I'd give my left nut for a reboot option in the interface

[MotobikeMan]

I'm surprised people want to reboot their Tablo so often.

I have done it exactly once.

[Jestep]

From the time I bought mine until now I lost count

[Max]

The other thing that I can't figure out is what value to Tablo a left nut or even 100 left nuts would have that might induce them to add this feature.

You're right, we should add some right nuts in there.

[Max]

I'm surprised people want to reboot their Tablo so often.

Agreed, I think I've rebooted my device once in more than a year that I've owned it. The Tablo has been solid, well minus the whole DD5.1 thing

[TabloTV]

You're right, we should add some right nuts in there.

[indianchief1000]

Sometimes the Tablo isn't frozen - but still needs a reboot Honestly, my rebooting is FAR less frequent on 2.2.6. I think I have only had to do it a couple of times in the last 3 months. But still - I am a lazy couch potato.

[theuser86]

2.2.8 is a lot more stable than 2.2.6 in my opinion, seems that is what a lot of other users are reporting. Might want to consider upgrading to 2.2.8.

[indianchief1000]

I'm still considering it, but I wanted to wait until football season was over. Things have been dramatically better since I did 2.2.6 and the factory reset - I don't want to jinx myself.

[oppedahl]

Yes on another thread somebody said their workaround for this missing feature in the Tablo is to plug the Tablo into a remote-controlled power switch.

At which point lots of people piled on with criticisms of this workaround. The chief criticism is "what if the Tablo happened to be writing something to the hard drive just when you janked the power off?"

So yes it is quite clear that there needs to be a reboot option in the user interface. This way if I click the "reboot" button in the user interface, the Tablo can do a clean finish of any disk writes chronologically prior to carrying out the reboot.

And no, I am not interested in hearing from people who ask "why don't you just go to be in the same room with the Tablo and then do this or that with the reset button?" In my case, going to be in the same room with the Tablo involves traveling 75 miles.

[theuser86]

Limited use case. Most users can physically see their Tablo on a daily basis.

[indianchief1000]

Most people don't use the Window key on their keyboard - but they still put it on there.

What's your point?

[theuser86]

It's a waste of time to spend the programming time on it.

[indianchief1000]

That's your opinion.

I'm not sure what your problem is theuser86, but you're pretty condescending in these forums. I get that you're trying to help people, - but the more times than not - when I see your comments they include some sort of snotty response.

We're all not idiots, and some of us actually know what we're talking about. (hard to believe, I know)

I'm am not sure if it's just your prose or if it's intentional - but you tend to come off as a jerk. If you have ever worked with programmers / coders / WevDevs - you'd know almost any - ANY - device has a software operating system reboot command. I highly doubt there is any coding necessary short of a Web button added to the web interface making a call to that command.

No need to answer that, because I'm sure you already knew that anyway. People don't come to these forums to be talked down to - feel free to keep your snide comments out of my question threads. Let TabloTV decide if it's a waste of their time or not.

[theuser86]

Correct I have no idea how much programming it takes, I'll take your word for it that it is already there and a simple UI button to be added. I am not privy to such information.

I apologize for the tone of my response, but the tone of many individuals' requests are equally condescending, and not very appreciative.

[ted]

This is a great idea! I use these all around my home.

I always have to reboot because of quick power outages ion my neighborhood. This is getting fixed this month, but still a pain to have to go reboot it after a 1 millisecond power spike/outage.

I think I'll try a WeMo but the next option is a UPS backup battery. Maybe the Tablo staying coinstantly powered will solve my issue.

[indianchief1000]

As a follow up, I did upgrade to 2.2.8 after the Superbowl. I've only had one reset in that time, but we had a power outage so I am going to chalk it up that. I'll still keep my fingers crossed for a soft-reset someday.

[techguy67]

Running 2.2.8 here. Need to pull the plug and restart my Tablo at least once a week. This has become a frustration because my home theater is downstairs and I need to go upstairs to pull the plug. Thanks for the tip on the WeMo switch, on my way to BestBuy to pick one up now.

[jbritton3]

That should not be typical behavior of the Tablo. Have you submitted a trouble ticket. Usually they can square things away once and for all.

[Kartajan]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9GA3E56108
125VA/ 75W UPS

Perfect for really short outages, or routers

[Spiderterp]

I also would like a reboot/restart from the interface. I do not have to reboot often but when I do it is difficult because of the location of my Tablo. Thanks.