The newly redesigned Gen4 Tablo device will satisfy all of your Over The Air (OTA) and streaming needs for under $100. It lets you watch live and recorded shows for free, wirelessly, on any TV in your home using an OTA antenna, in beautiful HD quality.
The new Tablo integrates two OTA digital tuners along with a 128Gb DVR which is enough to receive, record and playback 50 hours of antenna based TV. The user interface also includes around 50 streaming channels from Scripps, the company who recently purchased Tablo.
Tablo sends a wireless signal to smart devices, allowing you to watch and record live TV shows on your smart TVs, phones and/or tablets anywhere in your home. The DVR is able to record approximately 50 hours of content with its onboard storage. But by adding an external DVR of up to 8Tb, you can record over 1000 hours or content.
Tablo is also able to receive/record 50+ streaming channels via an integrated live channel guide. The two tuners allow the system to view or record two channels simultaneously on multiple TVs from several interfaces including Roku, Fire, Google and others. The device is now subscription free and also provides a free seven day 24 hour channel guide. A four tuner version is expected to be available in the future. The Tablo user interface is conveniently organized with a recordings library: a home screen which helps display content such as shows, movies, news and sports.
As with all OTA tuners, it’s recommended to run a channel scan quarterly. Tablo has this process down to a science with a simple, intuitive tuner interface that allows you to scan, select and deselect OTA and streaming channels directly from within the TV app. All TVs in the home then receive the same picture perfect HD signal.
You most likely won’t need them, but Tablo customer support is very good and you can actually speak to a real person!
The competition: Sling’s AirTV is the most significant competition. Similar to Tablo, the AirTV has both a two and four tuner model with either built in or external DVR options up to 8Tb. Sling integrates OTA, streaming and on-demand TV, movies, news and sports.
The bottom line: Is the new gen4 Tablo a good buy? In my opinion, yes it seems to be a good OTA digital tuner and recorder that also integrates popular streaming content.
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