Excellent antenna for the price!
Written: Nov 05 '06
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Pros: Great reception, small, looks cool...
Cons: Top-heavy (falls over easily), not very durable, it's directional.
The Bottom Line: Try this antenna before getting an outdoor one. You may be surprised and it was only 25 bucks.
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| scurtis60's Full Review: Zenith ZHDTV1Z |
I live about 35 miles from Youngstown, OH and about 35 miles from Pittsburgh, PA. The list from antennaweb.org showed that I could receive 15 analog stations and only 2 digital stations. Of those stations, a few were rated Red, the majority were reated Blue, and and a few stations were reated violet.
I hooked this antenna up, set it on top of my TV, and pointed it in the right direction. I could receive 13 digital stations total (I wasn't intersted in analog stations). Of the 13 stations, I received 7 from pointing it towards Youngstown and 6 when pointing it towards Pittsburgh. Most of the channels would come in with a 60% - 80% signal, most wouldn't skip very often, and 4 of the channels were in High Definition.
I then set my antenna up pointing out of various second floor windows and could then pick up a total of 24 digital stations, 9 of which were in High Definition. I finally settled on a position that could receive the channels that I wanted. From this one posistion I can receive 16 Digital Channels, some from Pittsburgh and some from Youngstown.
This antenna is directional so theoretically you can only receive from one direction at a time, but if you experiment with it enough, you'll eventually find a good position for it. It has really good reception for a non-amplified, indoor antenna, I received a digital station that broadcasts from over 70 miles away, but on the same note, there is a broadcast station that is 20 miles away that I couldn't receive because of hills and low broadcast power.
This unit is pretty fragile as it fell off of my TV and the solder contacts broke so I had to resolder them.
Recommended:
Yes
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