The Tablo app interface flags programs with colorful badges. These give you, at a glance, handy information about the status of a particular airing of that program.
It’s important to differentiate between series and programs because badges do not appear on series listings, only airings of a specific program.
For instance, if you go to SPORTS > ALL SPORTS the show listings will show no badges. However, once you click on Stanley Cup Final, you will see all the airings for that series. The blue New and green Upcoming badges will be displayed on every upcoming game.
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Rec
The orange Rec badge will be shown when a program is scheduled to be recorded or is currently being recorded. It's visible in both the overall series information screen in your Library as well as the list of specific airings within that series.
Live
The blue Live badge signifies that a program is currently airing.
If you select a program with the badge from the Home Screen, it will begin playback immediately. If you select a program with the Live badge elsewhere in the app, it will take you to the program details first, where you can then select WATCH LIVE.
New
There are two instances when the New badge is used.
For New Airings
New is flagged when the program in question is new to the channel.
All news episodes are New. The same with current talk shows.
Movies will be flagged New if they are new to a channel. Filming date is not a consideration. For instance, a movie released three years ago can still be flagged as new. A popular movie released last year might not be flagged as new. It all depends on if the movie has aired on the channel before.
For New Recordings
Unwatched recordings within a series are also flagged New. This is to differentiate between recorded programs that have already been watched and those you haven’t watched yet.
Upcoming
The green Upcoming flag denotes a program airing in the future. Upcoming is replaced with Live when the program is in progress.
Example: It’s currently 8:00 a.m. Program A is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The Upcoming badge is currently displayed. At 9:00 a.m. the badge will switch from Upcoming to Live.
Protected
The blue Protected badge is flagged after you protect a recording from the auto-delete process. It's visible for airings on the home page of iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. On TV-based apps, you'll see the badges only after you've drilled down to the episode details.
Conflict
The orange Conflict badge is flagged whenever you attempt to schedule more recordings within a specific timeslot than you have tuners available on your Tablo device. It’s there to warn you that a specific program will not record because the Tablo does not have enough available tuners within that timeslot.
Example: I have a 2-tuner Tablo. I already have Airing A and Airing C set to record at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. When I try to set up Airing B to record at 9:00 a.m. as well, it’s flagged as a conflict as my Tablo does not have any remaining tuners.
Failed
The orange Failed badge is flagged when a recording fails. This can happen for several reasons including power outages, weak signals from your TV antenna, or internet or server outages in the case of streaming channel recordings.
Badge Combos
Multiple badges can be displayed at the same time. This is expected. The order the badges will appear in is as follows: Live, New, Rec/Conflict.
The failed badge is the only badge that will never be displayed with others.
Live Grid
Badges work differently on the Live TV grid and differ depending on the app you’re using.
The Live TV grid only shows the New and Rec badges across all apps.
For Roku on the Live Grid
The New and Rec badges look different on the Roku app's live grid. A Rec with a conflict will be orange. A Rec with no conflict will be yellow.
For Android TV, Fire TV, Samsung, LG and Apple TV on the Live Grid
The Live grid New badge is blue.
Programs that are/will be recorded are underlined in yellow unless there is a conflict in which case it will be underlined in orange.
For iOS and Android Mobile Apps on the Live Grid
On the Live grid on mobile devices, the New badge is white, recordings are yellow and conflicts are orange.