Tablo Quad HDMI Over the Air DVR Review

In this video I review the Tablo Quad HDMI over the air DVR. It features four built in tuners, channel guide, automatic commercial skip, advanced recording options, and direct connection to your TV set via HDMI. This is one of the few over the air DVRs that can connect directly to your TV set. How well does it work?

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[ChrisCameronSuccess]

Thanks for the great review! About four months ago, I bought my Tablo 4-tuner based on your review.
It is my first antenna dvr setup in 20 years, and I love the Tablo and it's programming guide. It makes my antenna setup 5x more valuable. I can watch recorded shows anytime, and on any TV, and the programming guide is very affordable. I also bought my antenna setup based on your reviews. Thanks so much!

[milesprower]

It would be cool if you did a comparison of the sensitivity/robustness of all the tuners you've reviewed on the same antenna. Maybe even include how well it picks up multipathed signals (the meter you got will show the spectrum for ya so you can see multi path signsls as ones that have a sweeping fade)

[kenlane]

Hey man, I watched a recent video of yours for recommendations on fta antennae's and you were spot on. My wife can't believe how many channels we get and the amazing quality. Now we're going to get one of these to compliment the set up. Keep up the great work....

[BobDiaz]

I have the older Tablo Quad running in my house. It's wonderful to use and it's a nice treat to be able to watch TV on my laptop and cell phone. Also I can check the TV lineup and schedule recordings from any device. While having an HDMI connection on a Tablo would be nice, I really don't mind running it through my Roco.

[ronadkison]

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[RobShutt]

Tyler, I just wanted to let you know that I have used my Quad HDMI for a week now. I am calling Dish Network and telling them to come get their hardware. I used your promo code, thank you! My only complaints are:
1) while viewing TV guide they need to play live TV thumbnail in small P.I.P.
2) The remote needs numbers so you can go directly to a channel without browsing the guide
3) when you select a live TV show on the guide, it should take you right to viewing instead of options on how to view. A person should be able to select recoding options another way.
4) There needs to be a search for show feature instead of browsing to find a show.
5) Next level would be option to stream apps. I would pay extra for this feature.

I am very happy with its performance, picture, ease of setup and interface along with commercial skipping. Thank you for bringing Tablo to my attention.

[whatwaitamin]

I've been using a Tablo Quad since 2018, glad to see the HDMI.

[georgef]

You forgot that stations like to discourage DVR use, so the record ahead/delay option works for stations that purposely offset their shows by minutes, so you lose minutes on another show on a different station.
This trick was started in the later VHS days, so I always recorded 5 minutes early, and late, so they don't rob me of the entire show.

[druliefw]

The premium subscription service for commercial skip will not be available for Tablo units activated after July 19th. That is a notice on their website. Using your guidance from your reviews I just replaced my now defective Fire Recast with the Tablo Quad HDMI and I could not be happier. Right from the start, the Tablo is much better than the Recast had ever been. If you want to stream you will still need the Firestick or Fire TV. The picture quality is excellent on all 3. I do use eithernet to connect everything. With this DVR I can watch recording on any of my TV's which have the Fire capability but like you said it is not compatible with my Smartphone. Thank you. I am very happy with my new DVR. You helped me make what I think is a good choice for my needs.

[markpetko]

Would like a tuner sensitivity comparison. Also does it connect to plex

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[daneabc]

ATSC 1.0 or ATSC 3.0 tuner? For OTA reception, does it have a drill down signal strength diagnostic mode?

[wesmckean]

It would be the bomb diggity if Tablo would come out with one of these having an ATSC 3.0 tuner. I know they are still watching and waiting, but a guy can hope eh? I judge the tuners in these OTA DVRs based on my experience with Samsung. Samsung makes some of the finest tuners on the market. I do wish Tablo would either upgrade their tuner or their splitter. I have two of the major networks in my market with weak signals. My Samsung TV has no problem with them. My Tablo has issues. I'm hoping ATSC 3.0 will correct this. I'm thinking about picking up a competitors product by the end of the year to see where I stand. Come on, Tablo! Up your game!!!

[jimboreaddabible]

I have the dual tuner tablo and I love it!

[andygraning]

Tyler- how would you say the quality of the Tablo tuners compare to the tuner you usually recommend?

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