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Rating 3.6 out of 5 stars with 994 reviews

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    Rating 3.9 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 3.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 3.7 out of 5 stars

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68%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers have good things to say about the ease of use and setup of the 4th Gen, 2-Tuner, 128GB Over-The-Air DVR & Streaming Player, praising its recording capabilities, ample storage, and generally positive picture quality. Many appreciate the built-in DVR functionality and the ability to stream content. However, some users experienced issues with compatibility, app performance, and signal reception.

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  • Cons mentioned:
    Reception

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great upgrade

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Awesome add on If you have bad reception with you antenna for local tv this is the stuff. Get local channels clearly Record you favorites And there are over a 100 streaming channels All it took was wifi and an antenna

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    MANURE a good word for this thing

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great sometimes. Then loses connection and you have to do setup all over again. Especially when you wanted it to record a big game. Happened too many times for me to keep this ****.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Always locking up till reset

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It’s great when working. I’ve had to reset it countless times just to power up. Very disappointed

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Tablo TV
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      Sorry you're running not that.

      Would you contact Tablo Support? They should be able to help. TabloTV

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great replacement for CableTV

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Used for streaming on Firestick 4k, works great and no more broadcast fees.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Tablo 4th gen

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Still a bit buggy. It freezes too often so you need to exit Tablo or force stop it on fire stick. I've had to unplug it to reset once during the short time I have owned it. The best feature is you don't have to pay for programing.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Piece of junk

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    If i could give this piece of junk zero stars I would. It sort of worked the first few months although at a beta test level. Lately though it has become totally worthless. I run this as a Roku channel which is supposed to be supported. Now we watch Live TV for about a minute and then it goes back to the Roku channel select screen. Before that started happening it would jump back to the Tablo set-up screen. No error messages...nothing. Customer support is non existent. It says hold time is 14-17 minutes and then after waiting for a tech support agent for about an hour a recorded message saying that no agents are available to take your call and to try again later. Then disconnects. So I now have a $100 paperweight. Avoid this piece of c#&p.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    mister

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    took awhile to set up. would not have purchased but new discounted price. took some time to order and purchased product thu Best Buy

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    TABLO TV

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    WORKS GREAT, GOT RID OF XFINITY. AM SAVING $150. A MONTH

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Setup

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Very impressed

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very good option for multiple TV’s. Easy to set up. I’m using it along with Roku and get all the channels we need. Great option for free tv. Wish I would have heard of this option years ago. The savings by not using cable is $120/month.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Disappointed, poor reception compared to old Tablo

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I swapped out an older legacy dual tuner Tablo. I was hoping that there would be improved tuners in the newer 4th Gen model and was willing to give up the commercial skip feature of the old Tablo in order to get better/updated hardware. Unfortunately the Tablo 4th Gen is only finding about 30 channels, and they are the channels I normally exclude on the older Tablo. None of my favored channels are coming in on the new tuner. This is using the exact same antenna setup which was working well before. The internal antenna amplification makes no difference (on or off). So I am going back to the old Tablo, or maybe dropping it altogether. This one is going back unfortunately.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Very good product. Enjoy it immensely.

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    With the antenna I bought to attach to it; it pulls in and records all my local channels. I actually need more storage so eventually I will buy an 8 TB external hard drive to hook up to it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Recording

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Tablo appears limited in its function ability.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Reason I purchased for recording live tv shows. It did record but when we went to play back the show it was very small on the tv screen. Really unwatchable. We have Samsung tvs. We called the Tablo help line. They were aware and at present not fixable. So we returned it. We were so disappointed as this was my husbands Christmas gift and we did want reasonable recording device that we did not have to pay a monthly subscription.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Compatibility

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    I can't return this piece of crap.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This thing is not worth the money at any cost. It goes out and needs to be reinstalled. I downloaded an upgrade last week it worked even less. Today I put on my tablo and blink, blink, blink, around and around. I reset. Blink blink blink.2 and 1/2 hours blink blink blink. Around around around. I unplug and uninstall. And start all over. Blink blink blink. Back into the box. Perhaps I can sell it at a garage sale for a buck, no that's asking to much

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Tablo TV
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      Hi Dennis- We are sorry to hear about your issues with Tablo. Please reach out directly to our customer support on the Tablo TV website and we would be happy to work with you to get them resolved! TabloTV

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Cable eliminator

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    Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    works for 4 tvs in my house. Eliminated the need to run cables to all tvs in house to antenna.

    I would recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Tablo TV
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      That's great to hear! TabloTV

  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Continuously Crashes

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Just purchased after reading all the positive reviews however I installed it and found it crashes every minute to 2 minutes. Look on Tablo website and find they are having this problem. They say they are working on a fix. I will wait a couple of weeks before I return it to see if they actually fix it.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Tablo TV
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      Thanks for your patience with us! We're releasing regular firmware updates to address bugs and improve performance. TabloTV

  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Tablo

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It has several hangups, I don't know if it's the tableau or the app I'm using on fire Stick. When it works it's good!

    I would recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Tablo TV
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      Please consider reaching out to our technical support team, they should be able to help. TabloTV

  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good or not good?

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I like having the Tablo but don’t like have to use my phone or tablet to search channels, etc. It kinda limits where you can watch tv or if I’m gone with my phone, my family can’t watch…..

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    worst OTA dvr made

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    i went from amazon OTA recast dvr, to this product that was suppose to be highly recommended , but from my experience since i purchased this, I would not recommend this to nobody. keeps buffering, freezing up, missing timers, and for the past 3 weeks cant set any recording a show options.. for reference i ahve spectrum 1gig fiber internet, that i have hard wired with ethernet , into the back of this dvr. so i will not recomend this.

    I would recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Tablo TV
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      Sorry you're running into that.

      Would you consider contacting Tablo Support? They should be able to help. TabloTV

  • Pros mentioned:
    Recording

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Powerful small little box

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great product - detects all major networks and some more. Connects to home internet through wifi or ethernet. Is able to record content and play it across any tv on the network.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great device

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great little device, records 2 shows at the same time and is through the Internet not your TV so you can what other things. Really easy to set up and customer service is available 7 days a week!

    I would recommend this to a friend