@wysiwyggin Thanks! I have researched so much but missed this article…Thanks!
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for me, the costco return privilege tips the scale on many purchases.
you can buy online from them too.
You might need to buy a separate case with a power supply and add an internal drive to it.
Not recommending this one, but providing as an example.
https://a.co/d/8RkWX7D
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@tabjoe Have to be a member for online or instore. I’m waiting for our new store in Nov for extra benefits they tell me. The closest store is 1/2 hour drive.
I can only speak from experience. My legacy Tablo is 10 plus years old now. It has had the same 1tb self powered hard drive connected to it all this time. The Tablo is still using the original power supply. As far as my testing years ago with a laser non-contact thermometer goes, the Tablo does not over heat. Both the Tablo and 12 plus year old hard drive show no signs of stopping.
My 4th gen (coming up on it’s 2nd birthday in Sept) is using the internal storage. We do not save any recordings more than a few days. We only record, watch recordings and delete them. I’ve never seen it more than 10~15% full. Mostly record daily judge shows and Dateline/48 Hours type shows. And a few sitcoms.
Oh and one more thing. All these interconnected components are on several UPS’s. Several, because the legacy Tablo is in the basement and the 4th gen is upstairs in the living room.
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@SophieCat Thank you for your knowledge! I did order a 2 T SSD and it’s supposed to come today. I’ll hook it up and see how it works for us. If we don’t need it by 2026 then I’ll use it to back up my PC. We don’t tape that much either(Tracker, The Way Home, American Idol) but might do more now that we have an active DVR on our OTA signal. We do delete after watching so may not need the SSD for the Tablo long term.
I’d always recommend that users attach a powered HDD instead of a SSD. Research shows HDDs to be superior in environments where a lot of overwriting is being done. It sounds counterintuitive, I know. But it’s true.
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I did the same thing… at first I had a ssd plugged up and had weird things happen. Then I bought a power supply USB kit off amazon for my HDD and it seemed to go away.
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