Philips PHDTV1 Silver Sensor UHF/HDTV Digital Indoor TV Antenna
by Philips Accessories
|
Our Price: $279.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: CE See more product details |
|---|
Customers in the UK,
Buy this product at amazon.co.uk
for British Pounds
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Philips PHDTV1 Silver Sensor UHF/HDTV Digital Indoor TV Antenna
Customer Review: Cheap and works great
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the Philips PHDTV1 to replace a Terk TV1 rabbit ears and so far so good. With the Terk I could not finish watching a half an hour show without the signal dropping out (insanely annoying). Most of time I could not even get a decent signal on Channel 4, 5, 9 and 11. The Philips has solved all the headaches with receiving OTA broadcasts for me. I am now able to leave the antenna at a set position and receive all HDTV channels and even a few extra analog ones. As with all antennas you will have to mess around with the positioning. Oddly enough when it was on top of my 6ft entertainment center I was still getting a few dropouts. Now it is 3ft from the ground on the lower shelf, facing south and I am catching all the HDTV signals. On most channels I am getting a 65% or more out of 100 on the antenna meter, more importantly there are no dropouts. On channels 2 and 7 I am getting a whopping 98%. Depending on where you live you might get different results, I live in the lower east side of Manhattan. If I can get such great reception with so many skyscrapers and buildings around Im guessing it will work fine in other areas. Lastly the antenna does feel a bit cheap but its not a big deal. Set it and forget it, as long as it gets the job done. For the $20 it is definitely worth a try.Customer Review: A Good Antenna If You Need It
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, you don't necessarily need a special antenna just for receiving HDTV broadcasts. Try your old rabbit ears and you might be pleasantly surprised.
In our case, our old antenna worked pretty well, but we had to adjust it differently for different channels, and it was just on the borderline where it would occasionally skip out, so we tried this antenna instead.
The important thing about this antenna is that it is highly directional—you have to point it toward the broadcast tower. In most areas this isn't an issue, as they are usually all on the highest mountain around and you can't miss the red blinking lights at night. In the United States, you can also look up the latitude and longitude of transmitters at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/tvq.html, which I would recommend doing before buying this antenna if you don't want to continually turn your antenna when you change channels, and aren't sure if all the transmitters are in the same place or not.
If those conditions work for you, this antenna is a great value for the money. Once we got it pointed correctly, we just left it there and don't give it another thought while it delivers a perfect digital signal.
Customer Review: Just what I needed
Summary: 5 Stars
I had been trying to get satellite television in my new apartment for over a month, and the new seasons of my favorite local shows were starting. A co-worker mentioned he plugged some rabbit ears into his TV that was in a room that didn't have a cable connection and got HD free over the air. It was then I remembered my boyfriend's TV had a built in digital tuner. I did a little research (antennaweb.org) and found I needed a medium directional antenna with pre-amp to get all the channels I wanted. I search for that here on Amazon, and this is what came up. For only $25, what a deal. With my Amazon Prime trial and discounted 1 day shipping, it came just in time for the beginning of the new season of shows. It works beautifully. The digital picture is amazing, I can't believe it's free. The channels we don't get are simply not being broadcast in digital yet. Totally worth the $25, even if you're using it as a temporary fix while waiting for a more permanent TV solution like me... though this will make you think twice about paying for cable. Make sure to do your research to make sure this type of antenna will work for you, your location and your TV.Customer Review: Great antenna!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently bought a 42" Vizio LCD TV and didn't want to make the huge investment to upgrade my DirecTV system just yet. So I began looking at these types of antennas as a cheaper alternative. I did alot of research and read up on a lot of the reviews on all of the indoor antennas that Amazon had to offer. A great resource was www.antennaweb.org for finding out how far you are from the broadcast antennas and what direction you need to point your antenna at, unless you get a multi-direcitonal antenna. I live in a multi-story apartment building just shy of 30 miles from the broadcast antennas, so I was worried if I was going to able to pick up any signals at all with out having to go with either a powered antenna or an outdoor antenna. Long story short I decided to go with the Philips PHDTV1 Digital HDTV-UHF Indoor Antenna and I was able to pick up 46 digital channels and every single one is coming in with perfect reception and clarity. I was really amazed at how well this little thing worked and the size is small enough to be tucked away out of sight and still pick up excellent reception. I would highly recommend this product.Customer Review: Excellent antenna for both analog and digital TV use - VHF and UHF
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this item over a month ago in anticipation of getting the converter boxes necessary for over the air digital TV. I was using it on my old analog set and it brought in all my local stations, both VHF and UHF. I'm 20 miles west of Chicago and even CBS 2 (which is usually a fuzzy picture) came in fairly clearly. I just attached the digital converter box and was amazed that I got 10 more stations and a gorgeous clear picture on all stations without having to move the antenna position at all. I have it on top of a high bookcase behind the TV. The only problem is I cannot get a signal for CBS2 in the Chicago area. I've heard from others with the converter boxes that they can't bring in channel 2 either, so for that one station, I have to bypass the box and go back to the analog reception. I got one of the converter boxes from Best Buy (the Apex) that has the Analog pass thru feature. But I am getting over 40 channels, all my regular VHF and UHF plus an extra 12 digital channels. Other than it being a rather "flimsy" antenna, since I don't move it around much, hopefully it will hold up. Great digital reception.