TV

[GHOST1750]

Has anyone tried the FREE TV KEY advertised on TV in their RV's ? Sounds ideal if it really works which I doubt. I've usually found that if it sounds too good to be true, it really is.:R

[Old-Biscuit]

Bill.Satellite wrote:

GHOST1750 wrote:
Has anyone tried the FREE TV KEY advertised on TV in their RV's ? Sounds ideal if it really works which I doubt. I've usually found that if it sounds too good to be true, it really is.:R

Could you tell us what you are talking about?

It is an AS SEEN ON TV ad for a TV OTA antenna.....which should have been obvious from other posts

Simple goggle search......if you haven't seen the ad
LINK

[wildmanbaker]

I guess some peoples idea of "off-grid" camping is different from others. When we are off-grid, we get nothing that we don't bring with us, not cell phone, TV, WY-FI, except Sat. TV.

[Dutch_12078]

"PERFORMS BEST WITHIN A 25 MILE RADIUS FROM TRANSMITTING TOWER. PERFORMANCE MAY VARY. RECEIVES HIGH VHF/UHF, HD, AND SD CHANNELS."

www.cleartvkey.com

[Bill_Satellite]

GHOST1750 wrote:
Has anyone tried the FREE TV KEY advertised on TV in their RV's ? Sounds ideal if it really works which I doubt. I've usually found that if it sounds too good to be true, it really is.:R

Could you tell us what you are talking about?

[Bill_Satellite]

GHOST1750 wrote:
Has anyone tried the FREE TV KEY advertised on TV in their RV's ? Sounds ideal if it really works which I doubt. I've usually found that if it sounds too good to be true, it really is.:R

Could you tell us what you are talking about?

[jplante4]

I can verify that a Winegard Batwing with the Wingman attachment and a Sensar Pro will indeed pull in HD digital signals from as far as 50 miles away (Galveston over flatland picking up Houston stations). No need to buy any snake oil.

[RoyB]

The FREE TV STATEMENT relates to the National Broadcast Stations from the local towns that are all now broadcasting digital TV signals which are FREE to the public.

We do quite well with this setup using our BATWING antenna for HDTV digital signals... Sitting here in my back yard I can look to the North and pick up all of Washington DC HDTV signals then switcn around to the South and pick up all of Richmond Va HDTV digital signals.. They are both some 50-60 miles away...

We get our HDTV fill just fine camping off-grid back in the Natl Forest areas and along the Blue Ridge Parkway picking up the National Broadcast HDTV signals fromthe local towns...

The WINEGARD Antenna panel is used to select either the CABLE TV port or use the OTA roof mounted antenna...


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My FREE TV NATIONAL BROADCAST SYSTEM Antenna setup for my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer...

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Roy Ken

[wa8yxm]

I would not recommend it.. REasons follow

My RV came with the standard Winegard Sensar II or III (Not sure which) and while it does receive HDTV And it's much better at it than the FREE TV KEY.. Well, I still felt the need to upgrade.. So i added the Wingman, which greatly improved (Just about 1.5 times the range on UHF) and the SENSAR PRO (Major upgrade, about double the range of the batwing+wingman) So now I can watch stations up to around 60 miles distant.

The Free TV key.. Might be good to 20 miles but even then I'd not be sure.

[wildmanbaker]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
No such thing as an 'HD Antenna'

Yes it is an antenna for OTA (over the air) signals

HD is a function of your TV tuner not an antenna

It is just a fancy coat hanger (yes you can get OTA signals with a metal coat hanger)

Within reason it will work just fine......not near as good as a roof top Crank up Winegard Batwing antenna.

Can't rotate it, fixed lower position and not amplified

This is soooo true. I have even used an extension cord for an antenna out camping, and it worked.

[Hondavalk]

With any OTA antenna height is your best and only friend 🙂

[DutchmenSport]

I'd REALLY like to see one of those working a boat, with the boat bobbing up and down in the water. Even docked, the boat still moves.

It's another snake oil. Oh, it will probably pull in over-the-air stations, but, stick a paper clip in the coax cable connector on the back of your television and you'll get HD also. Maybe not as many stations, but you'll get them!

The flat antenna's that simply attach to the back of your television have been around for a while now. They all work about the same way. Without amplification and the ability to move them, you're wasting your money. The batwing on your camper is really the best you can get!

[Old-Biscuit]

No such thing as an 'HD Antenna'

Yes it is an antenna for OTA (over the air) signals

HD is a function of your TV tuner not an antenna

It is just a fancy coat hanger (yes you can get OTA signals with a metal coat hanger)

Within reason it will work just fine......not near as good as a roof top Crank up Winegard Batwing antenna.

Can't rotate it, fixed lower position and not amplified

[eadeal55]

Google says it is a 2nd generation HD TV antenna. Good for off air channels only. Getting it attached to back of TV might be an issue, but I'm sure you could run a 3ft RG6 cable off the back of the TV, and plug the antenna into it, and lay that on your dash...