Philips PHDTV1 Silver Sensor UHF/HDTV Digital Indoor TV Antenna
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Customer Review: Does a great job
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this antenna based on the other reviews which said they had good reception with this antenna. I just got an HDTV and was using my old amplified antenna that had the rabbit ears and a round ring for the UHF. It did fine but when I hooked up this one, and checked on my TV under info., which shows the strength of the reception, it was much, much stronger. It took a few tries, turning it in a few different directions until I found the best spot and once there, the signal comes in very strong. I haven't had to play with the diraction since then. I live in the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities in a townhome and this antenna does the job just beautifully. I am very, very happy with it.Customer Review: Does it differ from the Zenith antenna? Not at all!
Summary: 5 Stars
My parents get cable, but there's one ethnic program that they love to watch, that comes on an obscure Channel 23 in Chicago (and not on any cable channel). They even have one TV dedicated to non-cable, and I've tried so many different rabbit ears to get this station in clearly. There was always panic if someone accidentally touched the rabbit ears, as it would take awhile to get that station in clearly, again. Then I read reviews about this particular antenna, and thought - it must be better... and it is!! It's terrific and picks up the station 20 miles away from the transmitting location. Ok, so it's not like being in the studio, but it's a HUGE improvement. Love it.
Customer Review: Worked great in a basement installation
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this based on the recommendation the comparison review that looked at several antennas.
This was installed in my mom's house. Her TV is in the basement and the regular antenna only gave her a single station. After installing this antenna, she has all the digital stations available in her area (Baltimore, MD). It took a minor placement adjustment to get public TV station reception, but now it works perfectly.
For the record, my mom is 10 miles from the station towers (according to antennaweb.org), and in Baltimore, all stations except PBS broadcast from virtually the same location. That makes it extremely easy to place the antenna correctly.
Customer Review: flawless... almost
Summary: 5 Stars
My apartment faces the empire state building couple of blocks down, so this unpowered antenna was all I needed to pick up all the local channels in HD. After some research at avsforums, I found out that this philips model is virtually equivalent to the zenith silver sensor (mentioned over and over on the forums). I was skeptical at first, due to its ridiculously low price and flimsy construction, but it works flawlessly paired up with my sony xbr4. If you have a clear path to your local broadcasting tower, this antenna should do the trick for free local HD channels... it's a bit ugly (ok, it's a total eyesore...), but it draws no power and gives crystal clear reception.Customer Review: excellent performance at at great price
Summary: 5 Stars
I had previously tried both a regular antenna with rabbit ears and a UHF loop for HDTV and a starship enterprise looking antenna from Radio Shack. I live in Madison, WI on the west side of the city within 5-7 miles of the TV towers. The ABC station signal had frequent drop-outs with a signal strength of 70-75 through my Dish Network HDTV tuner. The Philips Silver Sensor pulls in signal strengths in the upper 80's for the ABC station and upper 90's to 100 for the CBS and NBC stations. I can also view the multiple PBS digital stations that were not possible at all with the previous antennas. I am very please with the performance of the Philips product.