4th Gen 2-Tuner Over-The-Air (OTA) DVR – Watch, Pause & Record Live TV, News, Sports & Movies Throughout Your Home Over Wi-Fi – Pairs w/Any TV Antenna – 50+ Hrs Recording – No Subscriptions

Changed my TV Experience….In a GOOD Way!!
I’ve been watching OTA programs for a while now, but being able to record and watch programs later is a game-changer for OTA TV watchers… I love it, and I use it constantly.. I added a 3TB hard drive, but it’ll host up to an 8TB drive.. That said, there are a couple of things to know going into it, good and less-than-good…1 – It doesn’t improve your antenna reception… It doesn’t claim to, but just don’t think that it will…If you have issues with some channels that drop out, or have pixelation issues at times, you’re going to have problems recording that.. And you might find nothing recorded.. Your reception doesn’t have to be 100% at all times, but you’ll be more satisfied if you record only your strong-reception channels..2 – The Tablo will stop and want to set-up itself (again) up from time to time, even though it’s already set up.. Doesn’t really hurt anything, but it’s annoying when it happens.. Usually solved by hitting the very small (tiny) “Reset” button on the bottom of the unit, but it’ll interrupt any recordings (for a minute) going on at the time..3 – Sometimes it seems to bog down a bit if I overwhelm it with navigating the remote quickly… It’s probably a little light on processor speed, but, it usually works fine as long as you don’t go too fast…4 – It has two tuners, so two OTA recordings at a time is all it’s going to do.. BUT, it will also record (actually not recording but Tablo is saving them for you) two of the “extra” internet channels the Tablo brings to the table as well.. So it’ll do a lot..5 – I’ve also used a splitter from my OTA antenna, so one output goes to the Tablo, and the second output goes to the Ant input directly on the back of the TV.. So, it can record 2 OTA channels plus + 2 internet recordings at once, AND I can watch another OTA channel (have to change the Input Source on the TV to Antenna) while the Tablo runs independently recording the other 4 channels…So it’s pretty amazing…6 – For some reason, it has difficulty letting you watch a recording at the same time that it is still recording that same program.. Simply, if you plan to start watching a movie 30 minutes after it started, you may or may not have success doing that… Maybe a processor capability issue, maybe a software issue, not really sure.. But it can be annoying if that’s important to you..So, all that said, it’s got a few slightly annoying quirks, but it’s an incredible unit overall, and I’m glad I bought it.. I use it every day, and would recommend it to anyone that could use that capability…I would definitely buy it again, and the best part is, you only have to buy it once, for less than I used to spend on cable in a month… I have seen that Tablo is soon coming out with a 4-tuner version of this, which would certainly solve some “recording conflict” issues.. That would make this even better, but otherwise, I’m very pleased with what this does…UPDATE: I adjusted my antenna configuration a bit since I wrote my original comments, and now I get a more solid and reliable OTA signal coming into the Tablo unit… And now it works even more reliably.. So just wanted to reiterate, if you have solid reception from your antenna, you’re probably gonna love using your Tablo.. But if you have a marginal signal, with some drop-outs, you’ll probably just be underwhelmed with the unit.. I love it…UPDATE #2 – Program Storage – Learn from my mistake – Do yourself a favor and only use the Tablo-recommended hard drives. If you’ve got buffering issues, or trouble with longer (sports or long movies) recordings playing-back reliably, the correct hard drive really helps..And make sure it’s bigger than you think you’ll need.. BECAUSE, if you realize down the road that you need a larger drive, you’re going to lose access to your programs on your old drive.. As of now, there’s no going back.. You are basically starting over any time you install a different drive. I’m now using a 5TB WD Elements (external 2.5″ USB-powered only) hard drive.. Playback is much more reliable now…