I got the impression that it had nothing to do
with bandwidth. Here is a quote of what I read,
What's not so good about Tablo?
One thing we haven't touched on yet gets a little
technical. Tablo has some additional hardware
inside that "transcodes" the video stream from
MPEG-2 to H.264. If you're not up on your video
codecs (and we don't blame you at all if that
isn't the sort of thing you think of on a regular
basis), that means the video stream is converted
from one format to another.
The idea behind this is twofold, in this case:
Tablo transcodes the video so that it takes up
less room on the hard drive when you're recording,
and so that it requires less bandwidth when you're
streaming the video to various devices in your home.
Transcoding in and of itself is not a bad thing.
But the downsides to this? First is that there's a
noticeable lag time when you change to a different
and it starts the transcoding process. We're
talking 10 or 15 seconds or so. If you're an
impatient channel flipper (ahem), you'll
absolutely notice this.
The other thing is that video quality can
definitely suffer a bit, even though H.264 is
supposed to help with that. It'll depend on your
network and what devices you're streaming to —
there can be a lot of variables here. Just be
prepared, is all we're saying.
So I don't know if they have fixed it or if it
isn't that noticeable.
Just wanted to get another opinion.
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
That’s certainly possible, especially if you don’t have a lot of bandwidth, but
we haven’t seen it. We don’t really watch sports unless maybe a Succaneers game
is on, and that’s just to enjoy the sucking, so picture quality is not a
concern.
There’s more of an issue with the OTA (over the air) stations when it comes to
pixellation or quality, but again, we’re so close to the antennas here it
rarely occurs.
-D
On Oct 15, 2019, at 4:05 PM, MG via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Thanks Dan,
One of the reviewers was saying something about a slight picture problem in
fast action shots so I was wondering about that.
MG
Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:
We’re working off our alternate sources right now to get a feel for how things
will be, and we haven’t had any quality issues so far. That’s with both
streaming services as well as the OTA stuff. It also includes setups that are
wired as well as streaming over WiFi.
-D
On Oct 14, 2019, at 12:26 PM, MG via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Did you buy this yet or are you just in the considering stage?
I was wondering as to how much degradation of the picture the transcoding
causes in quick action scenes and sports.
MG
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Our cable company (Comcast/Spectrum) is about to bend us over the back of a
chair since our ”promotional” pricing is over so it’s time to cut the cord. Did
a lot of research and found that between a Tablo OTA DVR and YouTube TV we can
get nearly everything she enjoys watching for about $50/month compared to over
$125/month when prices go up. Internet access costs me about $50/month.
I’m looking forward to stopping in at the local cable company store this week
and handing them their boxes back.
-D
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