Terk HDTVa Indoor Amplified High-Definition Antenna for Off-Air HDTV Reception
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515 Customer Reviews Posted
- Finally an antenna that works!
- We live in the outskirts, 25-30 miles from the local towers. This is the 4th amplified indoor antenna I've tried and this one pulls in all the HD stations I want. There is only one that this one doesn't pick up that my roof mount does get. I am very pleased with my purchase.
- 2008-11-22, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- HD clarity is awesome, but no better than $14 rabbit ears
- I bought a new flatscreen and two friends told me about free HD channels. I didn't really get what they were talking about, but one insisted that I specifically needed an HDTV antenna. The other claimed that it was all marketing and regular rabbit ears would do the trick. I'll cut to the punchline, rabbit ears work exactly the same as this fancier, more expensive Terk HDTVa antenna.
Specifics:
* I live on Capital Hill in Seattle, WA
* I've a Panasonic 780p 42" TV
* the TV scans for digital channels once the antenna is hooked up
* I tried the Terk HDTVa first, it worked great
* Next I tried the $14 Terk TV-1 passive TV antenna, it worked exactly the same
* I believe I get around 25 free digital channels - things like ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, religous channels, PBS, Hispanic channels -- these are numbered like 4-1, 5-1, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3
If you don't do the digital scan thing (it's a setting in the menu of the TV) then you won't see the glory of digital TV. It's basically regular TV with a better-than-cable picture. And there are all sorts of extra channels out there (PBS has about 3 or 4 channels) of stuff you can't see with regular TV. I don't watch TV much, but it's good for Thanksgiving football and for the days you have the flu and need to tune in and tune out. Mostly I was intrigued with whether the HDTV antenna stuff was marketing or truth. After this a/b test it appears to be pure marketing.
Added benefit - the HDTV antennas are techie looking. I suppose "cool" by some male standards but I personally love the simplicity of the rabbit ears, which are hidden behind the profile of my TV so you never see them. Oh - and no need for the funny looking round wire thingy they send with this unit. That's for UHF and that is caveman stuff at this point.
I recommend you try:
Terk Technology TV-1 Passive Indoor TV Antenna
... or just hook up your current antenna, have your TV scan for digital channels (it's got to be a new TV for this feature) and see what you get. Okay, I've spent way too much time thinking and typing about a TV signal I will rarely use. See you at the movies! - 2008-11-19, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Terk HDTVa antenna
- Although the antenna did not work for my system (perhaps bad reception). I found the customer service with Buy.com very easy to work with. They refunded my money and supplied a shipping label for the return. I just the reception was better in my area for this product to work. Thanks again for the great customer service.
- 2008-11-16, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Terk Indoor Antenna
- After reading other peoples reviews on this item, some good, some bad, I decided I would also give it a try. The antenna just did not work that well for me as I am in an area that is surrounded by trees and hills. As far as its design? Two items could be improved on. A wider, heavier base is needed as the unit is somewhat top heavy. The coax, being rather stiff, does not sit well in the groove of the base, making the unit even more unstable, and the placement of the inline coax amplifier is placed in an inconvenient location. Would have been better if the amplifier was contained within the body of the antenna. I probably would have kept the unit if it would have worked for me and just lived with the above noted inconveniences, but unfortunately, the antenna just did not do its job, so the reason for my return. I hope other future customers will have better luck with this unit, and perhaps the manufacturer will make the suggested changes.
- 2008-11-16, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Surprisingly good antenna!!
- I live 29 miles from the source in an urban area, so wasn't really expecting more than a few channels. I had tried regular channels on
an analog TV before and got 2 or 3 channels that were watchable and few others that were marginal. Was I shocked at how many Hi-def, clear
channels I received. They are actually clearer, for the most part, than
my cable(got this primarily as a backup). Definitely recommend this product. - 2008-11-16, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
