Who doesn't have problem with the new firmware 2.1.18?

General Discussion
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How about a show of hands ?
All these report about marcoblocking and buffering are concerning to say the least…I am holding off on the update…

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I have had no problems at all with 2.1.18 (I have a 2-tuner).  


I also haven’t seen any significant improvement either.  It was working well beforehand, and it is still working well.  The web app for Android was a much bigger deal for me, because it allowed me to use my phone with the Tablo for the first time with no issues.
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I have had no problems with 2.1.18. I have the 4 tuner model. I have mine set at 720p since I have a couple of TV’s that are 720p sets. 


No pixelation issues at all.
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I have no problem either and mine is set to 720

5

See little difference with 2 tuner with exclusive Chromecast later playback use. Maybe slightly less reliable, dumps stream ¾ way through an hour program once and a while. Guess I’ll have to wait till January for the next update to see if Chromecast streaming is reliable enough for non-geek users in the household. Native android playing is still missing. I didn’t see any benefit with this update. Just my small opinion, I don’t see any room for Android/Chromecast improvement with the current HLS protocol. MPEG-DASH (Used by Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Pandora, etc) is the direction the rest of the streaming industry is moving. Hopefully I am wrong. Kudos to the Tablo Dev team doing as well as they have with HSL on Android, unfortunately Chromecast doesn’t have the ability to side load an alternative player.

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Choosing HLS over MPEG-DASH, making good decisions!

7

No probs with my 4 channel model.


720p as well.
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My experience is similar to @snowcat’s.  Haven’t notice much difference (some functions may be slightly faster) with 2.1.8 on my 2-tuner Tablo.  Was working fine before, working fine after.  Also noticed a quicker sync when using Chrome.  I mainly access Tablo recordings via my Roku (wired connection).

9

Everything is working fine on my end. 2 tuner and 2 Roku’s. No problems. Syncing is much faster than the previous firmware. 3 seconds faster from what I can see.

One more thing, I’m running at 720p also.

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I wish to run 1080p and it would be nice to see an AOK from folks running 1080p

11

2 tuner set at 720p, no problem on either Roku

12

Tonight I was watching Sleepy Hollow, which was currently being recorded. At 17 minutes the recording stopped. I tried to go to Live TV to check the station then the Tablo rebooted. The recording did start again but I had missed about 10 minutes in the gap.

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I should add my TABLO is connected to my lan with a network cable and does not use its built in wifi.

14

I have no problems at all…best update yet, 4 tuner here

15

Not seeing any problems.  Mostly using Roku 3 for watching recordings.  Not viewing live tv through Tablo much at all.

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For anyone looking for a few more details, we answered some questions here.

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No problem with 2.1.18.

4 tuner model / 1080p setting / Airplay from Ipod Touch web app to AppleTV.

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@lowbee

There’s your 1080p confirmation.

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I should update my statement saying when I played around with LIVE tv (and only live tv) … on my ROKU did I see the buffering issue … pausing the playback briefly resolved any further incidents.

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Still seeing more issues being reported on 2.1.18 than I’d like so I decided not to upgrade at this time…this bring me to a suggestion for Tablo developer…

Can we have a switch to turn-off the nagging screen about updating firmware every time I connect to the Tablo  ?