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Tablo 4th Gen 2-Turner 128GB Over the Air DVR w/ No Antenna
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Tablo TV has Tablo 4th Gen 2-Turner 128GB Over the Air DVR w/ No Antenna on sale for $79.95 - $20 when you apply discount code ELLIS at checkout = $59.95, while supplies last. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member Infinity for posting this deal.
Note: Additional savings of $30 are available for Current and Former Military, First Responders and Law Enforcement (Sign Up here)
Specs:
Thanks to Community Member Infinity for posting this deal.
Note: Additional savings of $30 are available for Current and Former Military, First Responders and Law Enforcement (Sign Up here)
Specs:
- Ports:
- 1x Power
- 1x Ethernet 10/100
- 1x USB 2.0
- 1x Coax
- Concurrent Streams:
- 2-Tuner/No Antenna: Watch and record up to two live channels simultaneously
- Watch on up to six devices at once
- Recording of some free streaming channels may be disabled due to licensing restrictions
- Processing:
- 1 GB RAM
- 128 GB Flash
- Recording Capacity:
- 50+ hours of onboard HD storage
- Support for USB hard drives from 1 - 8TB (~1000 hours of HD storage)
- Includes:
- 1x Tablo device
- 1x Power supply
- 1x 4′ Ethernet cable
Editor's Notes
Written by NgocOutSavings | Staff- About this deal:
- Our research indicates that this deal is $20 less (25.01% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $79.95 at the time of this post.
- This price is in the range of our previous Frontpage Deals.
- About this product:
- Product will qualify for 30-day return w/ purchase (Customers must pay for return shipping)
- View Tablo TV Return & Warranty Policy here.
- Additional notes:
- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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Tablo TV has Tablo 4th Gen 2-Turner 128GB Over the Air DVR w/ No Antenna on sale for $79.95 - $20 when you apply discount code ELLIS at checkout = $59.95, while supplies last. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member Infinity for posting this deal.
Note: Additional savings of $30 are available for Current and Former Military, First Responders and Law Enforcement (Sign Up here)
Specs:
Thanks to Community Member Infinity for posting this deal.
Note: Additional savings of $30 are available for Current and Former Military, First Responders and Law Enforcement (Sign Up here)
Specs:
- Ports:
- 1x Power
- 1x Ethernet 10/100
- 1x USB 2.0
- 1x Coax
- Concurrent Streams:
- 2-Tuner/No Antenna: Watch and record up to two live channels simultaneously
- Watch on up to six devices at once
- Recording of some free streaming channels may be disabled due to licensing restrictions
- Processing:
- 1 GB RAM
- 128 GB Flash
- Recording Capacity:
- 50+ hours of onboard HD storage
- Support for USB hard drives from 1 - 8TB (~1000 hours of HD storage)
- Includes:
- 1x Tablo device
- 1x Power supply
- 1x 4′ Ethernet cable
Editor's Notes
Written by NgocOutSavings | Staff- About this deal:
- Our research indicates that this deal is $20 less (25.01% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $79.95 at the time of this post.
- This price is in the range of our previous Frontpage Deals.
- About this product:
- Product will qualify for 30-day return w/ purchase (Customers must pay for return shipping)
- View Tablo TV Return & Warranty Policy here.
- Additional notes:
- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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Community Reviews
Tablo 4th Gen is a simple over the air DVR that shines for easy local recording, a friendly interface, and two tuner recording for two shows at once. It works well with Roku and Google TV, can fast forward through recordings, and the app also pulls in free streaming channels. The main knocks are slow menus and channel changes, occasional app or network glitches, and heat related reliability concerns. Storage is tight at 128GB, so an external drive is often needed, and ATSC 3.0 uncertainty hangs over its long term future.
Cord-cutters wanting a simple in-home OTA DVR, because the interface is easy to use and recordings can be fast-forwarded with two tuners for two shows at once.
Viewers who want a no-subscription guide and recording setup, because the device can record free OTA channels and includes a 14-day guide.
Households that need a quick way to record local broadcasts on multiple TVs, because the app-based setup works across phone, tablet, and TV devices.
Plex users who want OTA recordings integrated into an existing media server, because Tablo recordings can work smoothly with Plex and commercial skip.
People who need dependable long-term hardware, because units can overheat, need reboots, and fail after about a year or two.
Shoppers with weak OTA reception or weak home Wi‑Fi, because poor signal and network quality can make playback and recordings unreliable.
Apple TV and HomePod households that rely on live TV, because the setup can freeze on the live screen and refuse to play.
Viewers who expect instant channel surfing, because boot times and channel changes can be slow.
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As a kid I vividly remember Windows Media Center (Vista and then Windows 7). We had a Sony all in one with built in tv tuner.
The amount of times my dad went to use the computer and the hard drive would be full with all the pbs shows I would record (Arthur, ruff ruff man). Man life was so simple back then…😂
I think despite how crappy windows has become the fact I grew up with windows at school and at home was what made me hold onto a windows laptop for so long. Off my tangent for now
If they MUST have atsc 3.0 then they should not be able to force encryption. Free actualy means something. Its not a upgrade but more a death nail to the once free tv airwaves. IMHO if they Must have the encryption, I would ask the fcc to sell of the bandwidth and just be done with it.. Whats next encryped radio? There is another compeating tech "5g" tv that is also being concidered. It will not be encrypted.
ATSC 1 could do mpg4 over the air as it is set up now and would work with most android based sets..
Broadcasters not have to go to atsc 3 they just want it to force everyone in to continuing to pay the retransmission fees that the local stations now depend on...
Make the once free over the air tv as inconvienant as possible to use.
Walmart to this day has no atsc3 sets to sell you either, but the broadcasters want to kill atsc1 in 2028..
They definatly dont want anymous users so they can show advertisers who is watching....
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I haven't used it, but HDHomeRun is another option.
Thanks
Someone mentioned putting some type of fan pointing at the tablo, is it a heat problem, or some other component in the device, that fails? If only 42 percent of people give this product 5 stars on Amazon , and 24 percent give it 1 star ... is it user error or product error?
Also, confused about 2 things. Does this come with 14 free tv guide , some people say NO, just 3 days free guide. Also can it record streaming stuff or not, some say YES and others seem to say it only records OTA content.
Can it record Youtube videos, Netflix, amazon prime, paramount , tubi. What exactly do some people mean when they say it can record streaming channels?
If no external antenna is attached to this device, what can it record ... what have you found by experimenting with device. If you have internet connection, what can you record without external antenna?
i own a tivo roamio and it only records OTA content, and I have homerun stuff, .. and amazon recast device, all I have recorded was just OTA content, does this Tablo record streaming stuff, yes or no.
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If they MUST have atsc 3.0 then they should not be able to force encryption. Free actualy means something. Its not a upgrade but more a death nail to the once free tv airwaves. IMHO if they Must have the encryption, I would ask the fcc to sell of the bandwidth and just be done with it.. Whats next encryped radio? There is another compeating tech "5g" tv that is also being concidered. It will not be encrypted.
ATSC 1 could do mpg4 over the air as it is set up now and would work with most android based sets..
Broadcasters not have to go to atsc 3 they just want it to force everyone in to continuing to pay the retransmission fees that the local stations now depend on...
Make the once free over the air tv as inconvienant as possible to use.
Walmart to this day has no atsc3 sets to sell you either, but the broadcasters want to kill atsc1 in 2028..
They definatly dont want anymous users so they can show advertisers who is watching....
EDIT: I take that back. One of them does have DVR in theory. But the reviews are beyond trash. Illiterate manual. Terrible beyond belief. Clearly they dropped a bag of cash at someone's feet if they've got approval and not HD Homerun.
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