've now got my Tablo hooked up my slow Internet (1-2Mbs) and my local WiFi. My OTA is connected as well with very good reception here. I've got a used 320GB hard drive attached. Bottom line: it's working very well to view live and recorded content. So, as others confirmed, the Tablo really only needs the internet to update the channel guide every 24 hours. My home devices can all view live and recorded Tablo TV just fine over WiFi. Of course, I'm sure that my slow internet would prevent remote viewing, but I'm just using it to view content in my living room and bedroom, so I'm very pleased.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes it will work. My internet is terrible and it works good
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I doubt you will be satisfied. The Tablo communicates constantly with Tablo company servers. There's a lag with a fast internet connection.
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