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

Feature Requests
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I have done it exactly once.

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From the time I bought mine until now I lost count :wink:

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Youā€™re right, we should add some right nuts in there.

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

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Sometimes the Tablo isnā€™t frozen - but still needs a reboot :slight_smile: 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.

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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.

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Iā€™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 donā€™t want to jinx myself.

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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 ā€œwhat if the Tablo happened to be writing something to the hard drive just when you janked the power off?ā€

So yes it is quite clear that there needs to be a reboot option in the user interface. This way if I click the ā€œrebootā€ 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 ā€œwhy donā€™t you just go to be in the same room with the Tablo and then do this or that with the reset button?ā€ In my case, going to be in the same room with the Tablo involves traveling 75 miles.

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

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Most people donā€™t use the Window key on their keyboard - but they still put it on there.

Whatā€™s your point?

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Itā€™s a waste of time to spend the programming time on it.

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Thatā€™s your opinion.

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

Weā€™re all not idiots, and some of us actually know what weā€™re talking about. (hard to believe, I know)

Iā€™m am not sure if itā€™s just your prose or if itā€™s intentional - but you tend to come off as a jerk. If you have ever worked with programmers / coders / WevDevs - youā€™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 Iā€™m sure you already knew that anyway. People donā€™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 itā€™s a waste of their time or not.

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Correct I have no idea how much programming it takes, Iā€™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 individualsā€™ requests are equally condescending, and not very appreciative.

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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 Iā€™ll try a WeMo but the next option is a UPS backup battery. Maybe the Tablo staying coinstantly powered will solve my issue.

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

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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.

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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.

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125VA/ 75W UPS

Perfect for really short outages, or routers :slightly_smiling:

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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.