Those aren ' t mutually exclusive options . I ' m doing both . <| sep |> I agree with most of your complaints about Tablo , except for the comparison to torrents . I think it ' s dumb to compare a legal option to an illegal option . I used Tablo for over a year and eventually sold it and bought a TiVo because Tablo doesn ' t support 5 . 1 surround sound and their Android TV app development was much slower than what I expected . Their Android TV app is relatively fast , other than loading the live tv grid , but it doesn ' t take advantage of any platform specific features like Recommendation , Voice Search , or Live Channels . Overall , I would still recommend Tablo for someone who has to put their antenna in a tough spot in the house for reception and who has a very strong network . For the average person I think i would recommend TiVo at this point .