Same, I’m going month to month until they add 5.1 surround sound. Buying a lifetime subscription removes all accountability for them to add promised features. Love my Tablo and I hope they keep working hard to earn my money and the money of my friends and family.
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There is currently no product that does everything the Tablo does for the same price or even a similar price.
They are competitors coming though.
I agree, but not everyone NEEDS everything that Tablo does. Some people only need a DVR, and the added features of the Tablo are a bonus. For those people, there are options ALREADY on the market.
My wishlist:
-Tablo Connect to stop acting up (I’m not alone, no I haven’t emailed tech support, but I read on the forums to create a static IP, I’m trying this now)
-Android app to bring BACK resume playback. It was there, then it was updated ~5 months ago and a basic feature was removed. Seriously?
-5.1 which was promised as “short term” in Feb-2014.
I can’t think of anything else now. But… I had a longer list before this.
It works great on my Android phone. It definitely was not removed.
I also have zero issues with Tablo Connect.
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I know I’m not the only one with a Samsung s5 who’s had problems with playing/resuming on the Android. Resume works, if I started watching on something else, like a Roku. But when I start on the Android, and stop, it doesn’t store that the video has been watched.
I complained about it, they said o yeah, we’ll fix it. I think we’re on month five now.
Also Tablo connect keeps needing to be toggled even with a static IP, time to email support.
Are you using UPnP on your router to configure the port forwarding for Tablo Connect? If so, turn it off and manually configure the port forwarding.
Don’t get me wrong, Tablo has a great product, but they’re missing a few key elements of a basic DVR. I’m a techie, I might be willing to put up with some of it, but there’s also a limit.
Update: the Tablo player app updated a few days ago, I just checked, the resume finally works.
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I am using Upnp, I’ll try the manual way, thanks.
Manual is more secure anyway.
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When can we expect to see support for AC3, 5.1 Surround Sound?
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There are other issues in line before those, though we have only been waiting 2 months or so.
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ATSC 3.0 not backwards compatible. Not happening yet but every Tablo rendered worthless following completion of rollout. Hey Tablo, what plans do you have for customers when every single person will be forced to buy a new Tablo box?
Many people don’t own a tablo or tivo and watch OTA via the tuner in their TV’s. What are LG, Samsung, Sony, etc. doing to keep my investment in my current TV’s viable?
Not a darn thing. They want you to have to purchase new hardware. Welcome to the disposable economy.
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TV tuner will be obsolete as well but the TV will continue work fine with external sources so that analogy is rather weak. All Tablo, Tivo OTA, etc. will be worthless and non-functional = zero value
In both cases you’ll need to buy new hardware (ATSC 3 tuner). Seems pretty much the same to me.
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The TV isn’t dead when ATSC 3.0 replaces ATSC 1.0, only the single internal tuner, which can be replaced by use of an external tuner which will likely be low cost. The Tablo is DEAD unless Nuyvvo has devised a 2 or 4 tuner ATSC 3.0 USB tuner or has partnered with SiliconDust to offer a network tuner both of which seem unlikely.
How do you know the internal tuner can’t be reprogrammed for ATSC 3.0?
How is this any different from the NTSC to ATSC transition, which obsoleted OTA VHS recorders?
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If you live within 150 miles of the Mexican border you probably won’t see ATSC 1.0 disappear for a long time. Mexico just forced broadcasters to turn off NTSC last year. And since many U.S. OTA broadcasters in this zone also target Mexico viewers ATSC 1.0 may live on.
The new administration now controls the FCC.
“The petition explains how the industry plans to deploy Next-Gen TV in
parallel with the current ATSC 1.0 standard to address compatibility
issues. Under this approach, a temporary “host” broadcaster in a market
would agree to simulcast on its airwaves the other DTV signals of those
stations broadcasting with ATSC 3.0. The “host” station’s programming
would reciprocally be carried as a programming stream by one of the
stations deploying the Next-Gen TV standard.”
Most people these days don’t keep “high tech” stuff more than 2-4 yrs. So whats the big deal?? When did you get your last cell phone and when will you replace it?? A lot to do about nothing!
Cheers
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