Pity.
They promised it 4 years ago and are still working on it and discussing it, I think that answers your question.
If they wanted to include 5.1 they would have found a way.
Whereas this might have been a problem 4 years ago, I thought most Androids and Apples nowadays can decode 5.1 audio.
Yes and no.
Yes, with regards to surround sound OTA generally speaking.
The “no” case is a licensing problem (some license one, but few license all). There’s 5.1, 7.1, and surround sound with magic sprinkles. Anything that has the word “Dolby”, “True”, or “Vision” in it could have difficulties because the powers that be closely guard their technologies and want to be paid handsomely for it.
Not directly with Tablo, no.
So people are saying the Tablo DUAL Lite doesn’t actually work. Say it doesn’t understand how to format an attached drive. Any truth to this?
Originally it had some issues. I wouldn’t mount drive and tried to record to cloud after Tablo support mounted drive for me even though I didn’t activate cloud. Also my first unit was reset too much apparently and the app no longer connected to tablo I didn’t realize it was a widespread issue until new firmware dropped tonight now it works flawlessly. The release notes on firmware addresses all issues I had.
Which firmware version? 2.2.18?
2.2.19. Sorry I didn’t take a picture of the announcement. I was just ready for it to actually work haha
So sorry you ran into these issues!
Glad to hear everything is running smoothly now though.
Details on the firmware update can be found here: NEW - Tablo DUAL LITE Firmware Update (2.2.19)
Sadly, Best Buy has a near zero rating on the product because of the early problem. So… anyone who bought one from Best Buy might want to submit a review or two.
2 Likes
I’m glad I saw your post. I love this product, so I’ll post a review there. Thanks for the heads-up.
1 Like
I have the older 2-Tuner model. Wife wanted to go back to cable for awhile but decided it was not worth it after a year and I am going to set the tablo back up. From what I have read on this post it seems there is no hardware enhancements except wifi. Is that correct? Has the channel changing speed improved any with newer hardware or just firmware? Trying to decide if the upgrade is worth it. I did pick up the dual lite while on sale at BB for $99 before sale ended but have not opened yet and then I saw this post so I can return it.
None of the newer hardware really improves the channel change speed as it’s not really hardware limited. Having said that, some recent firmware updates have shaved off a second or two. We don’t watch much live so it’s never really been an issue for us.
Thanks for the information. Does the newer hardware have any benefit that would be worth upgrading to other than the wifi?
Wireless AC, Gigabit Ethernet, and a better internal amplified 1x2 tuner in the DUAL Lite. Oh and the ability to use the Tablo CLOUD DVR service if you want. All of this has been covered in the blog post linked in this thread, and also the multiple posts in this thread. Take a read of it all and make an informed decision.
Thanks for the reply. I did read over this thread and the blog and may have just misread as it seems they were more comparing it to the dual 64GB and not the original 2-Tuner model. I will do more research for other threads where people are comparing. I did find one about the tuner and it seemed to that person who had both versions it made no difference and the discussion moved more towards what does 5 green dots really mean.
I’m having no problem with this at all.
I purchased my Lite at Best Buy. I’ll write a review on their site.