Why only Android TV devices and not Android phones?

TV-Connected DVRs (like Tablo DUAL & QUAD HDMI)
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I knew the HDMI model was limited in it’s streaming and I am OK with that. I was only curious why you can stream to a cheap $25 FireStick and not a $1000 Galaxy Ultra, Pixel and all that?

I might need outside the house streaming down the road and need to figure out if the AndroidTV app can be sideloaded on the phone or it just will never work???

I also still have my streaming Quad, been trying to sell it with no luck. I hope I don’t need to hook that up and use 2 Tablos one for streaming outside the house. My lifetime guide only covers 1, so the 2nd Quad will not be able to stream anyways unless I pay twice which I really don’t want to do.

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Can you stream outside your LAN via an HDMI model? I recall the subscription was for in house streaming.

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No, you can’t. The whole Tablo Connect model requires transcoding, and the HDMI model doesn’t transcode.

And to respond to the original poster, a cheap FireTV stick has an HDMI port and connects to a TV. Phones do not.

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We have the HDMI model working fine in a web browser with NextPVR even though Tablo says it can’t, no additional hardware, you only needed to manually add the ip so it could find it. I am sure there is something Android that can do the same out there. Tablo Tools works, Tablo Ripper too just need to add the ip manually on the HDMi models.

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Sure, but none of those are tablo products.

Sounds like you already have it figured out any how.

Enjoy

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