r/tablotv

Coming here in order to avoid ChP....it's really helpful but ....on the other hand, reddit won't let me in unless I disable my VPN. Anyway, I have rabbit ears and am happy with those; my television is new and I watch DVDs. But I want to be able to tape TV programs on occasion, and apparently Tablo (gen 4?) is a good tool for it. Right now I have coax for DVD player; the antenna and player are connected to a splitter to I can go back and forth. I believe I would connected the Tablo to the DVD player rather than to the TV, but do I need HDMI or can I use the coax? And do I still need the splitter? Thanks for input (both kinds! ;-)

I have cancelled my Sparklight cable, purchased a tablo, and a 25 mi range antenna. When I scanned for channels, I got no network tv. Returned the 25 mi, purchased a 50 mi, the only network tv I am getting is Fox. I live 1.5 miles from downtown, does anyone else have this issue?

Hi, I have the TabloTV legacy Quad and still running the firmware version 2.2.42 With latest announcement I seen, for past days, Should I really consider doing the upgrade? I mostly use the the TabloTV on Roku, and been very happy with it. My understanding is that some had their device crash/bricked after the upgraded.

Warning to anyone considering a Tablo DVR: I’ve now had TWO Tablo 4th Gen units fail in about two years. Both became completely dead/unresponsive. My current unit is a TF1284B-01-CN—no power light, no response to reset, even though the power supply is putting out the proper 12V.

What makes this even more frustrating is that Tablo customer support has been completely non-responsive to my numerous support requests.

After my second failure, I searched online and found other owners reporting very similar 4th Gen failures, including units that simply stop powering on.

Based on my experience—two failed units plus no meaningful response from support—I would not recommend buying a Tablo right now. Anyone considering one should research the 4th Gen reliability reports first.

Some recordings produce them, many do not.

I recorded the local Texans-Chargers game and it produced the thumbnails.

Recorded four episodes from the Popular Science channels and two made the thumbnails and two did not. No "failures" reported. What is going on here?

I'm using the internal Flash as DVR storage.

Has anyone had widespread issues with the Tablo app on Apple TV crashing to the home screen and freezing during live tv for a few seconds from time to time since the last app update to 2.2.0?

I have ruled the app update being the issue since the issue does not seem to effect a certain ATV model or tvOS version as I have 3 ATV 4K gen 1 models and 1 ATV 4K gen 2 model all initially on tvOS 26.5 and now all on tvOS 26.6. My Tablo 4th gen has been on 2.2.58 firmware well before the issue has started.

I don’t see any of these issues happening on our iOS/Roku/Android TV devices, although we don’t run the Tablo app for hours on end like we do on our ATVs.

Support has suggested to delete and reinstall the app with no luck and earlier today I ended up wiping one of my ATVs to see if that would fix the issue, but nope, it has crashed to the home screen a few times today and live tv still freezes for a few seconds from time to time.

Kind of out of ideas at this point unless anyone here has found a magical solution. I am all ears, but I am starting to get tired of every other update fixing something then at the same time breaks something else and there may or may not be a workaround.

Network TV programming records but when I try to record a series on a FAST channel, nothing…

I took some time to search reddit for a solution. If I missed something, please point me to it. I know I'm not the only one. In fact, Tablo support told me so, and I've seen other posts about this. Tablo's workaround simply doesn't work for me.

Since the last tvOS update, my AppleTVs are not able to play live, OTA live TV from Tablo. I tried what I found here before writing to Tablo support, and despite having tried steps on my own, I dutifully followed every step support has suggested to me. Now I'm going in circles with support, getting the same suggestions from them that they've already sent me. Either I'm talking ot an AI agent, or their support folks just don't read earlier parts of the conversation when I follow up with anything. They told me my issue was being escalcated, but I'm not seeing any evidence that's actually happened.

The problem: When I try to watch any OTA content, the image just freezes. Streaming content works fine.

I received from support (and also found in this sub or somewhere else on reddit):

This is a known issue with a recent tvOS update. The current workaround is to disable CONTINUOUS AUDIO CONNECTION on each affected Apple TV:

1. From your Apple TV's home screen, select SETTINGS (the gear icon).
2. 2. In SETTINGS, select AUDIO AND VIDEO
3. 3. In Audio AND VIDEO, select AUDIO FORMAT
4. 4. Set CONTINUOUS AUDIO CONNECTION to OFF.

But that setting doesn't exist on any of my Apple TVs.

Under audio format, I did turn off auto and tried other settings to see if anything else would work. No change at all.

I have reset the Tablo, checked to make sure I had the latest firmware releases, deleted the tablo app and reinstalled, and even rescanned channels and rebuilt guide data.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I'm about ready to order an HDHomerun.

Thanks!

EDIT: Thanks to everyone that pointed out the airplay problem. Turning off the HomePods as audio device solved it. It’s not great, but it’s workable until a fix comes along.

I’m looking at my next phone upgrade and I’m on iOS now and thinking about getting the new iPhone foldable phone when it comes out. One thing that bothers me is the iOS app doesn’t let me zoom in to 4:3 content to have it display full frame on my iPad. So I know it won’t allow it on the iPhone.

I’m thinking about going back to Android (Samsung Fold 8) but I want to know does the Android app allow viewing 4:3 content full frame?

Specifically I record and rewatch the older Star Trek series and it would be great if I could get rid of the black bars all around the screen.

I have a 4th Generation Tablo, a Roku Streaming Stick Plus, and 2 Amazon Fire Stick 4ks.

My Roku has worked seamlessly with my Tablo for months. Recently however I have been unable to get any Tablo live or recorded content to play on my Roku. It takes forever to load, plays for a few seconds, then returns to loading. Completely unwatchable.

Meanwhile - all of my Amazon Fire Sticks operate and play Tablo content normally. No issues.

Anyone have any ideas what could have changed to cause the issue? It's so odd - especially as the Roku is the newest device in the newest TV.

I opened a case awhile ago and support seems to respond within a reasonable time, but their answers seem like AI. They've asked me multiple times what streaming devices I use, and then suggested reset, reinstall of the app, etc. when it still doesn't work they start over with the same line of questions and suggestions.