Terk Technology HDTVi VHF/UHF HDTV Indoor Antenna
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Customer Review: Worth the price.
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been using a TERK TV-55, I have DISH Network which does not give local HD broadcast for where I live, so I needed the HD antenna to pick up the local signal. The Terk55 was starting to get old and worn out, plus it had the damdest time keeping a good signal (I live with brick surrounding)... and I wont lie, I did get good HD signal every now and then but frustrating as hell watching a big game and miss a play because of the stuttered signal...sooooo I then decided to try the "Terk HDTVi".
Personally I like the way it looks...my girl hates it...says it looks like its from the 1980's...ya know, the rabbit ears!! Well, I found a pretty good spot ontop of an armwar that hides most of it so its not such an eye sore...but the best part about it, is I picked up a cleaner signal strength and even a couple channels from another city that I never got before.
Id give this baby an A+ if it:
1.Just cosmetically looked better and
2.Didnt come with a 6ft(?) fixed coaxial cable.
Youre stuck trying to find a good hiding spot with great reception with 6 ft of coax. I ended up linking to another coax. Guess they didnt think about that!
Customer Review: Best small antenna for UHF AND VHF
Summary: 4 Stars
While most HDTV channels are UHF, I happen to live in a market with 4 UHF and 4 VHF signals. The VHF channels can be tough to receive, and many so called "HDTV" antennas don't pick them up at all. But this hdtvi has 2 long rabbit ears for VHF. I use mine extended about 1/2 way (it depends on the target frequency you are aiming for--mine is Ch 9) and can pick up 7 of the 8 signals within 5 miles. The 8th station is 20 miles away and the hdtvi will pick it up from the attic when pointed directly at the VHF station. It's nice to be able to point the VHF rabbit ears in one direction (flat, since the signals use horizontal polarity) and the UHF space age thingy in another direction, to maximize signal. Overall, I can't give it 5 stars since it won't work in all cases, but if you are <20 miles from the towers, this should be all you need. If you need a better antenna, the Channel Master 3016 is a great attic antenna. Bottom line is this is an awesome antenna for the price! Note: I am using this on my pc and had to manually add several channels to Windows Media Center as it didn't automatically scan them, but the antenna still receives them fine!Customer Review: Great Sturdy Antenna
Summary: 5 Stars
My goal was to test out antenna reception and hopefully discontinue my cable service. An outdoor antenna is not an option. I had bought a couple cheap (<$20) TV antennas from the local department store to try out. They would pick up some stations, but I constantly had to move the antenna around the room to get reception. Unsatisfied, I returned them. I purchased the Terk, and am able to set it in one position on a stereo speaker and receive 19 channels. I do have to rotate the antenna around for some of the channels as they are changed (this can make channel surfing difficult), but I do not have to move it around the room. It is a total success, and I have discontinued cable.
The antenna is made very well; much heavier duty that the cheap ones I tried out. The rabbit ears are very sturdy and long, and the coax cable is thick.
I live in an area where local stations are easily picked up, so your reception may or may not be satisfactory. But comparing this antenna to the 2 I purchased locally; the Terk is well worth the cost and the reception is much better than the cheap <$20 rabbit-ears on the market.
Customer Review: If You Can't Get Cable...
Summary: 1 Stars
This digital TV conversion is the biggest blunder the American Government has ever allowed American Corporations to perpetrate on the American Public. I grew up messing around with antennas, moving them around trying to get a signal, etc. At least with analog TV a signal could 'sort of' come in with snow on the screen leaving you to decide whether or not you wanted to bother messing with the antenna. My cousin lives on a hilltop in Cincinnati - a seemingly perfect perch for reception - and he gets 3 channels normally with this thing - sometimes more depending on which way the wind blows I guess. Most of the other channels just show a pretty blue screen. He's tried many other options for over the air digital TV and they are all the same. Needless to say he has renewed his cable subscription. This is such a huge step backward in terms of technology. Don't do it. If you have cable, pay the bucks and just keep it. If you can't get cable and can afford a dish, do that. Use this over the air stuff only as a last resort and even then don't expect much. Messing around with this if you don't have to is a total waste of your time. You've been warned.Customer Review: Passable solution, just check your coverage first!
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this antenna to receive OTA HDTV signals for my HDTV and for the most part it works as promised. Signals usually come in clearly, with rare drops in reception. If you need something basic to get the job done, this could very well be the solution for you.
Now on to the negatives...
-The form factor is less than ideal. Those blades take up a good amount of space and tend to be awkward in any normal placement.
-The coaxial cable connector is far too short to be very useful, approximately 6 feet. For most video connectors that would be plenty, but this is an antenna which typically is placed a fair distance away from the TV.
-This device is highly directionally based. Depending on which way it is facing it can potentially have a huge effect on reception. Worse yet, I had to rotate it in opposite directions at my old apartment to get two different stations.
Had I been making the purchase decision again, I might have gone with a higher end omni-directional antenna. However, if you can deal with the slight drawbacks HDTV looks great and has even led me to get rid of cable completely!