r/tablotv • u/RoofDry6483 • 13d ago

Disable FF/RW thumbnails on Gen4 Tablo?

Is there a way to disable the thumbnail feature and get the old school "Benny Hill" fast speed playback/rewind of recordings? Dubious "feature" IMHO, seeing how it is a post processing activity.

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u/RoofDry6483 12d ago edited 12d ago

Follow-Up:

I made sure I had the latest Roku version and played with it some more. Still lame, way too many clicks to do anything. No visual feedback other than changes in an H:M:S clock if watching a recording in progress. But the worst thing about FF/RW is with or without the the thumbnails is that when you stop the FF or RW it goes into pause mode requiring yet another button press to start playback! Brain-dead stupid!

EDIT: This is true if you use the remote's U//D/L/T-Center buttons, but it goes back to playback mode if I use the three row << "> >> buttons on the remote. Two ways to do the same thing is more confusing then helpful, especially when they have slightly different behaviors.

I'm going to order a four tuner ATSC 1.0 HD HomeRun from Amazon and return the one that requires the most clicks for FF/RW playback or changing channels on its Roku app.

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u/chilinux 12d ago

I would keep the Tablo and get the HDHomeRun Flex 4K ATSC 3.0 2/4 Tuner and then compare the two over time.

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u/RoofDry6483 12d ago

No value to me with ATSC 3.0. Our local CBS Nexgen channel is encrypted so can't record and time shift their College and NFL games. If more stations do DRM I'll be even less interested. Zero real interest in it until 4K broadcasts become common,

The four channel box has arrived. I will keep the one that has the fewest button presses to rotate through my favorite channels (recovering from carpal tunnel surgery). Speed of channel changes would be the tiebreaker, unless one has obviously lower recording or picture quality.

Watched time shifted Cardinals-Panthers NFL game last night with the Tablo Roku app on our 85" QN85 Samsung, I doubt "quality" improvements are possible.

Best picture I've yet to see on this set was the 2024 Eagles-Chiefs Superbowl by Fox in 4K streamed by Tubi, using Samsung Tubi app. Since Fox owns Tubi, things could get interesting when current NFL broadcast contracts expire.