Posted on 08/13/2015 6:46:13 PM PDT by dennisw
Looking for advice on good digital TV antenna. If it says 25 miles reception, do they mean it? And these new type antennaes work indoors? Has anyone rigged one up outdoors?
http://yourfreedtv.com/ What TV you have in your area
http://www.antennaweb.org/Default.aspx How far TV tower transmitter is from your house
Selection of TV antennas
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=tv+antenna
So what TV antennae have you used that you like?
Mediasonic Homeworx HW110AN Super Thin Indoor HDTV Antenna - 25 Miles Range
by Mediasonic
4,913 customer reviews | 353 answered questions
http://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-Homeworx-HW110AN-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B008KVUAGU/ref=sr_1_3/183-1184495-8659132?ie=UTF8&qid=1439516905&sr=8-3&keywords=tv+antenna
********* I am inclined to get this one
Almost anything will work for 25 miles.
I have an ancient outside antenna maybe 25 feet high. It still seems to pull in the HD signal about as well as it did the old 1950s era broadcasts.
I have purchase a couple of indoor HD antennas and neither one works even close to as well as the old outdoor one.
I get signals from Panama City and Dothan, Alabama, clear as can be.
Coat hanger and tin foil works.......
I paid forty bucks for one from Walmart years ago.
Works fine and the towers are 40 miles away.
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Also, I have a Winegard antenna and in-line RF amplifier and this combo works great.
Do the converter boxes work? I didn’t get one...maybe I should have... I do have a digital antenna though. It doesn’t work with the old hardware.
When I was in Dallas for a short while I didn’t have cable or anything but antenna TV. I don’t remember what channel it was but it was freaking awesome. Old westerns on the weekends on the weekends were my favorite part but they focussed on old TV. I loved it..
My HDTV antenna is made out of a small length of 1"x2" furring strip, wire coat hangers I had in my house, a cheap $3 75ohm to 300ohm converter available at my local Ace Hardware, and a chunk of RG6 cable also available at my local Ace Hardware for about 20 cents a foot.
How's it work? Well, I'm 30 miles outside of Chicago and pick up over 72 OTA channels. I can turn it towards South Bend Indiana and watch the Notre Dame games easily. I've also picked up stations as far away as Rockford, IL and Champaign IL with it.
Here's one of the video's I referenced above. Used same materials I did. My antenna has a longer boom and more elements in it which extends the range.
Yes they work fine and they boost the signal a little bit too.
I have not used one for many years as digital color TVs can be had for very little. Of course the sky is the limit if you want to get an expensive one.
With a 25 mile or higher range antenna, you’ll get all the channels available in your area. Picture is clear HD. For some reason, NBC is always a little more stubborn to pick up here, have to adjust the antenna. But it’s better than paying $130 a month cable bill for so many channels I never watch.
With antenna, Netflix, Qello, and the ability to display my computer screen onto my TV with a HDMI cable (and watch sports, movies, etc., that way also), I have plenty of content to watch... only have to pay Charter for the internet fee. In fact, I have too much content. Too much of the virtual world. Real life is better always.
Bundle bare-bones local channels with your cable provider with internet service. I spent months looking for a good antennae and came up with nothing. I decided just to get local channels and add it to my Internet service (since I have to get Internet anyway through cable), which costs just a few more dollars than buying stand-alone Internet.
Good video!!! and the converter you need is http://www.ebay.com/itm/MATCHING-TRANSFORMER-75-OHM-TO-300-OHM-CONVERT-CABLE-TO-TWIN-POST-ANTENNA-FOR-TV-/351132578588?hash=item51c121f31c ????
The 75ohm to 300ohm converter
Should also be able to find the RG6/RG6U cable and connectors there too.
My home brew HDTV antenna is about 70 feet up on my ham radio tower and it's directional. (Yeah, I went over-board I know ...)
How To Build A 4 Bay Bow Tie Antenna
This is one of the better produced video's for home brew HDTV antenna's.
Your biggest concern is placement in the home
I have NEVER (been using the things for about 7 or 8 years) gotten good recdeption except near ... or right at ... a window, and even THEN, moving it around will give you more or less stations
I have found ... no kidding, this is real .... by suspending my 40 mile deal about 2/3 of the way up my window, and over to the left of center AND draping two 6 ft extension cords from the suspended antenna ...
I AM NOT KIDDING ... if I take away one or both cords .... I lose stations)
I get 14 stations, 4 or 5 are dupes
bad weather will alter your reception and occasionally you have to re-set ... re-search ... for new settings/channels
For what I watch and use TV for, and the approx $100 monthly savings .... I'll put up with the bulljit
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