Terk Technology HDTVi VHF/UHF HDTV Indoor Antenna
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Customer Review: Superb VHF/UHF reception
Summary: 5 Stars
I live in Phoenix, AZ, 12 mi from the TV antennas, which are clustered atop South Mountain at an elevation of 2690 ft...Other than two brick walls in my building (no steel girders), my reception is unobstructed line of sight...I live on the 2nd floor, and there are no floors above me...The antenna is on top of the TV...
The reception of standard analog TV is outstanding...Both VHF (all the way down to CH 3; those telescoping rods really work) and all UHF is practically flawless...Given that digital HD reception requires less signal strength, when the conversion comes in Feb, 2008 HDTV should be perfect...
The only "negative" is that the antenna requires moderate rotation for some of the channels...Since all the broadcast antennas are clustered in a small area on top of the mountain, I find this odd...Perhaps it's due to internal reflections within the building...Other than that, if you have a clean, direct signal, I recommend this unit very highly...Since HD reception is all or nothing, I don't see how an external antenna could improve the reception under conditions such as mine...
Customer Review: Works great in a less than ideal location
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this antenna on a flyer to pick up the HDTV/digital feed from a local channel not included in the digital cable HDTV package for my area. At the price, if it didn't work well I would not feel too bad.
The manual describes situations that limit the ability of the antenna to pick up signals, and after a cursory read I was convinced this antenna wouldn't work for me. It said that the antenna would have difficulty picking up signals through obstructions, particularly stucco walls. In my location, it had to pick up the signal through a stucco house wall, a stucco yard fence wall, then a small grove of trees to pick up a signal about 17 miles away.
Bottom line---despite the location, this antennal worked perfectly. I can pick up every over-the-air digital feed within 125 miles with perfect reception. The only negative is this thing is very unusual looking---but it is easy to remove and hide when not in use if the looks are not to your liking.
Well worth taking a chance for the price, based upon my experience.
Customer Review: Flawless HD Reception, including VHF
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been watching HD over-the-air for a couple of years now. Until buying this antenna a month ago or so, I had a very similar UHF-only antenna. In my area, one of the major stations is VHF, which I hadn't properly considered when we first made the switch to over-the-air. However, for whatever reason, while the reception of the analog version of that station was pretty poor, the HD version seemed to come in fine.
Unfortunately, over the next couple of years, the HD reception gradually degraded to the point that it was gone completely this summer. I have no idea why this happened, but I knew that I didn't have a VHF antenna. With the fall TV season getting started -- and more importantly, Dallas Cowboys on FOX (the station in question) -- I decided it was time to take action.
Because I already had a directional UHF antenna, installing the new Terk VHF/UHF antenna was as simple as could be. I extended the rabbit ears at in an appropriate V shape and just like that, reception was good again.
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.