Terk Technology HDTVi VHF/UHF HDTV Indoor Antenna
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Customer Review: Expensive underperforming
Summary: 1 Stars
I live in an area where three of HDTV broadcast are VHF (channels 2-13) and remaining one is in UHF (channels 14 and higher). I am less than four miles from all the stations but without a direct line-of-sight to the towers. I've tried four different indoor antennas: Terk HDTVi, RatShack budget dipole with loop ($10), RatShack amplified dipole with loop ($40), and a amplified Philips dipole with loop ($25).
All of the antenna were able to pick up at least two channels so my comparison of the antennas is based on their performance with the remaining two channels (4 and 42). The Terk HDTVi antenna was not able to pick up anything. The best was the Philips closely followed by the RatShack budget dipole and then the RatShack amplified.
The Terk HDTVi is an overpriced piece of junk. If you don't believe me, read the posts at avsforum dot com. Do your research. Anyone who has tested a range of indoor antennas will tell you that price and performance are completely uncorrelated.
Customer Review: It works just not for the station I wanted
Summary: 3 Stars
I had purchased this to watch the NBA playoffs without having to go to the local bar. Sports being the only thing I suffer with when it comes to forgoing Cable. However this was the one thing I could not receive with the antenna that was available in my area ,thereby rendering my purchase pointless for now (hopeful come college football season I'll get to watch some games at home).
For the product itself, I was impressed at the number of stations I was able to receive even though I found them random in performance. Some stations would come and go through the week. Overall I'm satisfied that it's a decent product and I know my issues have more to do with the area I live and my building type. I'm in a townhouse in San Antonio from the 60's with thick stucco walls, and no outside facing windows in the living room. So I didn't think my chances were great.
Final point, the rabbit ears are VERY long making it quite hard to hide away in the corner.
Customer Review: good UHF reception
Summary: 5 Stars
I get a strong signal for UHF channels 14-69 (in Irvine, CA), including the main network digital channels in HD (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, UPN, WB). One position can get good reception for all those channels. My TV shows a signal strength of about 77 for ABC, and up to 98 for the others, which is good enough for perfectly clear picture for digital channels.
Except that ABC gets interrupted if someone stands in front of the antenna.
This is great because I didn't get any of the network channels on my old TV with the standard analog VHF (2-13) bunny ears. I didn't bother to try out the bunny ears dipoles for this antenna, since I can pick up the corresponding digital channel.
Initially, I was a little concerned that it was not amplified, but it works better than my old RCA amplified antenna with a circular dish type thing.
So this is good if you have a digital TV, or if you just like channels in the 14-69 range.
Customer Review: Don't get the HDTVi, get the HDTVa
Summary: 5 Stars
I was shopping around for an indoor HDTV antenna until I stumbled across Terk's HDTVi. I bought one but the HDTV reception was terrible. My Philips Magnavox SCP030 from Walmart even worked better.
I still needed a good indoor antenna so I headed to RadioShack. First I tried the RadioShack's Amplified HDTV antenna but that didn't work so well either. I noticed they also had a Terk HDTVa in stock so I exchanged it with that one.
The HDTVa and the HDTVi are essentially the same except the "a" version has an extra adaptor called an in-line signal amplifier. It's a powered adaptor that goes on the end of the coaxial cable. After attaching that to the antenna, the signal jumped from 75% to 85% signal strength.
I HIGHLY recommend the HDTVa version instead of the HDTVi. If you've already bought the HDTVi, you can make it an HDTVa by getting an in-line signal amplifier from RadioShack or any online store.
Customer Review: Works Great With Dish Network
Summary: 5 Stars
I was aggravated when I found out that Dish Network didn't provide local channels in HD without additional equipment so I took a chance on this antennae with little hope it would work. Much to my surprise (and excitement) it worked like a charm! I now receive CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX in HD, in addition to picking up a few extra more distant "local" channels not offered through my Dish Network service. You simply have the receiver search for all digital off air channels with the antennae plugged in (see your Dish Network receiver manual for instructions on how to do this). It not only found them but also added them to my interactive channel menu for easy tuning. The channels didn't come back called HD. After tuning to them I realized that CBS-1 was HD and CBS-2 was standard. This pattern was consistent with all the channels it found. If you have existing dish service and need your locals in HD, I highly recommend this product.