Terk Technology HDTVi VHF/UHF HDTV Indoor Antenna
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Customer Review: Works Great With Dish Network
Summary: 5 Stars
I was aggravated when I found out that Dish Network didn't provide local channels in HD without additional equipment so I took a chance on this antennae with little hope it would work. Much to my surprise (and excitement) it worked like a charm! I now receive CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX in HD, in addition to picking up a few extra more distant "local" channels not offered through my Dish Network service. You simply have the receiver search for all digital off air channels with the antennae plugged in (see your Dish Network receiver manual for instructions on how to do this). It not only found them but also added them to my interactive channel menu for easy tuning. The channels didn't come back called HD. After tuning to them I realized that CBS-1 was HD and CBS-2 was standard. This pattern was consistent with all the channels it found. If you have existing dish service and need your locals in HD, I highly recommend this product.Customer Review: Far better than the TV5
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm in a marginal reception area. Beverly Hills in a garden stucco apartment on a 2nd floor. It's not the best area for reception but I tried a few antennas. Most were useless, picking up the odd Chinese or Spanish station which have strong signals. This antenna was able to pick up CBS and KCOP not much better but CBS alone made it worth getting. The reception is beautiful. Not sure why CBS is so good but hoping that other station are still broadcasting at half strength. At any rate if you're in a marginal area consider this one. Mine came with an amplifier and cost about $20 more. I did not see any improvement of the signal with or without the amplifier. It boosts it a little but not enough to make a difference with the hard to get channels. The way to go may be to buy the cheaper unamplified model and then buy a quality amp. Not sure if the new model has altered anything but it seems exactly the same as this one.Customer Review: great for its size
Summary: 5 Stars
I live 5 miles from the TV transmitters, yet my digital and analog reception was poor using an amplified loop rabbit ear combo. The digital signal was fading in and out and the analog signal was suffering from significant interference. My neighborhood is filled with mature tall trees. I finally figured out that my problem was multipath interference of the RF signal. Since, all the city's broadcast towers are grouped in the same relative direction from my house, I thought to try a directional antenna that claims to reject multipath. So I bought the Terk HDTVi, the unamplified version, and now the picture is rock solid clear for all the channels broadcast from that region (ABS, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS). This includes both analog and digital and from the VHF low band all through the UHF band. My antenna cable is a 50 foot run of RG6-QS that is not split. This is antenna is a great value for about $37 dollars.Customer Review: Works great for me
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had the Terk HDTVi plugged into my DirecTV HD DVR for a few days now and I'm very impressed with the results. I live in a rural area that is 25+ miles from two large metro areas, one to the west and one to the east, that have a number of tv stations broadcasting digital signals. This antenna has added about 30 more stations, all digital, to my lineup. I'm now getting pristine HD for all the local channels that DirecTV wasn't giving me. Full disclosure: I'm at a high point in the county where I live, so I'm not fighting very much terrain to get these signals. I also have to occasionally get my rear end off the couch to move the antenna a tiny bit to pick up a channel for which the antenna is searching for the signal. This might have more to do with where I have placed the antenna. Nevertheless, that is small trade off for adding a bunch more HD channels to my viewing experience.Customer Review: Terk HDTVa is a Gem
Summary: 5 Stars
In all, we tested 5 HD-TV antennas, including the highly rated Zenith log periodic, an amplified Samsung, an outdoor Terk 32, our old roof mounted VHF/UHF antenna (circa 1985), and the amplified Terk HDTV (HDTVa not HDTVi). The Terk HDTVa won hands down; no contest, blowing away the much touted Zenith.
We live in the Berkshire foothills inf Massachuetts. The THDTVa effortlessly brings in between 20 and 30 analogue and digital (incl hdtv) channels broadcast most from 12 to 45 miles away, and some as far as 65+ miles away in Connecticut. Some digital OTA channels actually come in more sharply than some of the (Dish) satellite digital channels.
This is definitely a keeper: a great value, gem of an antenna. So good, in fact, we are debating giving up our $50/month Dish service, putting $15 of that to Netfix to replace HBO, and banking the remaining $35.