r/tablotv

Customer must add memory to stop buffering

Basically this thing had me on a goose chase blaming everything except the product (not McDonald's) I tested everything streaming speeds reboots etc. Turns out this junk doesnt come with the memory required to function. Plugged in a USB no more buffering. Missed the France Paraguay game cuz of this junk. Make a product thatcan function at purchase please. Would not recommend to anyone.

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u/tractorpatty — 1 day ago

tvOS 26.5

HI Tablo gods,

I have Apple TV that’s running 26.5, and Tablo 2.1.1.

I am running my Apple TV over Ethernet but I am able to access my Tablo hardware.

When I play something I recorded over the DVR I get the stalled error. I know there is a posted note about this in 26.4 but I thought it was only while watching live and not necessarily something that was DVR.

I restarted everything and unplugged my hardware as well, still getting the issue. As others have mentioned, this is only on my Apple TV

Any updates in the works or suggestions that I missed in this subreddit?

Thanks.

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u/CompGeneratedName — 4 days ago

OTA Antenna Question

Question, about my OTA antenna connection. I have an outdoor antenna with a clear shot to the southeast, which is what I need. However, all of my equipment is on the lower floor of the house on the complete opposite side. Near both the antenna and the equipment, including my TV are cable jacks. If I connect the antenna to the upstairs cable jack, and then run a coax cable from the downstairs connection to my Tablo, will that pick up the signal from the antenna? The reason I am asking is that I have my Tablo in the upper bedroom directly connected to the antenna, and I would like it to move it down to the rest of the equipment and plug it in directly to the router.

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u/jimozachV2 — 6 days ago

Multiple Devices & Tablo

My main box is an ONN Pro V1, although I do have a third generation fire cube in our upstairs bedroom. The Tablo is connected to the downstairs ONN Pro and works fine. I’ve installed the app on the fire cube, but it does not find the Tablo. Is there something I’m doing wrong, or can it only be connected to one box at a time?

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u/jimozachV2 — 5 days ago

Legacy Tablo may have died. Never had an issue before we were forced to update.

UPDATE: Thanks to a u/ChapterSalt1453 & u/wildsprite for there comments on this post & there suggestion to replace the power cord. I bought a new power cord and the tablo works again! Also I purchased a new powered usb hub because I thought my powered usb hub that I bought 4 months ago was bad. It wasn't. The power cord caused everything else to not work like it should. Even though the tablo had a blue light, the power cord was still bad.

Figured this would happen.

Never had an issue with my legacy tablo quad. Never once.

Soon after I updated, I got the no storage error.

OK. I did some Troubleshooting and after reading I decided to buy a powered usb hub. That fixed that issue.

Last night after 4 months I get no storage issue again. I checked and the powered usb hub seemed like it was bad. So I bought another one. A tp link one. This time that didn't fix issue.

Now the tablo is making a noise, and there are no lights on the tablo. I unplugged the tablo, still nothing.

Is this a coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.

Again never had an issue until this forced update.

Now the tablo app on my roku can't find my tablo so I can't see any info.

When the no storage issue happened yesterday the tablo so would still load just fine and I could see all my settings, etc. Just no recordings. At that time My wife checked it last night and it just updated 6 days ago. Unfortunately I don't checked the version of the update.

Now I can't load the tablo and I see nothing.

I guess if my tablo is bricked or dead, I only lost out on if course an older tablo that had lost some of it's value, an expensive external hd, all my recordings, the cost of 2 powered usb hubs and the cost of my lifetime subscription.

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u/steeve725 — 8 days ago

Dead Tablo 4th Gen?

Last summer, I ordered a Tablo. When launching the app today, it said my Tablo was not connected. After looking at my Tablo, I think it is completely dead! After less than a year! I don’t know if there’s anything anyone can do but this is ridiculous.

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u/Designer-Crew-3308 — 8 days ago

Question about watching recording from beginning, while recording. AppleTV vs Amazon Firestik

I have had a Legacy Tablo for a few years now and have been very happy with it. I also bought a Gen 4 about two years ago but when I found out I cannot watch a recording from the beginning while it is still being recorded (I am using AppleTV) I never bothered to switch over.

I wanted to know if the same problem exists if I switch to using an Amazon Firestik and the Gen. 4 Tablo.

Thanks in advance.

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u/RelationAshamed — 7 days ago

my "fix" for an overheating tablo tv 4th gen

as i outlined in this post. Was having issues watching my recorded world cup matches. Stuttering seems to be a side effect of the device throttling due to heat.

After using a 120mm fan to cool it and having positive results. I made a quick 3d model to hold the Tablo tv vertically with the 120mm fan blowing right at it. This seems to fix my issues with stuttering. Check out the make at https://makerworld.com/en/models/2977622-vertical-cooling-fan-stand-for-tablo-tv-4th-gen

let me know if it works for you!

https://i.redd.it/g0puqvg1tj9h1.gif

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u/jerich088 — 10 days ago

Remote viewing options

Wondering about this feature of the legacy app/firmware after the support for the legacy app goes away. I use this feature whenever we travel to access local OTA live broadcasts and recordings. Has anyone come up with a way to watch recordings remotely for Gen 4 and now legacy Tablo users?

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u/poohdoggy — 10 days ago

More Android TV issues

I am trying to wean off of Roku, but the Android TV app has so many issues. I'll start with the latest. I was looking for the next episode of Motor Week, and it did not show up. I flipped over to the Roku (both are Ethernet connected and HDMI to the same TV) and lo and behold, there it was. This is after I hit "Latest" multiple times on the Android TV. It was a no show. Only after going into "Android TV > Settings > APPS > Tablo > Force stop" and then re-open, did it show up. Why? The streamer is an ONN 4K Pro (2026).

Thanks!

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u/rparge — 8 days ago

Stuttering during playback and live view (Tablo 4th gen)

been quite frustrating trying to catch up on world cup games. First it was the antenna signal for fox - which i managed to finally fix, then it's stuttering on playback of recordings or live - all this with an ethernet connection. I had to download one of the matches to confirm that i wasn't crazy - the download plays back smooth, but playing direct always stutters!

i do have a 2TB external hdd (spinning portable drive) attached. the drive hasn't had any problems before. Is this a sign that the tablo device is overheating? what is the best practice to cool down the device? so frustrating trying to catch up on world cup matches after i get home.

btw, this is the most i've used that tablo, and also the first time i've been thankful i have one.

thanks in advance for any advice.

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u/jerich088 — 13 days ago