Any update on the development of the new Roku App???
Give it time, they just released the web apps today.
@roraniel - The dev team is working away on it steadily and making good progress. Everything has to be done from scratch so it’s time/effort intensive but the outcome will be spectacular. We can’t wait to get it in your hands but there’s a ways to go yet.
Thanks for the progress update…
Yes, Thanks. Looking forward to the update.
As one who ONLY views Tablo recordings and live TV on my TV, the Roku solution has been very frustrating. So I am really looking forward to the update.
Why has it been frustrating? It is very functional, it plays Live TV and all my recordings very well. No buffering, great quality.
The scheduling of recordings I do through the web app.
Give it time, they just released the web apps today.
Hi,
As someone who has used the Tabolo Roku channel from the very beginning, I sometimes struggle to understand what all the brouhaha is about. The existing Roku implementation, while somewhat basic, does most everything that it needs to do and does it very reliably. Like @theuser86 I use the web app for scheduling and do almost all my watching through Roku.
It sounds you already have a Tablo if you’re commenting on picture quality - why not just install the Tablo channel on the Roku and give it a try?
The web apps are web based applications for smartphones - it has nothing to do with the Roku.
Read my post above, the one you didn’t quote, about how the Tablo channel on the Roku works.
Thanks for the responses.
@petecis, the Roku app is very functional but lacks a lot of the features one would expect from a traditional DVR. I currently do all my scheduling via the web app but do 100% of my watching on Roku. It’s not really frustrating, I would describe it like this. The Roku app currently has everything we NEED but lacks of lot of features we WANT.
@petecis - To answer your question, our current Roku app is based on the ‘standard’ Roku channel interface. It’s a 1 size fits ‘most’ environment that many apps use.
The Roku update we’re working on NOW is being done custom, from scratch to create a look & feel that more closely mimics our other platforms. It will look a lot more slick and have some features (like the grid style live TV) that weren’t possible with the standard channel interface.
I too “stream” tablo through Plex (and this works fine). But I should NOT NOT NOT need to have my PC powered on in order to watch live or recorded shows.
The talk of the upcoming Roku update is more of a UI improvement, not a performance issue. I have zero performance issue with Tablo and Roku, no Plex involved. Is your Tablo and/or Roku wirelessly connected? Try hardwiring both.
“The Roku update we’re working on NOW is being done custom, from scratch to create a look & feel that more closely mimics our other platforms. It will look a lot more slick and have some features (like the grid style live TV) that weren’t possible with the standard channel interface.”
Thanks for the great update. However, I can see the future now, all these new Roku UIs require at least a Roku 3 to work properly and quickly. The older Roku models are old hardware and the UIs work slowly - people are still going to complain, can’t please everyone. Point and case, the new Netflix UI created a whole bunch of complainers for those who did not own a Roku 3.
So maybe keep the old UI for the older boxes? Two current versions of the Roku channel might be too much to ask for though.
Mine is connected thru wireless only and had no issues so far with the performance with the Tablo channel in Roku. Not once it said buffering. The roku app as far I am concerned is pretty good except ad skipping and the grid view for live channels.
@jaulfh, If you have fast internet service and have tried a wired connection then something else is suspect in your setup. I watch Tablo content (live and recorded) exclusively through my Roku 3 with a wired connection on 50mbps internet service and have zero buffering.
As someone who has used the Tabolo Roku channel from the very beginning, I sometimes struggle to understand what all the brouhaha is about. The existing Roku implementation, while somewhat basic, does most everything that it needs to do and does it very reliably. Like @theuser86 I use the web app for scheduling and do almost all my watching through Roku.I'm looking forward to seeing the new version for a couple of reasons, mostly to do with the way information on Live TV is presented, but I'm not sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for it.Just my 2c.
I have the Roku 2 XD, so it can only do wireless. I have the Tablo connected via wired connection. Maybe I’ll just need to buy a newer Roku. Bummer. While I am not thrilled with the current interface, it is the performance that most concerns me.