Anybody ever heard of this HD Antenna technology

Number of Over-the-Air Channels in Top 10 Cities in the US

So how many channels can you get for free with an antenna? We looked at the top 10 cities by population in the United States and found the following:

New York: 73 channels
Los Angeles: 157 channels
Chicago: 68 channels
Houston: 93 channels
Philadelphia: 58 channels
Phoenix: 78 channels
San Antonio: 42 channels
San Diego: 36 channels
Dallas: 98 channels
San Jose: 107 channels

I can speak about a few of those cities. Many of the stations received are Hispanic.

I always laugh when companies & people spot all the hype -
Get HP Over the air with this super-duper-device.

Frequencies never change - UHF where all HD signals are derived from still sue the same old antennas that our parents used. Even those that had a RF amplifier installed.

If you need an antenna, I can say these work. We are about 80-120 miles from the transmitters and get decent coverage. I had large (10-12' long) traditional antennas with a $75 amp, and these seem to do as well.
It does work better than the batwing most RV's have , but would require setup each time you move. And they seem to go bad after about 5 years, we have had 2. Rotor is poor with no means of tracking where its pointed.

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westernrvparkowner wrote:

Ron3rd wrote:
. How does it work?

NEVER PAY FOR CABLE AGAIN

It works best as a wedge to separate you from your hard earned money. It relies on the digital encryption of your credit card information to seamlessly extract currency from your account. Then it relies on a human's natural instinct to not admit they were scammed when they find out they just paid a premium price for a set of rabbit ears (tinfoil not included).

Good one :B:B

Ron3rd wrote:
. How does it work?

NEVER PAY FOR CABLE AGAIN

It works best as a wedge to separate you from your hard earned money. It relies on the digital encryption of your credit card information to seamlessly extract currency from your account. Then it relies on a human's natural instinct to not admit they were scammed when they find out they just paid a premium price for a set of rabbit ears (tinfoil not included).

fj12ryder wrote:
It's an antenna, it captures OTA television signals. .
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Here's some reading that helps explain the scam:

More Scams.

Yep, pure scam !

There are dozens of videos on YouTube about how to make your own OTA antenna for a couple of dollars. If you carefully follow the directions, there are actually pretty good !

Quick comments about OTA antennas.
The good ones are "directional". They worked best when pointed toward the broadcast tower.

An amplifier will not solve all of your problems with a weak signal (poor antenna/too far from the tower). It will help lot if you want to run more than 1 TV at a time !

One of the most bold faced scams I have seen. It will probably receive the local OTA channels( and that might be debatable since they make many false claims). It will not get "all your favorites" unless your favorites are OTA. It will not receive cable channels such as TCM, CNN, FOXNEWS, History, Nat Geo and many others. The disclaimer at the bottom that this is an advertisement should be the clue to run away. FAST

it is incredible how far they will go to sell you a antenna that will not work for most of us.
here is a list of some cities with the number over the air channels available. i get about 63 ota channels in the Minneapolis area

Number of Over-the-Air Channels in Top 10 Cities in the US

So how many channels can you get for free with an antenna? We looked at the top 10 cities by population in the United States and found the following:

New York: 73 channels
Los Angeles: 157 channels
Chicago: 68 channels
Houston: 93 channels
Philadelphia: 58 channels
Phoenix: 78 channels
San Antonio: 42 channels
San Diego: 36 channels
Dallas: 98 channels
San Jose: 107 channels

Ron3rd wrote:

Campfire Time wrote:

Ron3rd wrote:


Actually I stated that wrong; it's not pushed by Woot, it's an advertisement on the Woot website. It's not sold by Woot.

Yeah I've heard of all the OTA antennas out there but was wondering if this was something different.

What's funny is that you can't get to their website without clicking on the map so it can check to see if "you can legally get free TV". This makes me want to run away...

Yes, it is rather funny when you read the entire article.

they’re going after those who have known nothing but cable or sat tv.

fj12ryder wrote:
It's an antenna, it captures OTA television signals. And since cable uses a cable to send it's signal, hence the name "cable", it's going to be tough to catch those signals out of the air.

Here's some reading that helps explain the scam:

More Scams.

and while we’re at it...there is no such thing as a high def antenna. snake oil marketing.