Best Buy says I can:
"Smart TV, streaming device, tablet, or phone. Tablo lets you watch TV anywhere in your home on any device."
How? Does it serve up a webpage like the legacy devices do?
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You’re right. Best Buy’s product information for the 4th Gen Tablo is quite misleading. Unfortunately, they do not share the side of the box which lists the devices it does work on.
I’m hoping that the browser version eventually becomes available, but I wonder how well it will work with the change in compression from legacy models.
I could really go for a browser based solution. I do a LOT of viewing in my home office, and not being able to watch on my computer is a bit of a PITA.
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I recommend that you try to get a legacy Tablo. Watching TV on my computer is pretty much the only time I use my legacy now. I use my 4th gen for everything else.
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This is a workaround. But I use BlueStacks X, android emulator in windows.
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I went with Windows Android subsystem and side loading the play store, beats Bluestacks ads and subscription
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Sadly, Windows Android subsystem is on the clock.
Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android™️ (WSA). As a result, the Amazon Appstore on Windows and all applications and games dependent on WSA will no longer be supported beginning March 5, 2025
I run Ubuntu on my laptop. Waydroid is a great Android emulator for Linux and my Tablo Gen 4 runs just fine on it. I don’t watch on it very much, but it is really convenient for doing program searches and programming.
I tried connecting to my home network via VPN; I could watch on the phone app just fine! But I couldn’t get AirPlay to work with that setup. Hopefully, remote access will be supported soon.
This is getting ridiculous. 4th gen has been out a year now and still no browser or PC app… Come on tablo what are you doing?
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Do browsers support MPEG2?
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Almost all browsers do not support the MPEG2 format. At one time Safari browser supported it, but no longer.
I use blue stacks on my PC/Laptop.
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Bluestacks won’t help you out if you’re on macOS, though. Android Studio is free and lets you decide which type of Android device you’d like to emulate.
If you’re on Linux, Waydroid works very well.
I have a Mac but I have not found an emulator that works because it doesn’t have an Intel chip. It has the Apple M2 chip. Any suggestions?
That’s a goood point. I hadn’t thought about burdening my M2 MBA with this issue (laughs). I was trying to find a use for some older systems. The best I can say is continue the search and share what you find.
(I had been hesitant because emulators tend to bury files all over the place and it isn’t easy to remove every piece/file.)
With IOS 18 and macOS Sequoia the ability to use the iPhone from the mac allows me to use the Tablo app like it would look like on the iPhone but I can’t rotate to landscape so it is pretty small on the screen.
TBH, I tend to use a small, older tablet for streaming when I’m not at my TV. This new iOS and Sequoia phone mirroring doesn’t seem too useful to me, but I don’t have an iPhone. Even if you used AirPlay, you’re still using your phone for casting. I’m not really sure how to help. I’m a DVR kind of guy and don’t watch live TV.
I rarely use my mac to watch TV or recorded shows and when I do I use my Legacy Tablo and usually when I’m travelling for work. It’s not that big of a deal to me.
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I do as my office has multiple monitors. The third one is the second monitor for my Main Mac. I plugged a super cheap Fire TV 4k stick in the USB slot in the back of that, and switch over to “HDMI 2” when I want to watch TV. Works well for me. Monitor has no speakers, so I had to route the audio out through my Amazon Alexa, but it all works fine. 