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this is a follow up review 9 mo. after purchase. i have had the tablo for 9 months and i don't know what i would do without it. it performs beautifully. the operation was a little sketchy but i was used to the tivo and this worked a little differently, tho it does the same things as a tivo. i cut the cord nearly 6 yrs ago and never looked back. thank you tablo for being there. my TiVo died and after much searching and studying, we decided on a Tablo OTA (over the air) tuner and dvr. it came in after only 3 days. cudos to prime shipping. I hooked up the antenna, ethernet to the router, plugged in an external hard drive, and power cord. I had a bit of trouble with the program. it required I download an app from google store to setup thru the laptop. that didn't work. next it said download though a tablet. ok. that went smooth as can be. as I performed the setup on the kindle I saw the changes take place on the tv. within 45 min I went thru setup, assessed all the features, set my programs to record, and actually recorded and played back programming as a test. it's like having a better TiVo. it makes me wish the TiVo would have gone out a long time ago. now TiVo's channel guide costs $16 per month. Tablo's is $5 per month, or $50 per year, or $150 for a lifetime subscription. (my lifetime, not the machine's.) I think i'll go for the lifetime deal. at $16 per month it will pay itself off in 18 months. I've been a cord cutter for about 5 yrs now. I enjoy saving that $1400 per year from NOT having DTV. losing TiVo is a small blessing but still a saving of $192 per year. I use Roku as my main media box, and right there in a row, I have: Tablo, You-Tube, Netflix, Prime, Media player, and the Police Chase Channel. (if you are considering cutting the cord, you owe it to yourself to check out Roku and the thousands of channels it offers.) the Tablo experience has made me a happy camper.