Do stations that do not broadcast a guide work without sub?

[SteveMyers]

I haven’t yet bought a Tablo yet, because I have a question before I do.

Do stations that do not broadcast a guide work without a subscription with Tablo?
i.e. Does Tablo without a paid subscription have their own guide I can still access for 24hrs of schedule?

I have a different brand OTA DVR and it doesn’t show anything for the 6 channels from a low power station that doesn’t include any guide information with their feeds.

[TabloTV]

@SteveMyers

Do stations that do not broadcast a guide work without a subscription with Tablo?

Yep. You can still watch them live and set recordings by date/time/channel as long as you know when the program you’re hoping to record airs.

@SteveMyers

i.e. Does Tablo without a paid subscription have their own guide I can still access for 24hrs of schedule?

Yep. Without a subscription you get 24 hours of TV Guide Data.

More info here: Tablo TV Guide Data Subscriptions | Over The Air (OTA) DVR | Tablo

[SteveMyers]

So to be perfectly clear, Tablo devices do not use the broadcast guide information to create their guide?

These channels do not broadcast any guide information, so Tablo would have to create everything.

I just want to know it’s going to work before I buy it.

[TabloTV]

@SteveMyers

So to be perfectly clear, Tablo devices do not use the broadcast guide information to create their guide?

That’s correct. We use a third-party guide provider called Gracenote.

They also don’t provide guide for low power stations, but guide data is not required to watch live or set manual recordings.

[SteveMyers]

Thank you for clearing that up for me.

I guess a “Future Improvement” would be to allow the user to set a cross reference to a different station in the same time zone to get a proper guide.

In my case for example, COZI TV doesn’t have a guide in the Boise, Idaho market but the station in Salt Lake City, Utah does.