It’s kind of looking like the Xbox DVR will be good, but it would need to have a companion app on all the devices such as gully30 has alluded to. If they can swing that, the Xbox would make having a Tablo unnecessary.
This is why I think the Tablo people need to get on top of this and make their app available on more devices such as Xbox One, PS4, and any other device that allows the streaming of media without relying on some 3rd party app such as plex or airplay.
People like to use things they’re used to. This is why people have such a hard time cutting the cord in the first place. If the Tablo people can maximize the number of people using their app on every device, they’ll insure their continued success. Otherwise, their devices will be something we used to talk about and use.
XB1 will support DLNA - plus there will likely be a W10 competitor to Roku and others shortly. MS always brings up the rear with a superior product that is too late to market to get traction. Hopefully they’ll do it soon. Although, I’ll admit, now that we’ve gone AndroidTV and added HDHomerun to the stable, things are pretty solid. For me now, I’m using Live Channels on Android TV (happens to be a shield) with Pluto and HDHomerun feeding it - so a single guide with 200 channels, and none of the 15 second channel changing stuff waiting on Tablo to encode - Tablo now is just used for what it’s good for, which is a DVR. Finally things are working as I always wanted. Hopefully Sling will will have a live channels add-on soon… they’re supposed to. $79 for the HDHomeRun connect rounded it all out.
Would love a X1 app as well. Just setup my Tablo and it works great on it’s native app. The Plex channel has some pixelization on the PC. Tried it a bit ago on the X1 and it could not find the server even though it was playing music off of my Plex server haha.
Hulu is supposed to incorporate live TV next year. Why they think they can do it when Aereo couldn’t, I don’t know but the idea is now gaining traction. We won’t have to worry about a Tablo Xbox app to watch live TV at that time.
I bought my tablo a couple months ago and thus far love it, I currently have a Xbox one with a tv tuner for my over the air live tv watching needs, in addition i subscribe to sling tv for “cable” tv stations. Having a tablo app native to xbox one would be great for many reasons,
1.having it where all my other media content is makes it clean and easy. Xbox has become central to my live tv viewing experience.
While i realize xbox one will at some point in the future have dvr capability, this isnt a good solution for me. more often then not i am recording multiple shows at a time and the tablo 4 tuner system is perfect for that because it allows for multiple people in my home to watch their recorded shows on any device in any room, additionally i tested a dual tuner for xbox as well as the single tuner and found the signal quality on the xbox dual tuner was very weak vs the single tuner option.
Overall the Xbox box dvr system will not be a good cost effective option for mutiroom tv viewing. In this case tablo has a central and singular opertunity to really make an impact on the cord cutting market with the addition of an xbox one option.
Alternatively and as an added feature, i would also consider paying an additional monthly charge for cloude dvr storage (ala PlayStation Vue) so that way i dont have to have a separate external HDD.
I’m so annoyed about MS scrapping the DVR. I think their TV tuner experience is pretty good but must have DVR. Tablo looks great, but I don’t want to add another box to my set up. If/when you build an Xbox app I will be ordering a Tablo immediately. By the way, I’m a .NET developer willing to help!!
Maybe so but the Plex app for Windows 10 Mobile does not have this feature yet. To this note HD HomeRun now has a native Windows 10 Mobile app and it also supports Holo Lens. How cool would that be to watch a live Football game on that! or watch the news while you cook dinner. Way cool!.
So does Tablo have any plans to support what HD HomeRun is currently supporting today? I might switch back to my HD Home Run, if not.
I’m in for this. The only reason we are still using our Amazon Fire TV is because there is not an Xbox One app for TabloTV. I concur with many though that the Xbox One will be limited for recording because it only supports a single tuner.
A universal Windows app would be even better as we have several devices that it would be useful for.
Was really surprised to see that you do not support Xbox One or PS4. Between the two of these that makes up about 60 million devices in people’s primary entertainment center. By ignoring these platforms you are missing a big audience.
