It would be great if Tablo could be accessed outside of your home network through the app. I frequently travel and miss having access to my local news and recorded shows. There shouldn’t be a restriction to access recorded content as long as it’s still on my Tablo at home.
I agree. However, we don’t know what or how much infrastructure the Tablo device would have to dedicate to such a service. This could raise the cost of the unit itself, or this could be like an add-on subscription service. The only thing I really need is remote access to the Guide on my Tablo for setting recording schedules. Then I can set something when I’m away and watch it later. This seems like a good in-between/alternative to full access to Recordings. But I agree that having access would be a nice re-addition to the Gen4 Tablo.
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VPN will do the trick. I L2TP into my home network to access my Tablo.
If you want an easy VPN router, I would look into the AmpliFi system.
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I’ll second that. Viewing outside the home would be great, but I am much more interested in programming from outside the home. I had that with DirecTV. It is one of the few things I miss.
My understanding is that Tablo has this as a feature they would like to add, but there are many more things they want (need) to do first.
Here’s an article with the specifics: Does the 4th Generation Tablo Support Tablo Connect (Out-of-Home Streaming)? – Tablo.
We do plan to make this a feature, unfortunately, we currently don’t have an ETA.
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Hi @KimchiGUN, is out of home viewing as simple as logging into your network via a VPN connection in your home router? Seems too easy, but I’m game to try if it’s that simple.
One more vote for out-of-home viewing. There may need to be a charge for this - it’s a lot of coding and support - but my vote is it’d be worth it for those of us who travel and stream.
Yeah I configured a L2TP VPN server on my home router. Installed Blue Stacks on my laptops, connect to the VPN, and watch TV.
But if you want a simpler way of doing it, looking to getting the AmpliFi home mesh system. It has a really simple VPN feature.
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I will give it try. My network will get a much need upgraded to mesh+WiFi 7 shortly. That system’s router comes w/VPN capability. Thanks for the tip.
I just posted my solution to this here for the prior generation Tablos that had this feature, called “Tablo Connect” My solution also uses a VPN, but no VPN hardware to purchase. Not 100% sure it will work with a V4 but it sounds like it would based on prior VPN suggestions that work.
Good luck. I’ve had a Legacy Tablo with Connect for years & when Gen 4 came out, without the remote connect, I knew I wasn’t going to upgrade! Gen 4 has been out for a good while and they still haven’t figured out how to get back to the previous function.
+1 for at least being able to access program guide.
Don’t need to watch a show on my phone, but I would like to be able to schedule a show. I was sitting in the driveway recently, just left WiFi, and I had to pull back up to set a recording. Yuk!!
Seems like a pretty easy fix to me. Please?
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Access outside the home? I’d be happy if I could consistently access my recording INSIDE my home.
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Sorry to hear that. I have been in TABLO since Nov 2024 and it has been nearly perfect. Less than a handful of restarts that cleaned up a few glitches which could have been the Roku glitching. I did put the TABLO on its own network cable the first day I got it, which fixed the initial network issue.
Hope you get it figured. I have been pleased with mine.
Nice to hear it works for some. Many have had issues and Tablo is clueless to fix things and breaks something whenever they try. Hope you continue to have good luck.