Tablo 4th Gen 2-Tuner Over-The-Air (OTA) DVR – Watch, Pause & Record Live TV, News, Sports & Movies Throughout Your Home Over Wi-Fi – Pairs w/Any TV Antenna – 50+ Hrs Recording – No Subscriptions

So happy I bought this
TLDR: I needed a new OTA DVR solution and this worked out better than I hoped. There were a couple of issues the first day of setting up, but the product has been working great for over a couple of weeks since.More detail:Of course the family needs a new DVR during the transitions between ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0. At the time of writing this, there are no really good ATSC 3.0 DVR options out there. I say that with the perspective that no one should have to pay a subscription/service fee for the privilege of using a OTA DVR. Ever.There are quite a few negative reviews out there, which made me hesitant to consider picking one of these up; however, at the price point that Tablo is selling this two tuner ATSC 1.0 DVR, I just had to try it out.Pros:1.) Installation options for this are fantastic. I use an amplified indoor antenna (separate product that I should review at some point) and the combination of that plus this being a “headless” WIFI enabled device made picking an optimum location in my home a breeze. No need for getting on my roof to install an antenna, and no issues of figuring out how to get this device into my entertainment stand or audio rack. All my HDMI ports are full on my main TV, so not having to worry about adding an addition HDMI switch there was great too.2.) The dual tuner works well, and the pictures I receive are crystal clear. I can watch one station while recording another and neither suffer degradation.3.) Being able to watch OTA channels and recordings anywhere in the house without having to run coax, splitters and the potential of additional amplifiers is fantastic. The flexibility of seamlessly moving from one screen to another in the house is great too. I use this setup with Roku, Google TV, and iOS devices.4.) The UI of the app is clean and consistent, no matter which platform version of the app you are using. Finding content is easy, and scheduling recordings follow pretty much the same workflows I’ve seen using other DVR solutions in the past.5.) I have not run into the dreaded “buffering” problem that other reviewers have experienced. Periodically my GoogleTV app will report that it is having problems connecting to my Tablo when I start the app. I just select “Disconnect” from the bottom of the screen, and it automatically reconnects and runs just fine from there.6.) No service fees. Just buy the device and it functions as it should.Cons:1.) You’re going to need reasonable WIFI in order to enjoy this product to the fullest. If your network topology is not setup correctly, you will run into issues. The classic “buffering” problem being one of them.2.) As stated before, periodically the app will have difficulty connecting to the Tablo, I’ve only seen this behavior with the GoogleTV version of the app, but the workaround is simple in this case: just select the “Disconnect” option from the bottom of the screen and it reconnects just fine.3.) I installed the product late morning and it worked great for hours with my iPhone and GoogleTV. I periodically tested it out through the day (tuning into shows and setting recordings) and it worked fine. Later that night, scheduling a recording off the guide on my GoogleTV stopped working. Even worse: I could not even select a show to watch off the guide on my iPhone. The only way I could tune a station from the guide on my iPhone was to select the station name on the far left side of the guide. I tried reseting the app multiple times, and various other trouble shooting steps without success.As I was going to bed, I tried my Roku in my bedroom. It worked fine.I woke up the next morning to find all my devices (Roku, GoogleTV, and iPhone) were working just fine. It’s been well over a couple of weeks, and I have never seen this issue again. I’ve never reset or power cycled the Tablo box, so I’m at a loss as to the root of the problem. I can only surmise that there was a corruption of the guide data for whatever reason, but it sorted itself out as it continued to update guide data.Summary:This product design is fantastic. There is always a gamble when your main interface is WIFI only; however, it works very well even on my heavily loaded home network. The only downside is that it does not have an ATSC 3.0 tuner. My hope is that over the next couple of years Tablo will update this product with a compatible tuner and not change anything else. If they do, I will purchase a upgrade and fully recommend one for friends and family who could use one as well.