August DTA415 High Gain Digital TV Antenna Any Comments On This Antenna Does It Bring In Any channels?
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If you are within 20-25 miles of the TV station, it will bring in an excellent picture. For the price, it is awesome. So much so that I bought a total of 3, one for each TV we have. We do live about 20 miles from the broadcast stations in our area, Knoxville, TN, and we pick up all of the stations in our area, (15) . Therefore, I highly recommend this antenna. Please bear in mind, it is for local reception only.
1337281
Yes, considering its size it does a very good job but placement is very important as is true of all indoor antennas. Attach additional coax cable and move it around in the room. In one location in a room I found it even did a good job on VHF channels 7-13 where most indoor antennas fail. Considering the price and size it does a very good job bringing all local channels at a distance of 25 airline miles.
1358801
My use of the Over the air channels has been limited, but I believe it has the (ATSC) Digital Tuner and Have been able to to bring in channels pretty good and different sites, but it was also connected to Basic roof Antenna In our Rv.
721587
Depends on your location and elevation. I live in a top of hill, I can pick up as many as 38 digital channels and 3 analog channels, in which many channels are the same NBC, ABC, CBS, PBC, but in different local stations. The digital signals are pretty good, because, I placed the antenna in attic. The analog signals are really bad. I just used skip function of the TV set to get rid of them. After a few month using, the rotation functions of my antenna is out. I have to find right direction by hand and let the antenna stay in one direction.
809033
I used a plain old fashioned cheapie kind and it works fine. (I got it here at Amazon - an RCA that cost about 10 bucks.) No such thing as a "digital" antenna.This one: RCA Indoor FM and HDTV Antenna
1593562
Not as far as I can tell. I would still need the digital tuner now required for antenna tv. All channels are currently static.
1888459
This antenna is not designed to pick up low V signals such as channel 4. However, in relatively strong signal areas it might pick it up anyway. You would probably have to try it first to see if it works.
146587
It did pick up digital signals. I even got some High def channels, but you must have a digital capable TV. Great antenna for the price. I'm quite happy with it.
1530758
I agree with L. Cheng, Amazon allows returns so I would purchase and return as "defective" if you don't get the channels you expect or if it does not perform as expected. Also, try this website for channels available in your area, but it would of course depend on where you put the antenna.http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/dtvmaps/
1305170
Yes. This antenna works well with DTV signals, particularly UHF, which most stations broadcast in since the DTV conversion several years ago. The antenna is directional, so it needs to be pivoted, using your HDTV signal strength indicator as a guide. There is an accessory that claims to increase the reception on this unit. I do not have that accessory, however, because there is inadequate space to hold it between the antenna head and my RVs AC unit. As far as the reception on its own, within about 40 to 50 miles of transmitters in the Pensacola/Mobile television market, the antenna picks up all signals. Once you get out to 65 miles or beyond, those stations pixelate, and I have to rescan my TV to pick up other markets. Overall, I am happy with the antenna.
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I'm using it as an ATSC (HD digital signal antenna). From what I can see when I do a channel scan, I get no VHF/UHF signals. Then again, that may be because there are no broadcasters in my area that still broadcast VHF/UHF.
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D~ did you get this and does it work for you? I am also in SJ and looking at getting an antenna. Thx!!!
1779822
Actually I do not have a HDTV. I have an older TV which I use with a converter box. I attach Mohu 30 antenna to my converter box and it's amazing. I'm sure this antenna can be hooked up to your HDTV via a cable wire and it will work. The antenna is that good. Antenna.web was of great help in my decision to purchase this antenna. BTW I don't even have to mount this antenna. It's sitting right next to my tv on a tv stand. I'm on the 4th floor of my building.
2071598
This antenna is very low in quality and will absolutely not replace any good quality digital antenna. On the other hand, is the TV set is not capable of decoding digital signals, you will need the decoder as well.
914881
If you live in a digital broadcast area no antenna should be needed. The set is new enough that it should also not require the special box from a couple years ago. I just have basic cable hooked up to it and had to program the tv twice to get all analog and digital channels.
516779
Well yes it does. I have a Phillips HD amplified antenna hooked to the rear antenna connection. I live approx. 27 miles from the center of Atlanta. I get razor sharp images of all the network and independent channels on my set.
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Hi if the antenna is plugged into a DTV converter and then the analog convert is plugged into a analog TV, yes that should be fine. Now mine is plugged into a Tivo Premier, it was one of the few DVR that did OTA. Works really well.
624622
The high performance antenna does not have a pre-amp although it is somewhat directional. The extreme performance version does have a pre-amp but I have no practical experience with it. My recommendation is to go to www.dtv.gov and check your coverage under consumer resources and coverage maps. I would hesitate to recommend the high performance version for anything with a signal strength of less than -50db.