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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
1.5 stars
"Amplified... Overrated & tipsy"
Pros: Cool design
Cons: I wouldn't consider this "amplified" and it's very tipsy
Summary: Cool looking antenna, but didn't work for me (not saying that it wouldn't work for the rest of you). I had it sitting on top of my mantle and right away you could tell of the poor structure. The base is really narrow and the coax cable sticks-out of the base and doesn't stay put in the little channel under the base. This causes the unit to tip over. No matter how I had it sitting, it would always tip over because the coax cable would come out of its channel.
The signal would not come in very well for me, even though I had only 1 wall blocking it from the outside world, and I live 5 miles from the towers.
I purchased this after reading many good reviews, but after purchasing this from BestBuy, I determined this wasn't for me and I returned it for a set of $5 rabbit-ears (which by the way work better and get crystal-clear HD channels).
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I bought this today, & thought wow what a fancy antennae, reminds me of the old wometco home theatre kind of antennae that they had in the 1970s. Was a little skeptical and behold I was right. The rabbit ears antennae are worse than the pair I bought at the 99cent store. Useless.tuck those babies back. this thing is only good for HD. I live near the tower, & soon realized that my picture quality had deteriorated when I had the amp on. I turned it off, and walla my old- and very new tv quality had returned. This thing gets alot of digital stations in.. you may have to fiddle with it a little. However it seems that the picture quality is inferior. I don't know if it's the antennae but is suspect it is. I am going to try a radio shack brand. they look cheap but probably kick this things ass. O well you get what you pay for. too bad this was the only item they were selling in the store. nice name but a disappointment. overall a 3.
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I bought this today, & thought wow what a fancy antennae, reminds me of the old wometco home theatre kind of antennae that they had in the 1970s. Was a little skeptical and behold I was right. The rabbit ears antennae are worse than the pair I bought at the 99cent store. Useless.tuck those babies back. this thing is only good for HD. I live near the tower, & soon realized that my picture quality had deteriorated when I had the amp on. I turned it off, and walla my old- and very new tv quality had returned. This thing gets alot of digital stations in.. you may have to fiddle with it a little. However it seems that the picture quality is inferior. I don't know if it's the antennae but is suspect it is. I am going to try a radio shack brand. they look cheap but probably kick this things ass. O well you get what you pay for. too bad this was the only item they were selling in the store. nice name but a disappointment.
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If you live 5 miles from the towers then amplification will make things worse. the people at Best Buy should have told you this, I know I always tell customers this.
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