Well, that’s the beauty of advertising. The HDhomerun does NOT have WiFi. It must be connected to your router with an Ethernet cable. Great if your antenna and HDhr are close to your router.
Yip my router is connected directly and ironically that is what tablo suggested to fix the problem. I am happy that you love your Tablo. But for me it does not work as advertised i have proven that the issue is with the tablo. So i am going to try something else.
Did you try different devices to scan? This makes no sense to me, but on my Tablo device I find more channels scanning with an older Roku or AppleTV than using my up-to-date iphone17 Pro - go figure…
Did you try turning off the amplifier as suggested or just gave up?
Tried Hisense tv and Android phone with same result.
Yes turned off amplifier first no change.
Well just got hdhr flex 4k installed. So far so good. Plug in and download app didn’t even have to do a channel scan. Works great just as advertised. I am getting channel i never got with tablo. Plus has 3.0 tuners. It cost $200 but it works. Time will tell but i recommend checking it out.
There’s a specific reason the HDHomeRun is ethernet cable only. The HDHomeRun acts as a “bridge” that sends raw, high-bandwidth broadcast data (MPEG-2) directly to your network. This requires the high stability and speed of a wired Ethernet connection to prevent stuttering.
Tablo contains an internal transcoder that converts the heavy broadcast signal into a much smaller, compressed format (H.264). Because the file size is significantly reduced, it can be transmitted over wifi. This comes at a cost. Picture quality is better on the 4th generation Tablo than the Legacy, but picture and audio are better on the HDHomeRun than the 4th generation Tablo.
The HDHomeRun can require more knowledge and skill for some locations. In my location I live close to some transmission towers and further away from others. The signals come in weak and an inexperienced person would think the signal is too weak. However, HDHomeRun has a meter that’s very helpful. In my case the signals from the strong stations were overdriving the HDHomeRun. I added a $5 attenuator and the issue was solved. The great thing about HDHomeRun is without question, they have the best support. If you don’t know what you are doing, they can analyze your setup and tell you what you need to do. I use both HDHomeRun and Tablo. The HDHomeRun is the superior device. I like them both, but you have more flexibility with the HDHomeRun. With the HDHomeRun my recordings are forever. Not just limited to the one single Tablo. All my recordings are integrated with my Plex media which I also have remote capability.
I like the Tablo, but I find the ethernet connection is a bonus and not a negative. The biggest downside of HDHomeRun is it’s not necessarily plug and play like the Tablo. You may need to have more technical skills.
I’m not saying it isn’t. It just doesn’t work for me.
Correcting (my adds in bold above) so there’s no misunderstanding. 4th gen devices are much like the HDHomeRun. Segmented mpeg2 (in most cases). I say “most”, because 4th gen, unlike legacy (pretty sure) can handle broadcasters who have been broadcasting in mpeg4 to free up bandwidth for bad things yet to be mandated. But, very very few mpeg4 ASTC 1.0 broadcasts currently.
Yeah, my market in Jackson, Mississippi has one MPEG-4 subchannel. WAPT 16.6 Home Shopping Network. Yeah, I’m not gonna miss that one.