What kind of Hard Drives does Tablo support? – Tablo

In order to record your favorite Over-the-Air shows, your Tablo DVR needs a place to save those files.

Depending on the model of Tablo DVR you have, storage requirements, options, and specs may be different.

Tablo DUAL LITE OTA DVRs:

Tablo DUAL 128GB OTA DVRS:

Tablo QUAD OTA DVRs:

USB-connected portable hard drives (USB 2.0 or 3.0, 1 TB to 8 TB in size)
Internal 2.5" SATA drives - spinning or SSD (Standard 7mm or 9.5mm heights, 1TB to 8TB in size)

Tablo QUAD 1TB OTA DVRs:

1TB of included onboard storage (SATA) (~700 hours of recordings)
USB-connected portable hard drives (USB 2.0 or 3.0, 1 TB to 8 TB in size)
Internal 2.5" SATA drives - spinning or SSD (Standard 7mm or 9.5mm heights, 1TB to 8TB in size)

Tablo DUAL 64GB OTA DVRs:

Original 2-Tuner and 4-Tuner Tablo DVRs:

Only one type of supported storage can be in use at any given time.

Our most recommended drive is the Western Digital Elements.

Internal SATA drives with the correct height dimensions are currently sold in up to 4TB size

The following forms of storage are unsupported:

USB Flash storage – Flash is simply not fast enough
Networked (NAS) storage – There is too wide a variation in network speeds to support this
Internal hard drives placed in external enclosures as they can cause frequent USB disconnects and communication issues.

The Tablo community forum has a thread compiling a list of hard drives that our users have seen success with. Visit that thread here.