The Tablo Quad isn't simply the Tablo Dual with two more tuners slapped into it, it's a new, wider design with several tweaks. This allows them to stream live TV and recordings to multiple TVs as well as to phones, tablets and PCs, both inside and outside the home. Streaming networked DVRs like the Recast, Air TV and Tablo Quad connects to your home network rather than to a TV. Traditional set-top boxes like TiVo Bolt OTA or Channel Master Stream Plus are very similar to standard cable box DVRs: tuner boxes with hard drives that connect directly to a single TV. Both connect to an OTA antenna and let you record, pause, rewind and fast-forward through TV programs broadcast for free, over the air.
There are two main types of digital video recorder (DVR) for cord cutters.
