Customer Ratings & Reviews

I like Tablo. I had a previous 4 tuner model. I sold it to buy this 2 tuner 4th Gen Model. This unit has some problems I am not happy with. I watch it with a Roku and sometimes after 3 to 20 minutes it just quits and goes back to the Roku Home Page. Tablo Tech Support said they are aware of the problem and Roku is working on fixing the issue. Sometimes it will just lock up and I have to shut it down and start all over. When I responded to one of their emails I stated that I thought the Tablo I have is defective and should be replaced. I have not received a response back and that is disappointing. When the Tablo 4th Gen is working properly it is a nice piece of equipment.

I have been looking for a digital video recorder since they stopped making VCR tapes. This Tablo is a great product. Setup was fast and easy. The Tablo APP allows us to view programming from every device. Watch on your phone, pause and continue show on the TV. WITH NO MONTHLY FEES! The purchase price is the only thing you pay for, once. This device OTA DVR only records Antenna TV but also offers its own list of streaming programming. With Live Programming, News, Sports, and Entertainment galore! You must use the Tablo App with a Roku Box or Amazon Firestick on LG TVs and Samsung TVs. We use both in our house and the Tablo runs flawlessly on both. The App is especially user friendly and makes viewing fantastic, on all our Android devices. When viewing recorded shows you can fast forward through commercials or the programs themselves, with the most responsive and visually useful interface that I've used over the years.

Really surprisingly easy to install, from un-boxing to setting up and using all in less than 15 minutes. I would suggest purchasing an additional digital antenna just to bust the overall channel reception and to increase their viewing quality, NOT necessary to make this extra purchase but I did and I believe that it’s made a huge difference in the quality on receiving channels than not having it.

We recently upgraded our legacy tablo with two new tablos, but tablo app doesn't work on Roku. It can't find the tablos on our networks. So I added firesticks to all our TVs, added to tablo app and all our Tablos are working on Firesticks. Still would like it to work on Roku. Overall, Tablos are great to record local stations over an antenna. Other than the Roku issue, I highly recommended Tablo.

Did not pickup local channels as advertised. Can of been better using antenna

The setup was easy. Only downside is that it will not work with an older TV because the app isn’t compatible. To get it to work with an older TV you need a Roku.

Why did I not know there were devices like this! I set it up in a good signal area with an antenna and i can watch and record all my local channels. No streaming service needed. Best thing is that as along as I have the app on my phone I can watch my local channel anywhere. Plus, record live tv.

Works well. Very easy to set up and connect to an antenna

This product was purchased to record over the air programming as we recently closed out DirecTV account and we were so used to recording programs and watching them later. The product works well but it freezes a bit at times. Different antennas have different signal strength and channel availability. So you may have to get a few different ones and change how you place them to see where you get the most channels and least pixelization.

I am saving much money by using Tablo instead of cable TV! I am happy that I can get all the channels I want. Even many I will never use. But it did not work for first 2 days. And it sometimes stops working for no apparent reason. But overall, I am happy!

Roku app won't find it (Express 4K & Ultra). TV apps (both LG & Samsung) are very slow, with a good 3 minutes from start to when you can actually watch Live OTA stations. Buffers a lot (On a Wifi 6 MESH network). I've used better and have gone back to one that combines with Sling TV.

Hook up was a snap, works well, recordings work as expected. Did not give the 5th star as the older models you could access outside of your home, but this model, while it is accessible by all systems in your home, you cannot access it when you are not on your home network. Disappointed as I was expecting to be able to access when we travle.

Longtime Tablo user. Love the Tablo Lite. We have a 4tb drive attached. So lots of room for recording. It has its issues, but with it we were able to keep the cord cut, and haven't missed cable TV at all. Used windows media player before that, but that was phased out, so Tablo was what we switched to for OTA recording. Rave about it to anyone interested in cutting the cord. Love it! Really wanted to like the Tablo 4th gen, but after using it for a couple of days went back to our Tablo Lite. There were features about the new Tablo that were intriguing. The new interface shows potential. The search feature on the main screen was nice. The fact that there was no fee for guide data was probably the main reason I bought the new Tablo. Wasn't really all that impressed with the inclusion of streaming channels. Tablo is a device for ota TV channels, that is accessed through other streaming devices. Adding streaming channels kind of cluttered up the device. It was nice that streaming channels could be recorded, but not sure how often I would do that. Use Roku and Fire TV, not sure I really need another streaming device. One of my main gripes was that, using a Roku, I couldn't get programs I wanted to record to actually reflect that they were scheduled. Would select a program to record, it would show that it was set to record (some of the time, often had to select record multiple times). I would leave the program, go back in and it didn't look like it was set to record. In testing it, in most cases it did record. Another gripe was that several images for shows didn't show up in the display. Just a black box, no descriptive text or anything, so I had to open the program to see what it was. Not sure what the deal was there and it was hit and miss with which images wouldn't appear. They last issue I had is that I attempted to install the new Tablo app on my Fire TV and it wasn't available. So that was it. Factory reset the Tablo 4 and returned it. Hopefully down the road, after a little more testing is done, I'll try it again. Sticking with my tried and true Tablo Lite for now.

Over-the-air TV and DVR may seem quaint these days. But with streaming providers raising prices and dropping channels, I wanted an easy (and free) method to record local TV. If you have a good-enough antenna and broadcast signal, the Tablo 4th Gen will serve you well. I connected the Tablo to my antenna and wired Ethernet line (it also works on WiFi), and was recording broadcast shows within minutes. The Tablo has built-in storage to make recording easy, though you can also attach an external drive for more space. Picture quality is dependent on your antenna’s signal strength, but the Tablo has a built-in signal amplifier to help boost your antenna range. For me, it seems to pull in all major local networks roughly 30 miles away. The Tablo TV app is very new, and a bit buggy. It can be slow to load at times. It has limited features, and the live TV guide is finicky at best. They don’t have an Apple TV app yet, but it’s supposedly coming soon. Note that this doesn’t work with older Tablo apps or devices. But they’re updating the new app frequently. The big thing for me is that there’s no subscription required. Recording is free. The live guide is free. Even if it’s buggy, it’s still free. In the end, free wins out.

This cool gadget can record and playback ota programs. It works in conjunction with any phone or smart gadget that can load it's app. So far I have been impressed by the set and forget recording and the ease of adding a terrabyte ssd to make plenty of space for programs.

Had to move the main television in the greatroom to a spot away from the rooftop antenna outlet. Rabbit ears and flat antennas did not pick up all available channels. Pictures maybe not as sharp as with direct connection to antenna, but certainly not unwatchable, DVR function is a bonus. Makes it possible to watch broadcast TV on the outdoor tunerless projector thru a streaming stick. Perfect item if you have a rooftop antenna but your TV is in a place where connection to it is not possible or aesthetically pleasing.

I purchased a Tablo 4th Gen about a month ago. When using with my phone or an iPad, it works great, no complaints at all. The main reason I wanted the device, was so that I could watch local channels on our television. For our home, the most channel's signals are best received when the indoor antenna is in a back bedroom. I love how the Tablo allows us to place the device in the back room, and still watch in the living room. I have a Roku Express, which is considered an older unit by Tablo. The Tablo works perfect with the Roku if the channel's resolution is 1080. For channels that have a resolution of 480, or 720, there are issues. For these channels, I have a very large green screen, with the channel's content only showing in a very small portion of the screen in the upper left. I contacted Tablo, they told me they were aware of the issue but could not estimate a fix time. Since the main reason I purchased the Tablo was to watch on the Roku, I am disappointed. On another note, I've seen online ads that state Tablo is easy to set up. For me, it took 3 hours as I kept hitting points where the Tablo setup froze, even with high speed internet. On a more positive note, I do really like the guide, the fast forward feature for watching programs from the DVR, the streaming channels included, and other features. If they could just get the Roku green screen issue fixed I'd give it a 5 star.

Purchased 12/20/2023 and I'm completely happy with Tablo! Using iPhone to get everything connected worked ok (I had a minor issue connecting Tablo to my Wi-Fi but after going to there website had it working in 10min.) Thier App works perfectly with my Roku on 3 different TV's and love the Guide. People have complained about App loading slow, I've found it takes about 10 seconds and assume it's due to updating the FREE Guide! It will take you a about 15min to scan and set up and personalize your channels the way you want. Overall, I Highly Recommend this product. (Note: I didn't use their antenna. I connected to my existing one.)

Setup is pretty simple, but took a bit longer than expected. I wasn't able to get it to recognize an ethernet connection, although it's possible it was just a bad port on my router. It seems to work pretty well so far, but does have a habit of lagging a bit when switching between channels. I've had a couple incidents where it has jumped to a different channel when I was expecting just a simple unpause, but this could have just been user error.

When working it’s great! But won’t work with LG unless you buy fire stick. Keeps disconnecting from tv and internet. Lasted less the a year before stopped working. Waiting for a replacement from Tablo