Speed of tablo ethernet port

Support & Troubleshooting
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i’m surprise there are no specs published anywhere about the tablo device other than being able to connect via wifi on both 2.4 and 5GHz.

for instance, what is the speed of the ethernet port? 100? gigabit? what about processor type and speed? amount of RAM in the system? power consumption?
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It’s likely 100 Mbit, and if not it’s def fast enough to stream 1080p. It’s not going to be 10 Mbit unless this device was made in 1980. Def don’t need 1,000 Mbit,

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see link below

http://community.tablotv.com/discussion/comment/2352/#Comment_2352
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Power consumption is very low.  Check out this thread:


http://community.tablotv.com/discussion/328/power-usage/p1
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i can't believe the ethernet connector is only 100 mbps since there are 4 tuners (assuming that all 4 are active and streaming simultaneously to 4 devices). so it's actually faster (theoretically) to use wifi at 5GHz?

power usage at 13W is indeed low. the device runs almost too hot because of the tuner. for some reason, these hd tv ota tuners run at very high temperatures. i've seen this on the mohu channel device. the coaxial connector on that device gets so hot that it burns if you touch it for any extended amount of time.
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The most any stream can be is 10 Mbps.   So considering the stated max is 6 devices streaming at once, 100 Mpbs is still plenty of bandwith.  


USB3 and gigbyte ethernet ports are just overkill for the Tablo and only bring the price up.  The Tablo folks sized their device well.
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USB3 and gigbyte ethernet ports are just overkill for the Tablo and only bring the price up.  The Tablo folks sized their device well.

Considering all of the hard drive disconnect issues reported on this forum, stating USB3 would be overkill is a bit much.

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My HDD has zero disconnect issues.

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USB3 and gigbyte ethernet ports are just overkill for the Tablo and only bring the price up.  The Tablo folks sized their device well.

Considering all of the hard drive disconnect issues reported on this forum, stating USB3 would be overkill is a bit much.

Those issues have nothing to do with USB speeds.  

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Even though there is still plenty of head room for 6 streams @ 10Mbps each as Snowcat explained, I would have still have preferred a Gigabit ethernet port.   If/When the day comes that Tablo releases software for transferring shows off the Tablo to your computer, GigE would be much preferable vs 10/100.   At minimum, Premium Tablo model, ie 4 tuner, should have had Gigabit ethernet.   For recording and playback of shows USB2 is more than enough but add in the desire to transfer content and for sure you’d rather have USB3.  Maybe these will be considered for Tablo2

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<blockquote rel="snowcat> Those issues have nothing to do with USB speeds.  </blockquote> <br/> It's not about the speed. It's about the signaling. Go read about USB 3 and come back when you know what you are talking about.
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Would USB3 or GigE help reduce any lag before streaming?

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No it would not.

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