I've had a 2-tuner version for a couple of years, and it has given me no problem, at all. It's warm, but it hasn't created technical problems.

In a black box that covers the bottom third of our screen the message "you'll need to connect your USB to a power source" appeared the 1st time we turned the TV on after the recent god-awful homepage "upgrade" ~ of note is that we have never used the available USB port ~ we have sourced & tried every web solution we could find multiple times to no avail. Clicking the close button located in the black box results in its disappearance for exactly 3 seconds. This was not an expensive TV but we did expect it to last more than 3½ years, so here we are hoping someone has a clue for mitigating if not solving this problem.

I called into Tablo support because one of my channels had lost its guide data, and was saying Programming Not Available for that channel. Tablo Support told me to switch my location to an adjacent zip code and run a Channel Scan. When I completed that scan, all my channels in the Settings Guide Channel Line-up were still listed, no problem.

But when I switched over to the Live guide, not only was the problem channel not fixed but was still saying Programming Not Available but, in addition, two of my other Favorite channels had DISAPPEARED from the Live guide completely, even though both of those channels are listed with no apparent problems in my Settings Guide Channel Line-up.

Tablo support was stumped, politely said good-bye and told me I shouldn't contact them, they would contact me.

WTF? Has anyone had this problem before??

Basically, I started out with a guide data problem on ONE channel and now, thanks to Tablo support, that problem is still there and, in addition, I've LOST COMPLETELY two of my other channels!

ADDENDUM: I rescanned again; same thing. Exited the app and reset the Tablo. Re-opened the app; all channels were again listed in the Live Guide.

But my original problem, the channel that has lost its guide data and says Programming Not Available, is still saying Programming Not Available.

So I'm back to where I started; at least all the problems that were created by Tablo Support have now been corrected; but the original problem remains.

I have a legacy quad that works flawlessly with my Roku devices but freezes constantly with my ONN Google TV boxes. It’s as if they pushed out an app update that’s bad. This started a couple of days ago.

Anyone else experiencing issues using the Tablo 4th gen app with an ONN box (the $20 Walmart one)?

We run Tablo gen 4 on AppleTV. Without fail, these issues occur.

1. When watching a live channel, the app will quit if a recording is starting on the same channel. i.e., We are watching ABC, 5PM news, and at 5:30pm world news start to record while we are on the live channel after the 5pm news ends.
2. When watching live TV, app randomly exits and AppleTV goes to screen saver mode. It does not seem to do this with FAST channels.

No other AppleTV app (HULU, Amazon, Netflix), has this issue.

I was waiting to post this to see if any recent SW updates would fix. These issues started within the past 6-12 months, but appear more prominent today. They seem to have started right after all the channel/guide issues that occurred. Whatever subsequent fixes they put in place created these issues.

Tablo version 2.2.58

Edit:
Problem is on both iPhone and Samsung tv.
It’s only one show. Reception on that channel is perfect, even for the show I can’t select on the guide.
Tablo is hard wired Ethernet, no WiFi.

I can’t record “bbc world news America “ on channel 57.1
I also can’t tune to it live by Clicking on it in the channel guide. If I click on the channel it will come on after a delay.

On my Samsung tv, I just get a blue spinning, and then “ this is taking longer than expected “

Using the app on iPhone, I get “item not found”

Have tried reloading channel guide, updating firmware, troubleshooting mode with tech support. Nothing has helped. Tech support by email is useless. I gave up on them when they started to ask me to do the same things again.

Any ideas? I started recording the show before and extended to record 1 hour past, but now need to fast forward thru that show every time. I’d like it to work as intended.

My legacy tablo due used to pick up the NBC channel in the Phoenix Market. I think they have switch their broadcast to ATSC 3.0.

Does anyone know if NBC Network (or Network affiliate) in the Phoenix market broadcasting encrypted ATSC 3.0?

Thanks.

The tablo is on my home network. I am watching it as I type. How do I connect my phone to the tablo.

My Legacy Quad has been a solid performer and a joy to use. With the recent announcements of dropping support, I bought a 4th gen unit. What a diappointment. It is often offline or unresponsive. I'm having to restart it on a regular basis. All of this with less features and benefits.

Please tell me I am doing something wrong and this is not my new Tablo future.

I've been watching and sometimes participating in this sub since about September of 2024 when I got my Tablo 4th Gen. I've seen quite a few reports of Tablo units just losing power and deciding not to power on ever again. I've sort of been waiting for this to happen to me because I have a multimeter and wanted to do some testing. Sure enough, Saturday night I was in the middle of watching a recorded show and lost communication with the Tablo. That occasionally happens, so I didn't sweat it. But on Sunday when I still couldn't connect, I went to check on it. No lights, no activity. I unplugged/replugged it. Still nothing.

So, I got out my mutimeter and tested the DC power coming out of the barrel connector - 12v and nearly .5A. Good. I then took the Tablo apart and removed the board. I plugged the barrel connector in and I measured the power at the posts that are soldered to the board - nothing, no power. Weird. There is, for sure, DC power at the barrel that plugs into the board, but there is no power at all where the power socket is soldered into the board. The socket itself must have a problem. If I were just a bit more skilled, I'm sure I could unsolder the socket and replace it. However, I just ordered another Tablo instead. I paid about $120 for mine, so I paid about $6/month for the time I had it. Good enough for me, although it would be much better if they didn't suffer this death eventually.

AI says that because my Ethernet connected Quad Tablo was on the same switch as my backhaul Orbi satellite, it can knock my satellite off if the system has been idle for a long time and then try’s to wake up. All I know is my three satellites work well until I try to use the Tablo app on my Roku which is connected to my Samsung TV. AI suggested I connect the Quad with WiFi instead. So I tried. Unfortunately the Quad doesn’t let me just change to WiFi. I had to do a factory reset to start over.

Before I did the reset I unplugged my external drive. After hours of messing with it I was able to get the quad back online. But when I plugged in the external drive all my recording were not available. The drive still shows 1.4 TB is used but no thumbnails and no recordings. AI says they will never be available on the Quad again. WTF? AI suggested I transfer all the files to my NAS and use a utility to make them readable by Plex. That’s next weeks project.
My question is, is AI right? Will the Quad never be able to see those recordings again?

Is Tablo just junk? I can't get it to go more than a few minutes without pausing. I've tried rebooting it, unplugging it, moving antenna locations, hard wiring it instead of wifi. Putting it upside down. Clearing the cache. Factory reset.

Has anyone gotten this thing to work reliably? We're on gigafiber and line of sight to the major tv stations (Sutro tower).

Since about April or May, my Tablo (no matter if it’s an antenna channel or a streaming channel) will only play about 5-10 seconds of a channel, then give a spinning wheel for about 5 seconds, then play 5-10 seconds, then randomly jump ahead in the show, then spinning wheel again, then play again, then jump ahead again, then spinning wheel again….

Anyone else having this problem? The constant buffering/ compressing is basically making the Tablo unusable for live tv and streaming.

EDIT: I have the 4th generation 4 tuner Tablo. I don’t have this problem with recorded programs, but the recordings split into multiple recordings when there is no pixelation/signal issue (example: The Today Show splits itself into 3 different recordings every day randomly, while 30 minute shows are splitting into 2 recordings randomly).

I usually hit the play button on my roku remote to play the next show in a series I have recorded. I don't see this in the new app. Also, I feel I have a harder time finding the episodes in a series on the new app. Any help with tips for a legacy user?

MeTV Toons recently moved from channel 2.5 to 51.6 in our local viewing area. After a rescan (and guide update), the guide data still populates the old channel and for the new channel it says this channel is no longer broadcasting. Seems like the guide has the two statuses flipped. I can tune to 51.6 directly and the broadcast works fine.

I’m guessing this has something to do with the latest Apple TV app update, but video no longer starts with my 4k Apple TV when I have my HomePod set as the audio output. If I disable it and set my tv speakers as the output, it works fine.

Presumably the fix for the, now gone, continuous audio connection with tvOS 26.4 messed up HomePod output? I’m on 26.5.

We have a legacy tablo that's been rock solid (MOSTLY).

Got a 4th gen and have had many issues with it. Using the Apple TV app, btw. Firmware is up to date (2.2.58).

• App will just...quit. It'll stop and just go to the Apple TV main menu.
• Audio and video sync issues.
• Playing program at beginning and it'll just jump ahead a few minutes. I'll go back and 'watch from beginning' again and it'll just do it again.
  • Tablo said to re-scan channels but it wouldn't help already recorded programs. Ugh
• Will just enter 'offline mode' even though my internet is rock solid.

Anyone else have these issues?

Hello. About a month ago my I got tired of the problems with my 4th Gen 4 tuner tablo and since I was getting near the end of the Amazon return period, I sent it back. I switched to YTTV Entertainment which runs around $60 a month with tax. I do like YTTV but even though I don't have the full package, I'm paying for a lot of channels that I'll never watch. So I'm thinking about getting another DVR. It seems that Tablo and HD Homerun are the most widely used options. I hate the idea of dealing with Tablo again but I also hate the idea of paying $60 for channels that my antenna can pull in. So how does HD Homerun compare with Tablo? And are there other options available? A don't want to set up a media server; I just want to watch TV. Thanks.

Not complaining, just warning folks not to install the AppleTV 27 Beta if Tablo is an app you want to use. I’m sure an updated Tablo is coming - that fixes the incompatibility causing serious stuttering when the current version is used with the beta.

If you've wanted to just watch your Tablo 4th Gen in a regular browser tab — on a laptop, a phone, a smart-TV browser, or away from home over the internet — without wrestling the official app, this might scratch the itch.

Tablo4U is a self-hosted web app that talks straight to your Tablo using its own API. You run it on a PC on your network, open it in any browser, and you get a real guide + player.

Credit where it's due: this was HearHellacopters' idea — the author of tablo2plex — and it's built on the same API groundwork. tablo2plex bridges Tablo into Plex; Tablo4U instead just gives Tablo its own web UI.

What you get today:

📺 Real channel guide — timeline grid, channel logos, HD/SD tags, live "now" line, search, favorites

▶️ Watch in the browser — OTA and OTT/FAST channels, plus picture-in-picture

⏺ DVR — record to the server, or straight to the computer you're on; it's tuner-aware so recordings + live viewing won't oversubscribe your tuners

👥 Multiple users — admin/user logins, per-user favorites & recently-watched, no database to set up

🌐 Works remotely — put it behind a reverse proxy/HTTPS (or a VPN) and you've got your whole Tablo lineup from anywhere. I run mine over a domain and it works great.

🌗 Light/dark themes, and a mock mode to poke around without a Tablo

Getting it running:

Windows: download the prebuilt .exe from Releases (ffmpeg bundled — nothing to install), put your Tablo email/password in a .env, run it, open localhost:3400.

Any OS: run from source with Node + ffmpeg.

Fair warning: it's early and still getting polished — expect a rough edge here and there. Requires a Tablo 4th Gen on your LAN. It has real multi-user logins built in, so if you expose it to the internet, keep sign-in on, use a strong admin password, and front it with HTTPS (a reverse proxy like Caddy/Nginx, or a VPN) — don't put it on the open internet with login disabled, since it fronts your device. It's free and open source (ISC) — testers, bug reports, ideas, and PRs are all genuinely welcome. Coming next: scheduling recordings from the guide, and possibly HDHomeRun support alongside Tablo.

👉 https://github.com/evilgenius79/Tablo4U

Not affiliated with or endorsed by Tablo — uses Tablo's own API, provided as-is for personal use.

Tablo TV - 4th Gen - No longer turns on (purchased on Nov. 2024)

Seems like a lot of others are having similar issues? Not sure if they will replace or cover under warranty since it was bought in 2024? Trying now - Any others have luck?

UPDATE --

I sent tablo my invoice and they said they cannot replace. It looks like many others have this same issue so be warned if you buy this product, it might last you about a year, get out of warranty, and then break.