You may have seen us mention that while the concept of the Roku Stick is super cool, we don’t necessarily recommend it for use with Tablo since the WiFi antenna seems weaker than in their ‘box’ style products like Roku 1, 2 and 3.
I use the tablo channel on a roku 3 (not using a streaming stick) and am experiencing pretty severe buffering and loading issues. Anything I can do to help with these issues? Watching on ipad usually works just fine so I don’t understand why the roku has so much trouble.
I am also using a roku 3. Is yours wireless or wired? If it is wireless, I would highly recommend ethernet powerline adaptors. They solved all of my buffering issues.
I concur, I had lots of buffering issues when both my Roku3 and Tablo were on WiFi but after hardwiring them both the Tablo app on the Roku loads content extremely quickly and never buffers.
I use a Roku 3 and Tablo, both on wifi and do not see these issues. I wonder if it has to do with the Routers used or the inteference from other wifi networks
I tried using Tablo with the Roku Streaming Stick and had terrible lag issues. Would play for a couple seconds, then flip back to a loading screen for 10-20 seconds, then play for another few seconds. No buffering issues when using the Roku 3.
Just wanted to let you guys know we ordered the free ROKU extension cable. Honestly, it made the issues WORSE. Honestly, my son uses the stick upstairs with tablo and router downstairs and he isn’t have many issues at all.
I have several Roku sticks, a Ruku 4, and a Roku 3. No problems steaming with the Roku 3 and 4, but all the Roku sticks have buffering issues. If the Roku stick is having buffering issues because of its wifi antenna, then why are there no issues streaming Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Plex, YouTube, and Sling TV? It seems to me it would have to do more with the way Tablo buffers if there is no issue with any of the other streaming services. 1080p only takes about 4-8 Mb/s which is not much by today’s standards. The issue still exist even at 720p which uses even less bandwidth.
OK. I installed the Tablo channel on PLEX. Turned on the TV with the Roku stick. I go to the Tablo app and constant buffering. I go to the Plex app and use the Tablo channel and no buffering at all. I went back and forth 5 times and each time I used the Tablo app it buffered and each time I used the PLEX app with the Tablo channel there was no buffering. If it was a Roku stick WiFi problem wouldn’t both apps have buffering problems? Also, wouldn’t Hulu and all the other apps that stream at 1080p have issues? Why only the Tablo app?
I’ve also had problems with my Roku 4 buffering. This Roku is hard wired and I’m getting 80Mb/s on speed test. No problems with the Roku 4 using the PLEX app with the Tablo channel.
I would expect that the Plex app is doing some transcoding that Tablo is not in order to keep the Roku happy, but I could be wrong.
I think the Roku is a decent platform, but things Roku has going against it are as follows:
Generally lower specification processor. This is not a concern for content that is properly staged in the appropriate “containers” and codecs the Roku “prefers”, but it is there.
If your hard wired Roku 3 and Roku 4 have no to minimal buffering issues then you know the reason the Stick is experiencing them is the slower WiFi speeds.
Netflix 1080p uses 5 Mbps. Tablo 1080p uses 10 Mbps. Very big difference when it’s a constant stream.
What is the make and model of your router anyway? Maybe a router with better WiFi capabilities could help, I had to upgrade my WiFi router to get prosper streaming on the Tablo.