OT: Indoor HD antennas

[tired]

Someone put me on a good one.

 

[Apoplectic_Objurgator]

If u live in the woods spend more. In the city rabbit ears.

 

[Arthur2478]

Depends on where you want to mount it. I bought this one a few weeks ago and mounted in my attic. Picks up everything I wanted it to.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DNJZ58M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[dawglawz]

If you're close to civilization you don't have to spend much. I have one from target, $20 I think, that picks up every channel available around me. Better picture quality than satellite or cable.

 

[The Peeper]

Depends if the channels you can get are UHF, or VHF. Some antennas only p/u 1 or the other, some pick up both. Also depends on how far away from the transmission tower you are. Go to tvfool.com and put in your address, it will show you which channels you should expect to get and will make recomendations I think. Clearstream antenna has a site they will give recomendations from. Antenna web is another sight. Reddit has a sub called /r/ota that will help you if you post a question

 

[ronpolk]

Someone put me on a good one.

I bought a cheap one from Best Buy (probably less than $20) and it picks up all the jackson stations fine. I live in Madison.

It was very easy to hook up and find the stations too. Like others have said, I was shocked at how nice the picture was.

 

[tired]

Appreciate the responses. Is an attic mount necessary?

 

[Arthur2478]

It just depends. For me it was because I have a 2 story house and the TV i was connecting it to is downstairs on the east side of the house, while all the Jackson area stations are west of me. The cheap indoor antenna I previously bought from Walmart couldnt get a good signal in that area of ny house.

Go to TVfool.com and they have a tool to input your address and see which direction and distance the ota stations are. It will tell you which are uhf, vhf, etc

 

[Dawg1976]

Appreciate the responses. Is an attic mount necessary?

Buy a cheap $15-20 one and find out. Just depends on location. For me....the cheap one did the job. I get all the channels I'm suppose. Great clear picture too.

 

[The Peeper]

Attic mount made a big difference for me vs hanging behind a cabinet, all depends on your location from the transmitters. TV Fool said I was 38 miles from farthest tower and all signals were coming from same general direction. I was getting 18 channels pretty good. Moved it to the attic and got 25 really strong. Granted some of those were the angry preacher, the Spanish speaking preacher, the Latin speaking preacher, etc

 

[BoomBoom.sixpack]

Appreciate the responses. Is an attic mount necessary?

If a cheapo antenna isn't quite good enough, then add a cheap amp.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Ordered a 50 mile one from Amazon on their blitz deal of the day or whatever the 17 it's called. 50 range. Tower is 30 miles away. No channels. 17 you.

 

[RocketDawg]

It's not going to matter much how good the antenna is if it can't get a signal. The signal is highly dependent on terrain and tree blockage. I live about 12 air miles from most of the local broadcast antennas, and because I live in a valley, I don't get a reliable signal even with an attic antenna. You might need to go higher. And of course, if it's directional, make sure you have it pointed correctly.