Reddit reviews AmazonBasics Ultra-Thin Amplified Indoor HDTV Antenna - 50 Mile Range

I went with this one. It picks up all the channels out there. Not sure about getting the other ones worth twice as much. Maybe they give you Super HD channels?

depends on which antenna you are using ... i have a flat panel winegard style (amazon re branded it) very clear. you can hang it on a window or on the wall behind the set or a picture etc. cant speak for the attic antenna, but you should try pointing it at the towers. here's a link to finding your local towers -- this one gives you actual directions from your address as the center of the grid.

If you want to watch live sports for free, without sifting through internet bullshit, spyware, and stress, you're going to need a TV and a high-quality amplified digital antenna like this:

(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DIFIP06/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

All in-market NFL games are shown for free on FOX or CBS, you don't need any proof of cable subscription at all except for Monday night games that are on ESPN. You will also get to see a fair amount of college games on broadcast networks as well.

It will work. Your tv needs an ATSC tuner to decode digital signal. Most TVs have them built into them. If you are unsure find your tv manual online and look. I bet it does. IF NOT, you can buy an ATSC tuner. (http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/16/the-five-best-cord-cutting-devices-plus-one-bonus/) - see #1

Also, We are rowing the same boat. (TWC internet subscriber here, was doing the same thing as you, live in valley village).

I purchased a small multi directional antenna on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Ultra-Thin-Amplified-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B00DIFIP06/ref=sr_1_1?s=audio-video-accessories&ie=UTF8&qid=1419278527&sr=1-1

We are fortunate to be close to the towers on burbank mountain 80 deg. from you). all major channels come in from that direction. You could go with a directional antenna if you have clear line of sight in that direction. but you will want to consider your situation (building materials, what floor apt. you are on etc.). I am on the first floor on west side of the building and it is made out of metal so the directional wouldnt work for me.

Good luck!

Honestly the Amazon Essentials Performance Antenna should be able to work fine. Unless you are going an ultra budget route it's a great bet. It's non directional so it should pick up all channels within range and is no nonsense. It comes with two command strips for mounting on the wall. I thought I'd only get about 4 or 5 channels based on what TVFool told me and I ended up with 15.

Get an OTA antenna. [I have this one and it's great!](AmazonBasics Ultra-Thin Amplified Indoor HDTV Antenna - 50 Mile Range https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DIFIP06/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_3DPCub193EQP0)

Totally doable, but know that neighborhood and elevation will matter. I bought a refurb of a Winegard FL5500C for ~$25 that is essentially the same as the Amazon amplified antenna. If you can afford to wait check 1sale.com and slickdeals.net regularly, one will pop up for cheap.

Take your time and experiment patiently with placement. Second floor would've been most convenient for me but when I moved it to a window on the third floor over a lot of my neighbors' rooftops in Graduate Hospital, I got better results and a few more channels -- about 55 in total including all subchannels. A lot of those are 24/7 infomercial, religious, or foreign language, but there are some hidden gems. Channel 35 has multiple English-language subchannels of 24/7 news including France24 and NHK (Japan).

Another bit of info that doesn't surface often with these Leaf-type antennae is that you get much better reception if you keep the lead wire running in taut, straight lines. Not sure what the signal theory behind that is, but before I secured my lead to the window frame and it curled in lazy circles, my reception was spotty.

If your final placement ends up being convenient to a coax outlet, it might be worthwhile to plug in and distribute reception to the whole house/apartment, unless you have cable internet. Cable companies including Comcast use the same frequency bands for cable internet as OTA HDTV, and your TV signal will get stepped on if you try to share the line. I found that out the hard way.

Finally, if you like what you get over the air, think about possibly eventually hooking up a DVR solution to ease the transition from cable. I got an HDHomerun Plus and a Synology NAS that work together with Raspberry Pi boards connected to my TVs running XBMC. The end result is a whole-house DVR system with program guide that looks and feels very much like cable/satellite with the bonus of being able to watch on laptops/phones/tablets. It dumps recordings to H.264 MKV files on my NAS that I can copy and take with me. It's worked so beautifully for me that I've been meaning to put together a howto of my whole project but just haven't gotten around to it yet. In the meantime I'd be happy to answer any questions.

I hope this info is at least a little helpful. Sorry for the text wall, I guess I have a lot of info to dump since I just completed the transition myself. Good luck!

I live in an apartment in Coralville(right off I-80 and 1st) and use an amplified digital antenna I bought off Amazon. It works great for me. I get about 20 stations, and oddly enough, when a storm is moving through I get about 30. NBC is the most picky so I don't always get it, but I just use Hulu for that. Anyway, the link is below, it was worth the cost and is extremely easy to install/setup. They do offer different versions as well. Also, I have mine mounted on my north facing window if that helps!


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DIFIP06/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

In Fairfax City we're able to get 4, 5, 7, 9 and many/most of the higher local channels with an amplified indoor antenna. It comes with two quick-release adhesive tabs that allow you to stick it directly to the closest window. The wire feeds down to your HDTV and the amplifier either connects to the USB port for the 5V feed or to a provided AC adapter. It's a little pricy but I'm glad I bought it.

I live in a brick house and have tried these 3 antennas with varying results
http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Ultra-Thin-Amplified-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B00DIFIP06/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425590560&sr=8-2&keywords=amazon+basic+antenna

http://www.amazon.com/TERK-Amplified-Indoor-HDTV-Antenna/dp/B0007MXZB2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425590646&sr=8-1&keywords=terk+antenna

http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Indoor-FM-HDTV-Antenna/dp/B000HKGK8Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425590674&sr=8-2&keywords=RCA+antenna

I found that the cheap $10 RCA rabbit ears worked just as well as the more expensive ones. All 3 had difficulty bringing in a consistent broadcast of NBC but that probably has to do with where I'm located. If you don't mind the eye sore aesthetics I'd go with the RCA and then work your way up price wise if it doesn't bring in the channels you want. The TERK is an eye sore as well and has balance issues. The feet at the bottom aren't wide enough to balance the thick dipole antennas. And the amazon basics 50 mile high gain model didn't perform any better for the price difference in my circumstances.

Sure, I bought this one.

Go here first and enter your Zip code. It'll show you the strength of all broadcast signals in your area. If all the channels you want are "Strong" or "Moderate" that one will work for you. If you want to pick up weaker signals then you might need something bigger(like an outdoor antenna).

Sounds like you might need an amplified antenna. We ended up having to get the $50 one from Amazon. It works perfectly whereas with the cheap one we were missing some key channels.

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Ultra-Thin-Amplified-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B00DIFIP06/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1419716038&sr=1-3&keywords=antenna

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Ultra-Thin-Amplified-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B00DIFIP06

If you feel like splurging, you can get the 50mi one but it's not necessary.

Right now I use this in the window of the lowest floor of my house. And this on the main level. They both work pretty well when setup outdoors, but i get nothing if they are inside. This is why I want a dedicated antenna outdoors. I don't think I need a particularly strong antenna for the stations I want to get, and I wanted something that won't be too large. This is my TV fool report. I am only really interested in FOX, NBC, CBS, and ABC.

Bright House Networks started requiring a cable box (or cable card) for everyone. I was using Windows Media Center to DVR shows, but my TV card doesn't take cable cards. So rather than get a new TV card and hope I can get everything working, I just cancelled and connected my DVR to an antennae.

I live way out in the suburbs so I don't get all my local channels but we have Netflix and Amazon Prime, we watch some shows on the network websites, and we added Sling TV, so we have more than enough to watch.

This is what I got,

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DIFIP06/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

ABC and NBC are perfect, Fox is pretty fuzzy and CBS is just in the wrong direction for me to pick it up.

Look over there on the right at the starter guide link that will take you to the site where you can find out what kind of antenna you'll need. It all just depends on how far away you live from the source. Good luck

I have this antenna which claims it gets VHF but I dont get ABC
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DIFIP06?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

You are really close to a ton of towers. Any UHF antenna will get you perfect reception.

If you want a small form factor, I'd suggest something like the AmazonBasics HD antenna. I can get channels that broadcast about 20-30 miles away, and that's with mounting the antenna behind my tv with a window on the other side of the room. Pretty sweet.

If you want better reception and more channels, opt for a VHF/UHF antenna you can mount in your attic or on the roof.

I've bought at least 5 different antennas. I can say for me, the Amazon Basics 50 mile range antenna was by far the best. Better than the Mohu Leaf, and several others. That's my 2 cents.

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Ultra-Thin-Amplified-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B00DIFIP06

We have the 25 mile version of this in Norwood and don't have any issues. You might want to try the 50 mi. version (big guns!) and see if it works:

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Ultra-Thin-Amplified-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B00DIFIP06/

We live in Lebanon and 12 wouldn't come in at all. We got the 50-mile version of this:

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Ultra-Thin-Amplified-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B00DIFIP06/

and now get 12 plus a few others. Granted you sometimes need to reposition the antenna.

There are antennas that don't look like antennas. They don't work as well as the normal "yagi" kind, but they work nonetheless. Mount this on the wall of your balcony, paint it the colour of your balcony wall if you have to and no one would ever see it https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DIFIP06/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_wCRrub0M (I know it says "indoor" but I'm sure it would be fine on a balcony out of direct rain)

I don't think he was talking about streaming it, but was talking about getting an HDTV antenna like this one.

If you're within range of a broadcast tower, the signal comes in clear in HD. Might not work as great if you're in a rural area, but so long as you're near a city or major suburb you should get most broadcast channels. I have one that my roommate last year used all the time to watch football games with little problem.

I tried all three of the amazon basics indoor antennas: http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Ultra-Thin-Extreme-Performance-Amplified/dp/B00DIFIP06