Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Tablo 4th gen has had a lot of teething problems in terms of app issues. In my experience those have been resolved, at least for the Roku app we use. It works as expected. You can do things like set it to record every NFL game, and with 4 tuners it's able to resolve the conflicts. That is the main reason for 4 tuners, you need them when there will be multiple recordings at the same time. I recorded an entire season. Of course some games aren't going OTA anymore so you can't get every game. I gave one to a person with a low-end Samsung TV. That was a little marginal. Cheap smart TVs have slow processors so the app was slow to respond. Better to use a Roku. You need a GOOD wifi connection (or ethernet) for these to work properly. If you don't and you have connection problems or buffering that is on you. And of course you need an antenna that receives a decent signal.

I like the Tablo - 4th Gen, 4-Tuner,128B Over-The-Air DVR & Streaming Player. I was unaware thatbit only worked on a 2.4 WIFI network. I was unable to use with my living room tv that has more than 2.4

I am pleased with the unit, and would buy it again. Some software issues. If you wait until a program has completely recorded, the rewind and ffwd work great. Not as easy to fast forward or rewind if program is recording. My other DVD that was seamless. Sometimes I go to Live TV and it finds no channels, Close and reopen and it works.

The idea is great. It works like it advertises. The only issue I have is with the recordings, it doesn't allow the user to watch from the beginning while it's still recording. The entire program or event must be completed, or you will have to watch it live.

Out of the box, easy, simple setup, app has more functionality for setting up than doing on screen. Loaded app on newer(ish) f-stick and a brand new roku, f-stick had terrible buffering of live tv, roku had fast response and worked as expected. Bought 2 more roku and recycled the f-stick, all working flawlessly for 4-5 days until Tablo app would not stay loaded, meaning it would launch, load up home screen then revert back to roku homescreen (on all 3 roku), followed all the troubleshooting steps on Tablo site to get it back up, bringing down network seemed to correct issue in first instance, but same issue happened twice more, decided to just reboot tablo device instead to get service back up and it worked, so i suspect my network is not the issue. Not a great experience after only having for 2 weeks and have had to reboot 3 times, will see maybe its something their working to resolve. Guide is great, responds fast, easy to navigate and set up, but I like using app to search and set up recordings better, you'll see why if you use this feature. Tablo is hardwired to the network switch as to eliminate common wifi issues. No other issues than the reboot, replaced a failing old CM-7600 which was King for many years.

A few glitches but I got it working and I have cut the cable cord. Saves money!

I purchased my device a few months ago. Honesly with the exception of a few issues with the ROKU APP - which is my main system to watch - I have been fairly happy with system. Recently ROKU did an update and then Tablo did an update. All now is worrible. The issue is that tech support also is a bit slow to respond appropriately when it seems that they have a major issue. Anyuways if system work good I will give 5-starts but for now will give 3 just becasue was working good for several months until now. Maybe if I can I will come back and update review.

Good idea, performance is not so good as it sometimes takes a while downloading channel updates or starting up, it is good enough if you want to drop cable subscription. Looking forward for more robust hardware version, in the meantime this is not bad at all, I enjoy the fact I get the mainstream channels like abc, fox, nbc, cnn and also bloomberg plus channels in spanish as well like Telemundo, Univision and some mor

I’m not overly impressed with this unit, it was rushed onto the market which had no need. It doesn’t work for AppleTv unless your a beta tester so that alone says this was rushed out. If I’d known this I wouldn’t have bought it as my primary TV is AppleTv 4k. Pros has 4 Chanel DVR/has own hard drive/allows external hard drive Cons NOT READY/no AppleTv app/has built in antenna amplifier (WHICH THEY DON’T MENTION!) where this MAY be helpful mostly does more harm/to expensive for a product being tossed to market to get bugs worked out I can’t stress this enough Tablo you need to inform your product has a signal amplifier, my antenna set up pulls in 91 channels because my antenna set up has been properly engineered. Adding this dropped my scanned channels to 18. Took me HOURS to find out you foolishly put a signal amplifier in this and its default setting is ON. No warning prompts or anything. This needs to be corrected. If not using AppleTv this may work well but at this time I can’t recommend buying this because it doesn’t work for EVERYONE only those who don’t use AppleTv.

A great surprise. Creates it's own channel list which was very helpful. The only issue is that some sporting events are a bit "jerky", and I had one issue with my Samsung TV "locking up". but still a great value for what it does!

This actually replaces a unit I bought five months ago. Took the defective unit back to Best Buy and they got me another, no hassle. The second unit works fine. I had added an external hard drive a few weeks before the original failed. The extra storage space is much appreciated. I'm liking the Tablo much better than my Amazon Recast box that failed after five years. Amazon acknowledged they had a problem, but never fixed it or kept me in the loop.

I had previously purchased a dual tuner Tablo DVR and absolutely loved it. The quad version, which I bought about a month ago, takes it to the next level. NOTE: I had a OTA antenna professionally installed on my roof and can watch all of my local channels with no interruptions in signal. The Tablo records programs perfectly. I pair it with my Roku device. Works flawlessly and is really easy to use. Buy one if you can get your locals in the clear. You won't regret it! I will be glad once they have an Apple TV app, but for no Roku works just fine.

Works great with a good antenna. I had to have an attic antenna professionally installed. I have minor issues connecting sometimes due to weather conditions.

Set up was simple. Interface is nice. Functions perfect on my phone. Great picture. Got through set up and discovered the connectivity for Samsung TV Plus is coming. Very disappointing. Bestbuy was gratious and let me return it. Go for it!

I got the 4 tuner Tablo so we avoid any recording and watching conflicts. Recently cut the cable cord and this allows me to record all my network shows so I can still watch at my convenience and fast forward thru commercials. Also glad it gives me a guide for what is on tv. Added a fire stick to this and wished I cut the cord ages ago.

Works sometimes. Seems to disconnect pretty frequently. When it works it is amazing. Unfortunately, it works less then it does work. Lots of connectivity issues. There has to be a better solution than this four receiver unit.

I have a 2 tuner TABLO which I have never had any problems with but I could only record two shows. So I bought a 4 Tuner so I record up to 4 Shows. But the Reception have been bad some days and I can’t get some of my Local Channels. And now it’s freezes and went I try to reset it but it stay frozen and keep repeating at same point over and over and I am not able watch anything on those channels

Tablo is great. When I moved I stopped having cable. With Tablo I was able to put my antenna in the perfect place so now I get reception on par with cable with OTA TV and can watch it on any TV in my place.

I love my Tablo. I use Apple TV streaming devices and have had to wait until Apple was supported. I was paying over $40 a month for the most basic cable package to see the local channels. I have the Tablo set up with a great antenna that gives me all the local channels. I'm saving all that money on cable. I've cut down my other streaming services. I'm enjoying additional financial freedom not having all these entertainment packages hitting my bills every month. This was a great investment for me. Do the homework of making sure an antenna will work at your house before buying a Tablo. Also, check some over the air sites to see what channels are available to you. A friend lives in an area that only gets 4 channels while my parents live in an area that gets more than double my channels.

Too bad we didn't get the chance to try this. I think it would have been useful. Unfortunately, our "smart" TV was too outdated to work with this item. Since the TV still works fine, there was no reason to replace it. These might be more useful if they were a little more backwards compatible.