I hope anyone reading this reads the whole thing. This is my first blog ever!
I’d like to preface this by stating first that I’ve been a residential custom audio-video integration specialist for 17 years, and have have seen every DVR on the West Coast. Second, I REALLY wanted to like Tablo, I spent a lot of time deciding between Tablo and TiVo, and have regretted it ever since. Here’s why Tablo is SO bad:
- I have to reboot Tablo monthly.
- Whether on iOS or Android, the App takes at least 30-45 seconds to load.
- After the App connects to my Tablo, it takes another 60-90 seconds to load the guide data.
- It then takes another 30-45 seconds to get the picture, via either AirPlay or ChromeCast, to start playing.
That might not seem like a lot of time, but the next time YOU want to TV, try holding your breath for 120-180 seconds.
5.Tablo “protects” things that I don’t ask it to protect.
6. Tablo doesn’t “protect” things I ask it to protect.
7. Tablo records things that I didn’t ask it to record. I’d like to have Tablo NOT record a show on EVERY CHANNEL.
8. Tablo doesn’t record things that I ask it to record.
9. Tablo doesn’t delete things that I ask it to delete.
10. The skip ahead is 30 seconds on Android, but 15 seconds on iOS
11. Until the last update, trying to use my ChromeCast was impossible. It seems to be working now.
I haven’t used my Tablo for several weeks now, but decided to watch the X-files tonight. I was disappointed, yet again, which is the reason for this blog:
First, it took the usual 3 minutes to begin watching the show, via ChromeCast. After the show started, I decided to turn my tablet screen off. When I turned it back on, I had to wait another 2 minutes to connect again. When I got back to the episode, Tablo decided that I should watch it from the beginning again. When I got back to to where I was, I left the screen on, but decided to multitask. When I got to the next commercial break, I had to wait another minute to get back into Tablo. I had to re-select the episode, but lucked out that it remembered where in the episode I was. Then when the next commercial came, the App crashed, took 3 minutes to reconnect, and yet again started the episode over again…
I would sell my Tablo, but I can’t think of anyone I dislike enough to sell it to…