Thats odd for sure. so @snowcat are you thinking the breakdown here is with wifi and neighboring channels?
There is no central server that all the Tablo users are hitting during the day, unlike Netflix and WatchESPN. But there definitely could be wireless activity going around millerprm (especially in a city as big as LA) during most of the day that interferes with his network.
@snowcat thanks for the link! will read after work
@snowcat and @pix64 you are not smart, you are brain surgeons!
That’s awesome! Glad we could point you in the right direction.
Glad you got it worked out @millerprm it’s easy to blame the new device that you just added, but just like myself I had network device overload on my router and I also had Wi-Fi connectivity issues on a recalled AppleTV 3. Cut the cord!
Glad that worked, millerpm!
Thanks @snowcat & @PiX64 for helping @millerprm!
I HATE to even have to type this out loud, but the loading, please wait error is BACK after 1 day!
I’m having a similar problem. When I watch live TV in the evening after work, everything seems perfect. In the morning, when I have the news on before work, I keep getting the “loading, please wait.” Very annoying. And in case anyone wonders, I set my record quality back to 720p.
@MsMetaP the last i heard from tablo support was that tablo and my router don’t play well together and i should try a 5GHz channel on my router. of course my router is old and only has 2.4Ghz channels. ATT has agreed to replace my old router. if you look at a few of the older posts form snowcat and pix64 they talk about changing your router channel.
My 4 tuner model works perfectly…I love this product
If my 2 tuner worked i would love this product too.
@millerprm are you getting a new router? I am sad to hear yours is not working. Mine works really good, I have the 2 tuner version also. But I am using an Airport Extreme router and had to set the mac to get the same IP Address and then forward the ports to that IP
Thanks @millerprm I will look into this IF I decide to keep the Tablo. Right now I’m about ready to ask for a refund. Last night I set my Tablo to record a two hour program. I was not watching anything on Tablo nor recording anything else. Tablo crashed and I got five minutes of the program. This isn’t going to work for me. There were no storms. Nothing going on. Tablo simply crashed and rebooted itself for no discernible reason. I was willing to work through the set up challenges. Even sent back the first hard drive and got a new one. But if the thing is this unreliable it’s not for me. Uverse has become too expensive for me, but I can go back to plain old cable.
@ MsMetaP I can sympathize, I wanted very much this to work, but I ended up doing a return. This is the kind of product that really needs to be solid before launch AND any updates cannot break things.
@jestep short version is i am getting a new router and it’s from another provider.
@millerprm ah, I never use the providers routers, or have never. I usually use my own and only use the providers as the way to connect to the internet. And even with Time Warner I bought my own modem and use an Apple Airport Extreme for my wifi.
@jestep i wholeheartedly agree with you, but wanted to change providers asap and didn’t have time to price anything before signing up (and i have heard that provider routers are never brilliant… typed with dry delivery). should have done it the other way around! anyway, i do plan to price modems and routers with similar or better specs so i can make a change in the near future. thanks for the advice as it’s always welcome and almost certainly something i don’t know!
@VegasSteve I received my Tablo 2-tuner today and wow, I can already see I am headed towards a return. This is an alpha product. It has so much promise but so many things are broken and/or downright primitive (like the Roku app)… Low Wife Acceptance Factor, I am not even going to show it to her. BTW I am a highly skilled IT professional.