Customer Ratings & Reviews

Works as advertised. Adds lots of additional channels and the DVR function works well. I've had occasional playback issues, but restarting the program fixed this. Great for the price.

Over the last 20 years I've had 3 other OTA DVR's and this Tablo is by far the best yet. As technology has advanced my last Channel Master DVR left a lot to be desired. Now having 4 tuners and the ability to start a show on delay while recording, is a feature I really missed. The entire interface is clean and simple. I control mine through my Roku and absolutely love it!

Love,it..just as the salesman described. Easy set up, works great. Would definitely recommend.

This is my first experience with a Tablo device. When a show we watched daily ended its long-time syndication run on one of the local channels carried by YouTubeTV, I found that it would continue on the local MyTV channel, but that channel is not carried by any streaming service. So off to the OTA channel world we go! Just at that time, the Gen 4 Tablo device was announced. I got one delivered from Best Buy and set it up same day. Setup was mostly straightforward, but documentation of steps could have been more detailed. Anyway, I got the device set up with the Android app loaded on both my cell phone and tablet, plus the Firestick app on a Firestick 4K Max and a Fire cube. All seemed to go well. Next morning I wanted to do a review of my experience and wanted to include a citation of the number of channels I found in my last channel scan. When I tried to log in to the Tablo on my cell phone, the Android app could not find the Tablo device; None of my 4 apps could find the Tablo device. Long story short, the Tablo apparently was frozen into a state that did not allow wifi connectivity, no Ethernet connectivity, would not reset, nor would it Factory reset to new condition. Tablo sent me a new device overnight and a shipping label to return the defective device. The replacement Tablo Gen 4 device installed just fine, except that I initially connected it to a 2.4 gHz wifi network and the current Gen 4 devices apparently do not include capability to shift to another network (unless maybe with a full Factory reset, which I did NOT want to do.) I reconfigured the location of some devices and was able to connect the Tablo via Ethernet to one of my wifi mesh access point nodes. Since completing that install, picture quality has been mostly good. I have noticed some brief pause glitches on the Android app playback. They have been reported to Tablo and their engineers acknowledge they are working on and solution. I also had some pixelation and decode failure of recordings when played back on a Firestick Cube app, allegedly associated with signal quality. I did another rescan and saved those resultsl so far the daily recording has played back perfectly. So, overall, I think this is a really good device and value for the money to achieve its advertised purpose. There are some capabilities that apparently were available to the "legacy" Tablo devices that are NOT available in the Gen 4 firmware and its associated apps. (And NOTE: the legacy apps of legacy Tablo devices do NOT work with the Gen 4 device. Also, there is not yet a web browser version for the Gen 4, so PCs and Macs are not yet supported.) That is my honest, straight up review of my personal experience. I do recommend the Tablo Gen 4 device, but be aware there can be some glitches to overcome. It is early in the deployment cycle and is not yet , in my opinion, fully 100% plug-and-play. Cheers.

Does a great job, and playback quality is great. Only thing I would like is to be able to watch a live feed when I’m not at home, like the old one used to do. Can’t be the value for something that does not have a subscription fee.

The setup for the Tablo was pretty easy. The 4th generation products are a self contained units; connect it to power, your network, and your antenna and you are most of the way there. I connected it to hard-wired Ethernet so I can't comment of setting it up for WiFi. The Tablo app for your phone walks you thru the setup process. This generally went well with the exception of loading the program guide. That seems to take forever. This is a replacement for a Tivo Bolt that just died and the company doesn't seem interested in the OTA market anymore; time to move on. On balance the Tivo was a bit better, but not enough to justify the monthly fees anymore. The are no fees for 4th generation Tablo devices. The main feature I miss from the Tivo was how smart it was recording something independently of what channel it broadcast on. There have been a couple to times where the Tablo App on the TV couldn't find the Tablo. Changing to a different app on the TV briefly playing a bit of something and then restarting the Tablo app worked for me. I have read that explicitly exiting the Tablo app via its menus helps avoid this problem. All-in-all $99 well spent. I would definitely do it all over again

Working great after a couple of weeks - only issue is the software is slow in switching back to guide to change stations - hope down the road with software updates that issue gets corrected!

Wanted to be able to watch OTA without antenna cable going to several TVs. After scanning for locals, Tablo also includes some apps in the guide. Dove, Circletv and several more. Easy set up and no need to run antenna cables to each TVs. You can place the Tablo any place in the house as no need to connect to tv. You will have to set up Tablo on your phone then download the app for your streaming device. Then you’re all set. Great purchase.

Love this! We lost the TV provider in our area and did not want to do back to expensive providers. We do get some channels on the antenna. This works great. Easy to install and set up.

I really had high hopes for this! The picture quality was just as good as cable or streaming. I loved being able to record live local tv and being able to pause. It was easy to set up and use. It decided not to work after 2 weeks. I hit the reset button several times and did “forget” wifi using the app on my phone 3 times. It would not reconnect and load. I’m hoping the next generation will work better.

This review only applies to ROKU as I have not used it on any other device. Things I like about Tablo 1. Picture quality seems better than antenna 2. No need for antenna for additional tv's 3. Able to record tv programs Things that need to be improved 1. Doesn't remember last channel watched. Because of this channel listing always start at top 2. Channel sound goes off when exiting channel 3. No way to toggle previous channel I have 2 tvs. One uses a ROKU streaming stick that has worked flawlessly. The other uses ROKU Ultra LT that worked fine for a couple of weeks, but now will display a channel for a while and then exit Tablo. Have notified Tablo about this. I'm hoping when AppleTV and LG are available these problems will be resolved.

Purchased the Tablo along with a Google TV Streamer to take over for an older LG TV that was no longer getting app support. Initially, the Tablo was a bit of a let down. It was nice to be able to install an antenna, upstairs with better line-of-sight to the broadcast antennas but, we could not access the guide, remotely, to schedule recordings (VPN fixed this). Also, this device initially REQUIRED internet access to function so, when our internet provider died, we were left with NO TV unless we moved the antenna down to where we were watching TV. Tablo has recently added "offline" support where you could watch TV when the internet is down.

The device was easy to set-up. I really like being able to record over the air broadcasts. I wish that I had bought this sooner.

Bought the Tablo 2 Tuner Gen 4 in November when we cancelled YouTubeTV (we primarily watch local stations in Chicagoland). Here’s how we’re setup: - Ethernet connected to an Eero router - 1TB SSD connected to Tablo for more recording time - Terk antenna in our attic - watch via Fire Sticks & Android TV After the App Update to 1.4 on the streamers and the accompanying firmware update in mid-December 2024, everything is working much more reliably. We can manage the occasional error message that pops up but doesn’t prevent watching what’s playing and can be fixed via the retry button. We started first with Apple TVs, but one feature that isn’t on and won’t be coming to them was watching a show from the start of a recording that was still in process. We decided to use the Black Friday deals and get a few fire sticks. The fire stick experience was bad at first with app version 1.3. repeated crashes and error messages, as often as every 3 minutes. It nearly caused us to return it, and honestly I would have if I had kept the box. It uses ATSC 1.0 tuners - which mean in a few years we might have to upgrade, but for now this no-cost way to watch our local stations and DVR those stations and shows is totally worth another device in a few years. If your’e in a metropolitan area and looking to cut the cord but retain some of the perks of streaming TV or DVR, this is worth checking out

The Tablo works well, but it is still a new product with some kinks to work out. Setup was easy, but took longer than it should have due to playback issues in the Android phone app causing me to think i had a reception problem. Once i figured out it was the app and not my antenna placement it was easy. As stated the android phone app currently has playback issues with live TV and other bugs it is causing with my phone just by being installed that make it unusable. The IOS app on my wife's iphone and the apps for adroid based TV streaming sticks (Fire TV stick, Chromecast with google TV) work fine. The streaming sticks on my TVs are my primary use case so its fine. I just hope the get the bugs worked out on the Android phone app soon.

Works great. Some channels take a minute to connect.

I have been using a Mediasonic Homeworx converter to record programs, but recently, it has been crashing after each recording session. I saw adds for the 4 gen Tablo advertise online and decided to try it. I am happy I did. As far as the receiver, it out performs the Homework box, I have 4 TV's tied into my antenna and not all of them are equal, but the Tablo is on par with my better TV's. I like the fact that I can record streaming channels as well as over the air. The interface is easy to use. The reason I am only giving 4 stars is because I had issues with the setup. I followed the link in the QR code in the onwers manual, then follow the link for Android, it took me to the Tablo legacy app which started the firmware update, when that finished, the app just stopped. At the time, tablo support was gone for the day. Anyhow, after trying a number of things, I eventually figure that Tablo has two different apps. I downloaded the correct Tablo app and was able to finish the setup. I am impressed with Tablo it appears to be well worth the price. I just wish they had more information on their support pages about which app to download.

I'm challenged by the technology of a lot of electronics sold today, as they are time, sometimes cost saving they provide special insight into the tech of the future. The Tablo wasn't easy for me to install as I made 4 calls to Tablo in order to get it to pair with my TV. I'm needing to call them again today because the unit is, somehow, not recognizing itself (Tablo TV) but is seemingly working to provide me with many networks except my local channels.

Seems to work as advertised. Iv'e had it a couple months and had to reset it once. The reception is dependant on your antenna, but the tuner works well for two different tvs. Records as scheduled. Love not being tied to a cable.

Works good, but I wish it would connect directly to a tv and the app