In the video he only got 3 channels. Channels 17-1, 17-2, and 17-3 watch it very closely you will see the same thing. And he says he is jumping around a bunch of channels.
It never ceases to amaze me how many people think they can get cable channels with an HDTV antenna of any type. One of the problems is that over the last 30 years or so so many people have grown up with cable TV they really don't know the difference between over the air(OTA) and cable channels...by the way just in case anyone did not know OTA channels have been around since OTA broadcast TV started nearly 70 years ago. These info-mericals based antennas need to stop intimating that you can get X number of channels. Deceiving folks into thinking they can get cable channels OTA. The key to getting an antenna to pick up as many OTA stations as possible is where you live. ..and antenna placement. In our older home we could put the antenna anywhere and it pick up all the broadcast channels in our town. When we moved we have to still have to move the antenna around from time to time to get good reception.. Another thing, I really think the digital tuner in your TV has a lot to do with the reception. Some tuners are just better than others. Samsung seems to have the best digital tuners in their TVs compared to say Vizio. Just my opinion.
Gerry Hamm exactly ppl are idiots if they think they can get cable channels with these devices I've had cable all my life and years ago when you didn't have cable you didn't get hundreds of channels without cable you just had regular tv it wasn't hundreds of channels then it's not like so now
I bought one & took it apart, all that's inside is 5 inch thin piece of copper wire & female-2-female coupler. I got very few channels, the PVC tube could take a copper wire 8-3/4 inches long, why did they put just 5 inches inside?
obviously this is not a "critical" review: everything said was very complimentary and nice and it's so simple - why not connect it in the video?!? and maybe i'm wrong, but seemed there were only three channels displaying...(?) i've had NO SUCCESS with this thing, but alas, i will try customer service...
I live in loma linda and get endless channels, you must call phone # on antenna very tiny #s and theyll give you a code to activate according to your tv brand and enjoy free channels. 😂😊
How many channels did you get indoors? My cousin saw this in a catalogue and they claim it gets 100 channels. I said that's BS. She also thinks it will get the Discovery channel and said it can't as Discovery isn't a broadcast channel. I have a different indoor HD antenna and most of the channels show B&W movies that are 50 or 60 yrs old. Even the ones in color are usually 30 yrs old. I saw a great movie 1 night with John Travolta when he was quite young. But it was a good movie. Does anyone know for certain about the Discovery channel?
This antenna (or any TV antenna) will absolutely NOT get the Discovery ch. As you stated, Discovery is not an OTA broadcast ch, only a cable/sat ch. The Magic Stick is just a cheap/small TV antenna, basically just a fancy wire hanger in fancy packaging combined with clever marketing. Also, anything marketed as an "HD antenna" is also just slick marketing. TV antenna design/technology today is the same it was in the 1930's. It's all just UHF/VHF broadcasts being picked up by simple UHF/VHF antennas. If you connect your brand new HD TV to your parents old skeleton TV antenna they have had on their roof/chimney since the 1940's your TV will pickup your local HD ch's and sub-ch's just fine, all in HD video and digital audio and ch data (note: not all sub-ch's are in HD).
Just bought the longest one and I only got 10 channels, get this, only two English channels and the other 8 in Spanish. What a RIP-OFF!!!!! Bought it at a flea market. He said if it doesn’t give me a lot of channels, I can take back. Let’s see if he true to his word. 😡
I HAD THAT AND SENT IT BACK TO AMAZON.....ITS PURE GARBAGE YOU SUPPOSE TO BE ABLE TO GET 100 CHANNELS......WRONG!!!!!!.......RIP OFF.......I BARLEY GOT MY LOCAL CHANNELS AND I HAD TO FIGHT TO GET THEM.....YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING IF IT SOUNDS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT PROBABLY IS......SO TRUE SO TRUE
la compre unas amigas tambien pero no sirve vivo en rialto California ynada las devuelvo manana mi tiempo y mi gasoline q Hondas ya no se quieran hacer ricos con los pobres
This does not work in the country. I had it 20 feet up in the air and got nothing. It might work great in the city but not in the country. Spent 25 dollars for nothing. Very disappointed to say the least
In the video he only got 3 channels. Channels 17-1, 17-2, and 17-3 watch it very closely you will see the same thing. And he says he is jumping around a bunch of channels.
He said he is jumping around alot to prevent youtubes Copyright from flaging the video.
He is lucky! I got only one. Disconnected the piece of garbage and threw it away
It never ceases to amaze me how many people think they can get cable channels with an HDTV antenna of any type. One of the problems is that over the last 30 years or so so many people have grown up with cable TV they really don't know the difference between over the air(OTA) and cable channels...by the way just in case anyone did not know OTA channels have been around since OTA broadcast TV started nearly 70 years ago.
These info-mericals based antennas need to stop intimating that you can get X number of channels. Deceiving folks into thinking they can get cable channels OTA.
The key to getting an antenna to pick up as many OTA stations as possible is where you live. ..and antenna placement. In our older home we could put the antenna anywhere and it pick up all the broadcast channels in our town. When we moved we have to still have to move the antenna around from time to time to get good reception..
Another thing, I really think the digital tuner in your TV has a lot to do with the reception. Some tuners are just better than others. Samsung seems to have the best digital tuners in their TVs compared to say Vizio.
Just my opinion.
Common sense is a flower that doesn't grow in everyone's garden.
Gerry Hamm exactly ppl are idiots if they think they can get cable channels with these devices I've had cable all my life and years ago when you didn't have cable you didn't get hundreds of channels without cable you just had regular tv it wasn't hundreds of channels then it's not like so now
Gerry Hamm I have cable but I bought a small portable tv with a clear tv antenna it's awesome
Gerry Hamm if my power goes off the small tv I have will do the job
Nobody here is talking about getting cable channels with OTA, you're making up an argument that doesn't exist
I bought one & took it apart, all that's inside is 5 inch thin piece of copper wire & female-2-female coupler. I got very few channels, the PVC tube could take a copper wire 8-3/4 inches long, why did they put just 5 inches inside?
obviously this is not a "critical" review: everything said was very complimentary and nice and it's so simple - why not connect it in the video?!? and maybe i'm wrong, but seemed there were only three channels displaying...(?) i've had NO SUCCESS with this thing, but alas, i will try customer service...
I can't get it to work. does it stand up? does it need to be far from the TV?
I live in loma linda and get endless channels, you must call phone # on antenna very tiny #s and theyll give you a code to activate according to your tv brand and enjoy free channels. 😂😊
doesn't work very well. I may try getting an amp to help boost signal. otherwise, I got 10 channels with none of them being local channels.
this is literally an assortment of PVC fittings, coax coupler and a length of copper wire inside.
Thank you. We all thought it was made of magic...
You got three channels?!?
did you have th stick inside or outside ????
$7 RCA rabbit ears (walmart) and pick up 46-56 channels. not much info on video, you can bang it on a table and it still works.... bout it.
What settings are needed? I plugged it in the back of my tv and am getting only a black screen
Tv settings go to channels click on scan
How many channels did you actually pull in?
+Kim Fitzhugh That changes depending on where you live. I find most get around 30.
Just curious why do only show 3 of the same channels over and over, are you not able to get anymore channels, is this product that bad, just asking
got a knock off version $10 , 35 channels couple in n out ,should it be a horizontal or vertical
Looks like you only got three channels
Big Killa Assassin yeah, I just opened up one of their antennas and it had no element not he inside. They're criminals selling trash!
two paperclips equals 46 channels
Does it catch the local channels?
how well is the quality i couldnt really see and does it get like cartoonnetwork and stuff
No, Cartoon Network is a cable channel. It is not free.
How many channels did you get indoors? My cousin saw this in a catalogue and they claim it gets 100 channels. I said that's BS. She also thinks it will get the Discovery channel and said it can't as Discovery isn't a broadcast channel. I have a different indoor HD antenna and most of the channels show B&W movies that are 50 or 60 yrs old. Even the ones in color are usually 30 yrs old. I saw a great movie 1 night with John Travolta when he was quite young. But it was a good movie.
Does anyone know for certain about the Discovery channel?
This antenna (or any TV antenna) will absolutely NOT get the Discovery ch. As you stated, Discovery is not an OTA broadcast ch, only a cable/sat ch. The Magic Stick is just a cheap/small TV antenna, basically just a fancy wire hanger in fancy packaging combined with clever marketing. Also, anything marketed as an "HD antenna" is also just slick marketing. TV antenna design/technology today is the same it was in the 1930's. It's all just UHF/VHF broadcasts being picked up by simple UHF/VHF antennas. If you connect your brand new HD TV to your parents old skeleton TV antenna they have had on their roof/chimney since the 1940's your TV will pickup your local HD ch's and sub-ch's just fine, all in HD video and digital audio and ch data (note: not all sub-ch's are in HD).
Depends where u live
Does it connect to a smart tv
How do you install this stick to my tv
I had this didn’t like it it would lose signal easy but it sure picks up a lot of channels in the city
Mine is longer and works great.....no Playboy channel though....
Playboy has its own app
Laptop?
There is another brand that makes much better versions of this antenna and I actually got 52 channels with it for only $25!
Jorge Villalobos which brand is it?
Salvador Velazquez its called smart antenna
Que marca es
Works great for me
41 channels portland OR
Does it connect to non smart tv?
Yes
Thank you...
what's a good strong antenna please?
My grandpa got on for my bedroom idk if it works yet
April McCubbin did you get any channels?
It did not show us how to put antena.
Ab Cd you basically just screwed in to the antenna cable screw on the back of your TV.. You can use your hand or use pliers to do it ..
Just bought the longest one and I only got 10 channels, get this, only two English channels and the other 8 in Spanish. What a RIP-OFF!!!!! Bought it at a flea market. He said if it doesn’t give me a lot of channels, I can take back. Let’s see if he true to his word. 😡
So what happened?
where do you put the antenna
YOU CAN EITHER PUT INDOORS ON YOUR WINDOW SEAL OR OUTSIDE I DID BOTH WITH THE SAME RESULTS DONT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY
30 miles equals 23 channels
I have this little one and the double sided one and it sucks
thanks 4 the review.
Take one apart. You will be surprised.
I HAD THAT AND SENT IT BACK TO AMAZON.....ITS PURE GARBAGE YOU SUPPOSE TO BE ABLE TO GET 100 CHANNELS......WRONG!!!!!!.......RIP OFF.......I BARLEY GOT MY LOCAL CHANNELS AND I HAD TO FIGHT TO GET THEM.....YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING IF IT SOUNDS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT PROBABLY IS......SO TRUE SO TRUE
Holy cow, I got 350 channels!
lier
Really
rich m, you are lucky! I didn't even get one
What is the advertised range?
+MascisMan1 Advertised ranges really do not mean anything but they say 60 miles.
la compre unas amigas tambien pero no sirve vivo en rialto California ynada las devuelvo manana mi tiempo y mi gasoline q Hondas ya no se quieran hacer ricos con los pobres
la acabo de comprar y no me sirvió yo tmv vivo en san bernardino pura basura
Ami si me sirve pero soloand salen 5 canales
Compre una y me funciona muy bien todos los canales en hd
This does not work in the country. I had it 20 feet up in the air and got nothing. It might work great in the city but not in the country. Spent 25 dollars for nothing. Very disappointed to say the least
I got 50 channels with this thing
Don’t buy it. You can make it on your own and save money.
My magic stick gets 77 channels
random channels
That is the biggest piece of crap in the market! Do not waste your money!