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I have the GE roof mounted. It does pretty well. It pulls in 45 channels or so reliably and 59 in perfect conditions. I've had it up about a year and a half with no issues yet. As you mentioned, it probably won't last 25 years but for $40 its fine. I liked it because its not huge and obnoxious looking up on the roof.
I kid you not, I just installed this antenna for shits and giggles about 2 weeks ago. I live in a rural area with some pretty large old growth trees blocking my optimal direction. The rabbit ears this replaced were pulling in about 15 channels with 2 that were troublesome. I mounted the GE antenna in the attic, ran the line to the basement and hit a four way. No pre-amp, no booster, nothing. I now get 52 channels and not a single channel with issues. One channel is around 68% the rest are all at least 80%. I couldn't be happier with this antenna. What turned out to just be a test to see how well it would receive in the attic, turned out amazing. I get several crystal clear channels out of Detroit which is about 65 miles away. Never thought for a second that I would give a $39 antenna a 10/10.
yes, This GE is one of the best antenna for picking on lots of stations from different angles. You point the elements to your weakest stations and it able to pull in the rest.
@@jamesm568 A pre-amp is used to deal with a long cable run from the antenna to your junction area or single TV set. In this case, the signal strength is great enough that not only did I not need a pre-amp, and I was also able to feed 4 TVs out of a 4 way without any real noticeable loss. It also has nothing to do with the antenna and everything to do with attenuation loss. The reason your channel master pre-amp gave you trouble, was because you were over-driving the signal.
You should do an 'antenna board' like Top Gear did for cars. Have it in your videos and as you test new units you can place a placard for that antenna on the board in order of over all value.
I would like to add that some new homes have "Radiant Barrier" roof sheathing. There is an aluminum foil layer on the inner surface that will block signals to the attic.
Have installed a number of these for friends and family in the Las Vegas area. We get great reception and around 80 channels. They work fine for us out to about 40 miles (that's as far as I've installed them from the transmitter site). We'll have to see how they hold up with the sun out here, but so far so good after 4 years. In three installs these have replaced satellite dishes and used the old mounting poles. The size is perfect for that. Not every situation works for large antennas, but as always, go with as large as fits.
Just connected this antenna on our roof in the suburban SF Bay Area. It works perfectly. I didn't connect a pre-amp and patched together the cables left hanging from two old satellite antennae. Still, the antenna pulled in over 100 channels, more than twice what I expected. Yes, there are some far-away stations that suffer from clipping audio but I hadn't expected to receive these at all. Picture and audio quality of our local channels are absolutely perfect. Thanks to Antenna Man for all the sound advice around over-the-air TV reception.
Tyler, I watch some of your videos on antennas. I owned a GE model like this one. I got great reception with a piece of cardboard slightly bigger that the antenna, then covering it with aluminum foil. Then I mounted it behind the antenna. It improved the reception a lot. Keep up your great work! Mike
I've been researching this antenna for a while and haven't ran into this trick! Thanks for sharing! I know it's been a while, but do you still have this set up? With the aluminum foil?
I have the GE 33692, which looks identical to the 29884 reviewed in this video at nearly the same price (I bought at around $25 with a Chase card promo 2 years ago, but it's currently $35). It replaced the $100 Antennas Direct ClearStream 4 that my parents had before it. With the ClearStream 4, the signal would always be briefly scrambled whenever a car passed by the house (radio or cellular interference is my guess) but with the GE 33692 my family has been very happy so far with no interference from passing cars. Signal quality for the majority of channels also improved by about 10-15% overall. We live approximately 25 miles from the broadcasting stations in southern California.
Last weekend I attended a wedding. I couldn't decide if I should hang around afterwards or go home and install my new PingDingBing antenna. To make a long story short, the reception was great. Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week!
I have this antenna on my home. Roof mounted. I'm pulling in about 48 channels (subs included) All UHF. It's been up for over a year with no issues to date. I like the built in matching trans.as I've had issues with them on my past ant. Agree that I might be looking for another several years down the road, but its been good so far.
I bought one of these antennas a while back, Tyler, and it was all it could do to bring in a couple of stations that are only 25 miles away....and that is WITH a pre-amp installed. Signals from a translator 3 miles away were iffy at times without the pre-amp. Take all the "miles" claims with a HUGE grain of salt. Love your videos, keep up the good work!
I have this antenna & have been using for about 2 years now. I bought it to replace the flat ⬛ antenna that came with as in-line booster. I have the attic antenna mounted into the bottom of a window with the booster as well. Without the booster I get 36 channels,with it I get between 36 & 52 channels depending on time of day. Overall I'm happy with it & it beats paying a monthly cable bill!
I have this antenna, I mounted it high above the roof, never got it to work , 2 days with this antenna and I DROPPED it off the roof...hung it over a chain link gate, not mounted, just hung it over to get it out of the way, thats 4 to 5 years ago I guess,,,,still works great. I never mounted it,,,I just have to move the gate a bit after a rain or high wind event. Antennas aggravate me SOOO much. I love to see how calm you are. But this is a good antenna,the plastic is doing well here in north east Texas, 50 to 60 mile range .
I ordered this antenna and received it a few days ago. Took about 20 minutes to assemble. I intend to put it in my attic but temps are in the high 80's so I'll delay that until fall. Anyway, I placed the antenna on a top shelf of a second story closet (on an outside wall) and pointed it due south toward Indianapolis (37 mi, flat terrain). I am receiving 26 channels, crystal clear, from the Indy area and a CBS affiliate station from Lafayette, IN which is due west of me (26 mi). I may not even put it in the attic after all. Well worth the $35 I paid for it.
I have that one outside. I am quite happy with it. Yes, I know it has a bunch of plastic, but get every channel in my area with it and live about 60 miles northwest of the source. Not saying that my results are normal, just how it works for me.
Nice review, Tyler - right on the mark. I have this antenna (a slightly older model, actually; the UHF elements are a slightly different shape), and I mounted it in my attic. I think that the relative lightness of the build is the reason to classify this as an 'attic' antenna. I agree with you that it is unlikely to last very long out in the elements. It is a pretty good match for my location and circumstances, since the TV stations around me are clustered to the West and to the East, from about 15 to 45 miles away without much in the way of hills in between. I aimed it East to get the stations I wanted most, and it picks up the stations to the West fine as well with the signal coming in from the back of the antenna. I get about 60 channels, and chose to ignore fully half of them (I don't personally need shopping networks, Spanish language stations, and religious broadcast stations). Like you point out, there is no perfect antenna because everyone's circumstances are different. This antenna works for me, and for the $35 I paid for it I am satisfied.
i also have an earlier version of this antenna and picked up 2 of them at a big box store on closeout for like 8 bucks each. on yt here i learned how to make a reflector from cage wire and did so for both. for what it's worth i get 50 + channels, however i am very close to chicago in a small village near the big airport. unless i get into a rare flight pattern in my immediate area reception is good. oh btw- i live in a garden apartment so not a basement nor a 1st floor. for what it's worth both antennas do the job on a small bedroom set as well as a bigger tv in my living room. looks a little weird, however does the job. thanks for reviewing this product. enjoy your channel!
03/18/23 - Installed the GE 29884-7 antenna today. I live in a rural area 60 miles south of downtown Chicago. I mounted the antenna on the roof using the old satellite dish mount and cable. There are several trees and a large hill in my immediate line of sight. Despite those obstacles and without a booster, I am able to pick up 54 of the 60 channels that are supposed to be within range. WBBM/CBS is very pixelated, but WLS/ABC WGN WTTW WCIU WFLD/FOX come in perfectly. Apparently WBBM/CBS is broadcast via a High VHF signal which requires an antenna with several horizontal sections on a horizontal plane (such as a Channel Master CM-3671 Ultra-Hi Crossfire or Channel Master Pro-Model UHF/VHF), as well as a tall antenna tower and a clear line of sight. So far I am pleasantly surprised with the performance of this little antenna, and satisfied with my purchase.
Thanks for trying this one out where I live I only have one vhf station so I guess that why it works best in my area all my stations come in at 70 to 95 percent I tryd out most of the small antennas you have reviewed this one worked best for me I have been trying out antennas for over 40 years like you I am a antenna enthusiast
Edited for clarity. I bought this antenna and at 60 miles away from most of my UHF stations, it's working perfect... but... it did leave me wanting a vhf lo mod for this antenna. I did due to the local channel WHDF that operates on VHF 2 which is only 25 miles away so I was kinda hoping it would just work anyway... looked and looked, but could not find one single mod online... so I decided to try my hand at something I hadn't done since my CB days... make a mod from scratch. A quick mod test was a must at first before any destructive activity so I took an old set of rabbit ears I had laying around and borrowed the telescoping tubes... after extracting them from the rabbit ears base (2 screws, super easy) I zip tied the rabbit ears on the VHF dipole in the back of the antenna about 3/4 the way out from the center of the GE Pro... came back inside and voila I was picking up channel 2. I then went up and adjusted the length of the "extensions" by sliding them in the zip ties until I had the best reception and noted the length... Having had proof on concept, I bought some aluminum tubing much like the GE Pro is made out of... set the new tubes up with zip ties at first, set the length, tested and then put a couple small stainless steel clamps on. Then a bit of drilling along with a tiny bolt/nut combo and I had my final product. (the drilling/bolt nut combo was to ensure connection integrity.) Honestly, I probably could have left the rabbit ear tubes zip tied up there for years before any issues... I've done jankier stuff in the past with antennas. FYI, this is a temporary antenna until I can afford to replace my tower that had a large VIP 307 VHF antenna that originally was installed to pick up stations over 100 miles away and my old UHF channel master 4228 UHF... all 3 were destroyed in a storm this spring....rotor is still good though...
I'm south of Buffalo and 64 miles straight line from CN Tower in Toronto. This antenna on a good signal day can pull in CFTO VHF 8 and CBLT UHF 20 in my attic. It also has fairly decent omidirectional reception with the local Buffalo stations closer by. The RCA Yagi does a little better job all around. A Hoverman antenna I constructed from 8awg copper wire with four rear reflectors and two VHF reflectors is far superior with both the distant Toronto VHF and UHF where I can pull those stations with a 80% reliability. Only the snowiest of days does it not work well. CHCH is exactly 90 degrees from my aim, the Yagi can grab it and the Hoverman needs a great day with optimal conditions, the GE is 50/50 depending on the day.
I love this antenna, I've purchased a few of them over the years, gave them away when moving or something dumb and just got a new one. Where I live I'm 1hr North of Detroit, 1hr East of Flint & 1hr east of Canada LOL I pick up around 70 stations in the Styx, 50/60 miles in each direction: I get Detroit & Flint stations at Great Signal strength
I have been getting great results with antenna mounted indoors. I'm shocked. I bought because I found an open box one for $25 and thought I try it. In my area UNC-TV(NC's public broadcaster) moved to new tower that is a problem for me because of the surrounding mountains. Plus their directional antenna has a null to the west in my direction. This is the only antenna I tried that will get a stable signal from them. They are on UHF channel 20. There are four VHF stations in my market, three have strong singal. It picks up all of them. I sometimes get a few glitches on the CBS station whose tower is located 49 miles from my house. The fourth is on VHF channel 2. This antenna is only designed to get VHF channels 7-13 and will not pick up that station. No great loss. It's a relgious station. The only channel I'd like to be to recieve from them is Quest.
We have this antenna in the bedroom closet. Both VHF channels are clean, no break up. UHF channels are also clear and have no breakup. Still need a antenna for the main TV in living room. One VHF station is NNW and the other is SE, the current antenna is a radio shack rabbit ear model 15-1868. UHF signals are good, no break up. The VHF to the SE is good no break up. It's the NNW VHF station that has problems with break up. We live in a manufactured home and no way am I going to drill holes in sidewalls.
I had this antenna outside for awhile until I replaced it with the RCA compact yagi ANT 751E. I found that the RCA antenna gave me a stronger signal on 2 of the 5 local channels in our Tampa area. The only advantage of the GE antenna is that is is really compact.
Seen that GE antenna at my local Walmart. My home was built in the late 1980s. The 'attic" or more like an upper crawl space has styrofoam with aluminum or metal on it. The metal blocks out most of the signals. It even reduces FM radio reception. My cell phone also works better outside.
I have two of those antennas combined aiming at two different markets and those have been damn good antennas for my use, but I did have to remove one of the VHF elements off of one of them so it didn't interfere with the other antenna.
Currently using this GE 29884 outdoor antenna with the Channel Master Amplify amplifier on the high gain setting, works well for me and got up to 45+ channels.
We have this antenna in the attic to pick up signals ~60 miles away from Florence, SC. But I have a pre-amp and also a signal amp on the line to help. (yes both!) Thanks for all the info on your channel!
"Yes, this antenna is marketed as an attic antenna, but you could use it anywhere you'd like." Looks like the best place to use this would be the bathroom. That way, one could use it for TV reception while also utilizing it to hang wet bath towels on. Great review as always, sir.
@@TJ52359 That's unfortunate. It could still be used in the bathroom. Remember the 95 rolls of toilet paper you hoarded a few months ago? Now you have a place to keep them handy, just in case.
I just got the GE antenna. I set it up in my closet and it worked marvelously. After a rescan I got 70 channels. I got an inquiry via Amazon about the reception of a San Francisco station. I'm afraid I'm in Dallas.
I had 1 like this from big lots for 25 bucks. It worked pretty good for bout a year or so till the south florida sun baked the plastic and it started to break but other then that I was happy. I got one now with the 4 big black circles on it and it's not as good. So I bought this one till I'm ready to spend over a hundred bucks for the monster sized wineguard 6ft long one. I live in vero bch fl and have to point it at west palm beach. Fox comes in at night but during the day it doesn't so hope this new one helps for. Wish me luck
Hello all, I have this antenna. I bought it before I saw this video. But, money spent, I went ahead and installed it. I installed it outdoors on a mast. It works well. Structurally, it's "good but not great." I pull in about 30 channels from about 45 miles away. I figure that if the antenna physically lasts 4 or 5 years, it will more than payed for itself. If and when it dies, I'll get a better antenna. But between then and now, it's saving me $120 a month in cable bills.
I'll agree on the build. Bought this antenna from Walmart. It admittedly does feel very flimsy. But it's a good deal for $40, plus West Texas doesn't generally have really harsh weather outside of summer monsoon season and the rare winter freeze so it will last me for awhile, at least until I move out of my RV and into my own house.
One dislike!!! Who is responsible for that? Come on! Tyler spends hours to make ONE video! Shame on you. Tyler, you are great and keep doing what you do.
I have one at 28 ft in hilly east Texas. 56 mile solid reception with 26 db preamp and rg11 download. VHF channel is behind the antenna 20 miles away. Dipole picks it up well. Video 2/27/23
I had that antenna that was dropped, it worked fair until it rained. It has built in preamp, but water gets in the holes and gets on preamp board. Its kind of hard to mount. Uses the wierd rotator thst you never know what direction it will rotate. I thew mine away, used the same antenna he is talking about, put s preamp on mine and it performs quite well, im very happy at what performance the ge antenna has.a store was closing them out and i got 3. My opinion, the antenna performs very well for the price.
I just bought this antenna from Wallyworld. My first antenna was the $11 one with a $12 amp, both from Onn at Walmart. I got 16 perfectly clear channels with that setup. I didn’t think I could get any more channels because I’m in the mountains in central PA. I just installed this GE antenna and got the same 16 channels with better strength, plus 6 new channels from Pittsburgh. Those transmissions are a 67-mile straight line to my house. I can receive those six extra channels just fine now, but I still need the amp installed to use them. I’m sure there are better antennas, but I don’t want to piss of the HOA with a giant antenna on my roof. Even though there are supposedly laws to prevent them from stopping me, I can understand it from a neighbor’s perspective. This little one fits neatly in the corner of my top deck, mounted the the deck floor behind the banister.
However, the assembly instructions included with this antenna are garbage. But I had fun figuring it out. There are also videos on RUclips on putting it together.
@@pinkiepie1656 I agree. I bought this one from Walmart. My issue was not much the instructions themselves inasmuch as the graphics. They were so blurry looking that I ended up ignoring them.
They market it as an attic antenna because some people think antennas are unsightly and ugly. Being able to hide it in the attic is the draw for them. That is also why it is made sort of flimsily. If it is in the attic, it wont need to weather the elements like an outdoor antenna. If you place an antenna in an attic, the structure of the house will limit the signal significantly. I've heard it is common to just assume half the signal is lost but it really depends on the amount of metal and thickness of the walls compared to outside of them.
I have this antenna pointing to tv towers about 35 miles away, it's up about 45 feet , I also have a cm3716 pointing the other way to get Dallas and Fort Worth.
This is the same antenna i use. TV stations 40-50 miles away an I average a 40-45% signal strength. Mounted outside though I would not recommend for attic. For the price in my opinion hard to beat.
Hey! I just bought this antenna, and disagree with the signal strength because most of my TV towers are in a range of 50 mile range on average. I did an easy modification that improved my signal strength without a pre-amp or booster, before putting the rubber bumpers on the end, from a real 100% copper ground wire, I cut 6- 14 inch length, inserted each at every other rods then put the black bumpers on, I did the same for the other side on the lower rods below the upper, which is the UHF. I did the same but had to shorten the cooper rods due to not inserting all the way in due to the curve and the delector is put together on the centered hole, I mounted this antenna only 8 inches on the lower eve of house, basically only 8 inches above the roof, the towers were mostly on the opposite side of the house vs my install, still pointed in that direction, my VHF came in at around 94%, my UHF was 93%, I also did get all locals plus 5 add-on HDTV channels, there is a such thing as HDTV, 😆 🤣 This antenna is much better than you described, not because I own one, but because if you have a good basic working knowledge about TV antennas, a few basic modifications goes a long ways! I also reinforced it during mounting it on my old directv dish, this antenna is useful outside or in the attic, like I said some basic and easy modifications will help the signal strength without a preamp or amplifier.
@@jeffjacobsen4970 it's already mounted to my Dish, and don't have a way to take it down. As described before I put the rubber bumpers on ends, I inserted a copper wire in every other one, then put the black bumpers on each end. Did you mean a picture of the antenna mounted to my dish? I can take a picture of that???
I miss the days these "Digital" antennas accounted for LOW VHF channels (2 - 6). The Terk 1080i indoor one on my bedroom TV, and a Terk outdoor (forget model) both have full-sized VHF elements, which helps getting WGBH 2 (channel 5 physical) Boston. Makers these days don't account for low VHF.
Low VHF is still used in many markets across the US. It's used in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, NYC, Boston, and many other areas. I don't know where the rumor came from that it was repurposed for other uses.
@@AntennaMan I think it because when digital television was first being talked about, President Bush said that what he wanted to with low VHF. He wanted to turn it over to first responders.
I think they call these cheap ones attic antennas because of an inherent flaw in the plastic. If you live in areas that have really cold periods in the winter, like here in Ohio, the extreme cold makes the plastic quite brittle. I had one like it which held up fine all summer even in 60 mph winds. But, we had a wind storm when it was below freezing and it snapped like a twig, hit the ground and shattered into pieces. That gray plastic is probably the cheapest injection molded material they can find. So, I'm sure it will work OK outside. At least for a little while. But, if you can make it work in your attic, it will last a lot longer. You get what you pay for.
Corner reflector antennas are excellent. However, they are highly directive. Best reception with an indoor one was 408 miles, WLVI-56 Boston into Fairfax, VA with WNVC Fairfax off the air...
@@Inspironator Very true. Back in the day, TVDX'ers swore by the 5' and 7' diameter dishes for UHF-TV.. See the old Allied and Lafaytette catalogs on americanradiohistory.com for examples.
Nice joke, or is it a hint at deeper feelings and issues with Mom? After all, what dingaling would put an antenna underground and receive anything other than the TV tower, and only if it was next door!
I guess the antennas performance really depends on where you live... I live in Central FL (Near the ocean) So plastic parts is a real plus for me. I rarely get more than 3 years out of any antenna because of the rust/corrosion problems being close the ocean and the salt air. I have this antenna mounted in my attic as a backup during high winds of the Hurricanes...All my local channels are about 60-80 miles from me in Orlando. I used this antenna during our last 2 Hurricanes (Ian and Nicole) and all my local channels came through crystal clear with very little loss of signal or even noticeable pixelation during both storms, For that reason I highly recommend it.
Have this antenna an it works great I live 10 miles outside of Baltimore an have it outside an has stood up to some heavy rain an wind so for 40 bucks it's great an you said 15-20 years check I am happen an it pick up 12 more channels than my old one for a total of 57
I was curious how this antenna will perform thanks for the doing a review. I would recommend mostly for UHF band rather than VHF. If you ask me I would use two Yagi antennas one for UHF (best gain) and the other VHF and an active splitter for a better reception and connect to multiple TVs. From my experience very few VHF+UHF antennas perform well on both bands usually one band is better and the other is acceptable.
You are absolutely spot on, especially if your desired TV stations are distant or weak. In fact, the higher UHF frequencies are history thanks to the FCCs changes over the past decade including the repack! Many antenna manufacturers us the term HDTV antenna to recognize these FCC changes prior to the repack. Almost all TV channels will be in the low UHF and the only "markets with high VHF are big cities like Philadelphia, where the high VHF fills a niche, where UHF reception can be difficult with crowded tall buildings. @antennaman needs to stop using WNEP (RF channel 50!) because that band is going the way of the dodo bird by the last repack! Most all channels will be or already are in RF channels 14-32!
spray this antenna with flex-seal clear and then it will last much longer like I did, I also mounted mine outside on a very tall mast and also fallowed antenna man's directions on properly grounding both the antenna and mast with a mounted to the mast lighting suppressor
I've had so many antennas, and surprisingly, the one u call "junk" picked up the most channels but the 'boosters' kept quitting on me and they ARE junk without the boosters. I've had 3 of those... I now have the 'yagi' type but it fails in the rain so I will probably try to add a "booster" of some type for it before it hits the trash along with the others...still beats paying cable prices. Just keep spending $40, here and there trying new ones.
Tyler, just some constructive criticism; you didn't seem too enthused about doing this review? Your game is definitely off here. Just not feeling the vibe you usually give doing these reviews. Maybe not feeling well? Perhaps a re-shoot is in order? Always enjoy seeing your reviews because I always learn something new.
It's say it's worth it IF you need a preamp and LTE filter all together. Those combined with a decent antenna will cost about the same as the Televes antenna and you may not have the best build quality.
I’m curious how it compares with the Yagi which I went with over this one. It beat the RCA I tried and even picks up 2 low vhf channels one of which is 75 miles away. I recently ordered a RCA 3037XR and channel masters expensive premium balun. I’m hoping to eliminate some pixelation.
Tyler, I believe the point of calling something an "attic" antenna probably is because it is smaller and will easily fit. Also, the durability factor you mentioned will not be one if kept indoors. BTW, do you use a relief map when assessing a customer's reception situation?
did the Televes work without amplification? it wouldn't be a fair comparison otherise. I used the "attic" version of this antenta for a while for my UHF channels, and a RCA yagi for the VHF. it worked pretty well.
Hey Tyler! Sure am glad that you are doing this type of video. It really helped me when I updated my antenna. One question, when you compare the antenna in the video to the last two, you talk about diffraction and one edge, two edge and line of sight to the transmitters. Is that referring to terrain barriers like mountains, hills and ridges between the transmitter and the antenna? Thanks!
Just purchased this one last week to see if it would perform better than the Clearstream Max-V that I have in the attic. The GE did not perform as well. It picked up fewer channels, and also seemed to have a more directional pickup pattern...so some of the channels became fringe, especially one on VHF. I'm 40 miles from most transmitter sites and have to go through some tall trees. If someone is closer to transmitters, this antenna might work fine for them.
Had this one on my watch list for a while now . 4 stars with well over 2K reviews . The question remains is this an attic antenna because it won't hold up outside
I have a very similar GE attic antenna in my attic. The one I have has almost no plastic. It works well for me. I needed to get channel 69 in Allentown and am 54 miles away in SJ. I get it when clear weather but used to get much better before the recast when it went to RF channel 9 ( VHF). I will disagree that the antenna would work on a roof. Yes it would get signal but no way would the antenna stand up to weather, it would be pretty easily destroyed in a harsh storm. Very good attic antenna. From 20 miles SE of Philly I get 90 stations.
@@AntennaMan hope so but RF7 still VHF so do not have high Hopes. I use Locast when I cannot get signal and that works pretty well, made a donation to Locast and that seemed to help , at least I do not get interruption at every 20min now. Thanks again for spreading your knowledge!
I have an antenna that picks up signals over 22,000 miles away. It’s my DirecTV dish. Geostationary satellites orbit at an altitude of 22,362 miles above the Earth.
Hi, Im in 62220 zip, and I have this antenna, but only one channel 5 (nbc) is very pixelized. the rest are good. ive got a channel master cm-3410 in line. I turned off all my LED bulbs in case the RF was interferring. could this be a flaky antenna?
I have this antenna and it is mounted about 10 feet above the ground. I live in zip code 75803 so I don't have many options receiving broadcasts as they are too far away. I get channel 19 and 56 well and they have all the stations i'm really interested in. I'm sure if I raised the height of the antenna, I would get more channels. Thanks for your review. I was very interestted in learning if someone else got the same or better reception.
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Suggestion: In your video descriptions, at the time your review starts. That allows those of us who have watched you a lot to skip ahead. Great stuff as always. Thanks!
I own that same model of antenna and I’ve been very happy with it. I took down a Direct TV antenna, mounted it to the Direct TV mast and connected it to their wiring that they left behind. I’m about 50 miles from most of suburban Houston’s antennas and I pick up over 100 stations after rescanning with a cheap inline RF amplifier. It’s also a little smaller than the Direct TV antenna and not noticeable at all from the outside. Have any of the antennas you’ve tried been able to pick up WBNG, which is not far from your market?
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Question: I have an antenna which works well. We just moved and the new home lacks a bunch of coax. The antenna connects to Coax. If I connected a MoCa 2.5 transmitter to the antenna, do you think it would work to send the digital signal wirelessly across the home to a MoCa 2.5 received plugged into the back of the TV?
I have this antenna for a little while . And it gets excellent signal, picture and quality and gets many many channels up to 65 to 70 ish channels. But now it gets weird as in gets 0 channels and I've tried rescanning it many times and still gets 0 channels.. idk what's wrong with it or do I need new cables or need to adjust it in order to get back all the channels I used to have? What should I do?
I have this antenna and it worked great in my office but it work not so well in its final location (in attic). It seem to start pickup noise and/or interference up there. I ended up using an antenna direct combiner (eu385cf) that seem filter interference with this antenna pointing at 3 VHF stations at 22km NE and another style of antenna for a UHF station at 12KM S.
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Can you do a review on the Channel Master Omni + 50? Thanks
I have the GE roof mounted. It does pretty well. It pulls in 45 channels or so reliably and 59 in perfect conditions. I've had it up about a year and a half with no issues yet. As you mentioned, it probably won't last 25 years but for $40 its fine. I liked it because its not huge and obnoxious looking up on the roof.
I kid you not, I just installed this antenna for shits and giggles about 2 weeks ago. I live in a rural area with some pretty large old growth trees blocking my optimal direction. The rabbit ears this replaced were pulling in about 15 channels with 2 that were troublesome. I mounted the GE antenna in the attic, ran the line to the basement and hit a four way. No pre-amp, no booster, nothing. I now get 52 channels and not a single channel with issues. One channel is around 68% the rest are all at least 80%. I couldn't be happier with this antenna. What turned out to just be a test to see how well it would receive in the attic, turned out amazing. I get several crystal clear channels out of Detroit which is about 65 miles away. Never thought for a second that I would give a $39 antenna a 10/10.
Yeah Detroit market is amazingly good. Being born in ypsilanti, we were blessed with CBC Detroit and sometimes toledo lol the good old days
Amps really don't make a difference with this antenna. I have a Channel Master amp and it caused more problems than it was actually worth.
yes, This GE is one of the best antenna for picking on lots of stations from different angles. You point the elements to your weakest stations and it able to pull in the rest.
@@jamesm568 A pre-amp is used to deal with a long cable run from the antenna to your junction area or single TV set. In this case, the signal strength is great enough that not only did I not need a pre-amp, and I was also able to feed 4 TVs out of a 4 way without any real noticeable loss. It also has nothing to do with the antenna and everything to do with attenuation loss. The reason your channel master pre-amp gave you trouble, was because you were over-driving the signal.
@@jamesm568 Means that your location, close to the cities, did not need it, OR you installed the preamplifier incorrectly.
You should do an 'antenna board' like Top Gear did for cars.
Have it in your videos and as you test new units you can place a placard for that antenna on the board
in order of over all value.
I would like to add that some new homes have "Radiant Barrier" roof sheathing. There is an aluminum foil layer on the inner surface that will block signals to the attic.
Have installed a number of these for friends and family in the Las Vegas area. We get great reception and around 80 channels. They work fine for us out to about 40 miles (that's as far as I've installed them from the transmitter site). We'll have to see how they hold up with the sun out here, but so far so good after 4 years. In three installs these have replaced satellite dishes and used the old mounting poles. The size is perfect for that. Not every situation works for large antennas, but as always, go with as large as fits.
Just connected this antenna on our roof in the suburban SF Bay Area. It works perfectly. I didn't connect a pre-amp and patched together the cables left hanging from two old satellite antennae. Still, the antenna pulled in over 100 channels, more than twice what I expected. Yes, there are some far-away stations that suffer from clipping audio but I hadn't expected to receive these at all. Picture and audio quality of our local channels are absolutely perfect.
Thanks to Antenna Man for all the sound advice around over-the-air TV reception.
Tyler, I watch some of your videos on antennas. I owned a GE model like this one. I got great reception with a piece of cardboard slightly bigger that the antenna, then covering it with aluminum foil. Then I mounted it behind the antenna. It improved the reception a lot. Keep up your great work! Mike
I've been researching this antenna for a while and haven't ran into this trick! Thanks for sharing! I know it's been a while, but do you still have this set up? With the aluminum foil?
Channel Master and Winegard build high quality heavy duty antennas that perform very well and will last for many years in all weather conditions.
I have the GE 33692, which looks identical to the 29884 reviewed in this video at nearly the same price (I bought at around $25 with a Chase card promo 2 years ago, but it's currently $35). It replaced the $100 Antennas Direct ClearStream 4 that my parents had before it. With the ClearStream 4, the signal would always be briefly scrambled whenever a car passed by the house (radio or cellular interference is my guess) but with the GE 33692 my family has been very happy so far with no interference from passing cars. Signal quality for the majority of channels also improved by about 10-15% overall.
We live approximately 25 miles from the broadcasting stations in southern California.
Last weekend I attended a wedding. I couldn't decide if I should hang around afterwards or go home and install my new PingDingBing antenna.
To make a long story short, the reception was great.
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week!
And don't forget to tip the wait staff....
I have this antenna on my home. Roof mounted. I'm pulling in about 48 channels (subs included) All UHF. It's been up for over a year with no issues to date. I like the built in matching trans.as I've had issues with them on my past ant. Agree that I might be looking for another several years down the road, but its been good so far.
I bought one of these antennas a while back, Tyler, and it was all it could do to bring in a couple of stations that are only 25 miles away....and that is WITH a pre-amp installed. Signals from a translator 3 miles away were iffy at times without the pre-amp. Take all the "miles" claims with a HUGE grain of salt. Love your videos, keep up the good work!
I have this antenna on my attic and have it connected to a channel master amp and splitter. I can get channels 100 miles away. It works great
I have this antenna & have been using for about 2 years now. I bought it to replace the flat ⬛ antenna that came with as in-line booster. I have the attic antenna mounted into the bottom of a window with the booster as well. Without the booster I get 36 channels,with it I get between 36 & 52 channels depending on time of day. Overall I'm happy with it & it beats paying a monthly cable bill!
I have this antenna, I mounted it high above the roof, never got it to work , 2 days with this antenna and I DROPPED it off the roof...hung it over a chain link gate, not mounted, just hung it over to get it out of the way, thats 4 to 5 years ago I guess,,,,still works great. I never mounted it,,,I just have to move the gate a bit after a rain or high wind event. Antennas aggravate me SOOO much. I love to see how calm you are. But this is a good antenna,the plastic is doing well here in north east Texas, 50 to 60 mile range .
That's the exact one I have, I live 45 miles from a big city and pull in 41 channels. Works great for me.
I ordered this antenna and received it a few days ago. Took about 20 minutes to assemble. I intend to put it in my attic but temps are in the high 80's so I'll delay that until fall. Anyway, I placed the antenna on a top shelf of a second story closet (on an outside wall) and pointed it due south toward Indianapolis (37 mi, flat terrain). I am receiving 26 channels, crystal clear, from the Indy area and a CBS affiliate station from Lafayette, IN which is due west of me (26 mi). I may not even put it in the attic after all. Well worth the $35 I paid for it.
I have that one outside. I am quite happy with it. Yes, I know it has a bunch of plastic, but get every channel in my area with it and live about 60 miles northwest of the source.
Not saying that my results are normal, just how it works for me.
Nice review, Tyler - right on the mark. I have this antenna (a slightly older model, actually; the UHF elements are a slightly different shape), and I mounted it in my attic. I think that the relative lightness of the build is the reason to classify this as an 'attic' antenna. I agree with you that it is unlikely to last very long out in the elements.
It is a pretty good match for my location and circumstances, since the TV stations around me are clustered to the West and to the East, from about 15 to 45 miles away without much in the way of hills in between. I aimed it East to get the stations I wanted most, and it picks up the stations to the West fine as well with the signal coming in from the back of the antenna. I get about 60 channels, and chose to ignore fully half of them (I don't personally need shopping networks, Spanish language stations, and religious broadcast stations).
Like you point out, there is no perfect antenna because everyone's circumstances are different. This antenna works for me, and for the $35 I paid for it I am satisfied.
I used to have this antenna. I could pick up channels from SC 67 miles, but not always good quality.
i also have an earlier version of this antenna and picked up 2 of them at a big box store on closeout for like 8 bucks each. on yt here i learned how to make a reflector from cage wire and did so for both. for what it's worth i get 50 + channels, however i am very close to chicago in a small village near the big airport. unless i get into a rare flight pattern in my immediate area reception is good. oh btw- i live in a garden apartment so not a basement nor a 1st floor. for what it's worth both antennas do the job on a small bedroom set as well as a bigger tv in my living room. looks a little weird, however does the job. thanks for reviewing this product. enjoy your channel!
I think the way you always open up describing how there is no such thing as a digital antenna, and the VHF/UHF frequencies is outstanding.👍
I love that this guy is so sick of the BS.
We'll find a real perpetual energy machine before we find an HD 4K antenna that picks up real cable channels:)
He ain't the only one no doubt
03/18/23 - Installed the GE 29884-7 antenna today. I live in a rural area 60 miles south of downtown Chicago. I mounted the antenna on the roof using the old satellite dish mount and cable. There are several trees and a large hill in my immediate line of sight. Despite those obstacles and without a booster, I am able to pick up 54 of the 60 channels that are supposed to be within range. WBBM/CBS is very pixelated, but WLS/ABC WGN WTTW WCIU WFLD/FOX come in perfectly.
Apparently WBBM/CBS is broadcast via a High VHF signal which requires an antenna with several horizontal sections on a horizontal plane (such as a Channel Master CM-3671 Ultra-Hi Crossfire or Channel Master Pro-Model UHF/VHF), as well as a tall antenna tower and a clear line of sight.
So far I am pleasantly surprised with the performance of this little antenna, and satisfied with my purchase.
Thanks for trying this one out where I live I only have one vhf station so I guess that why it works best in my area all my stations come in at 70 to 95 percent I tryd out most of the small antennas you have reviewed this one worked best for me I have been trying out antennas for over 40 years like you I am a antenna enthusiast
I always learn something watching your videos. Thanks!
Edited for clarity.
I bought this antenna and at 60 miles away from most of my UHF stations, it's working perfect... but... it did leave me wanting a vhf lo mod for this antenna. I did due to the local channel WHDF that operates on VHF 2 which is only 25 miles away so I was kinda hoping it would just work anyway... looked and looked, but could not find one single mod online... so I decided to try my hand at something I hadn't done since my CB days... make a mod from scratch. A quick mod test was a must at first before any destructive activity so I took an old set of rabbit ears I had laying around and borrowed the telescoping tubes... after extracting them from the rabbit ears base (2 screws, super easy) I zip tied the rabbit ears on the VHF dipole in the back of the antenna about 3/4 the way out from the center of the GE Pro... came back inside and voila I was picking up channel 2. I then went up and adjusted the length of the "extensions" by sliding them in the zip ties until I had the best reception and noted the length... Having had proof on concept, I bought some aluminum tubing much like the GE Pro is made out of... set the new tubes up with zip ties at first, set the length, tested and then put a couple small stainless steel clamps on. Then a bit of drilling along with a tiny bolt/nut combo and I had my final product. (the drilling/bolt nut combo was to ensure connection integrity.) Honestly, I probably could have left the rabbit ear tubes zip tied up there for years before any issues... I've done jankier stuff in the past with antennas.
FYI, this is a temporary antenna until I can afford to replace my tower that had a large VIP 307 VHF antenna that originally was installed to pick up stations over 100 miles away and my old UHF channel master 4228 UHF... all 3 were destroyed in a storm this spring....rotor is still good though...
I'm south of Buffalo and 64 miles straight line from CN Tower in Toronto. This antenna on a good signal day can pull in CFTO VHF 8 and CBLT UHF 20 in my attic. It also has fairly decent omidirectional reception with the local Buffalo stations closer by. The RCA Yagi does a little better job all around. A Hoverman antenna I constructed from 8awg copper wire with four rear reflectors and two VHF reflectors is far superior with both the distant Toronto VHF and UHF where I can pull those stations with a 80% reliability. Only the snowiest of days does it not work well. CHCH is exactly 90 degrees from my aim, the Yagi can grab it and the Hoverman needs a great day with optimal conditions, the GE is 50/50 depending on the day.
Simply put, this is the best antenna i've ever used. Bought 2 years ago, same age as this video,
I for one don't mind your repeated reminders about "HD" antennae. There's a first time for everyone!
I love this antenna, I've purchased a few of them over the years, gave them away when moving or something dumb and just got a new one.
Where I live I'm 1hr North of Detroit, 1hr East of Flint & 1hr east of Canada LOL
I pick up around 70 stations in the Styx, 50/60 miles in each direction: I get Detroit & Flint stations at Great Signal strength
This is a great antenna! I use it in the attic. I use a preamp and 4g filter. Works great.
I have been getting great results with antenna mounted indoors. I'm shocked. I bought because I found an open box one for $25 and thought I try it. In my area UNC-TV(NC's public broadcaster) moved to new tower that is a problem for me because of the surrounding mountains. Plus their directional antenna has a null to the west in my direction. This is the only antenna I tried that will get a stable signal from them. They are on UHF channel 20. There are four VHF stations in my market, three have strong singal. It picks up all of them. I sometimes get a few glitches on the CBS station whose tower is located 49 miles from my house. The fourth is on VHF channel 2. This antenna is only designed to get VHF channels 7-13 and will not pick up that station. No great loss. It's a relgious station. The only channel I'd like to be to recieve from them is Quest.
We have this antenna in the bedroom closet. Both VHF channels are clean, no break up. UHF channels are also clear and have no breakup. Still need a antenna for the main TV in living room. One VHF station is NNW and the other is SE, the current antenna is a radio shack rabbit ear model 15-1868. UHF signals are good, no break up. The VHF to the SE is good no break up. It's the NNW VHF station that has problems with break up. We live in a manufactured home and no way am I going to drill holes in sidewalls.
I had this antenna outside for awhile until I replaced it with the RCA compact yagi ANT 751E. I found that the RCA antenna gave me a stronger signal on 2 of the 5 local channels in our Tampa area. The only advantage of the GE antenna is that is is really compact.
Seen that GE antenna at my local Walmart. My home was built in the late 1980s. The 'attic" or more like an upper crawl space has styrofoam with aluminum or metal on it. The metal blocks out most of the signals. It even reduces FM radio reception. My cell phone also works better outside.
I have this antenna and it works flawlessly here in Vegas
How the hell am I going to get reception from Vegas me being in the NE?
^.^
I am guessing that you are close enough to the transmitters there. Are all the transmitters on Charleston Peak?
They are all on Black Mountain in Henderson.
Stream!!!!!!!
I have two of those antennas combined aiming at two different markets and those have been damn good antennas for my use, but I did have to remove one of the VHF elements off of one of them so it didn't interfere with the other antenna.
Currently using this GE 29884 outdoor antenna with the Channel Master Amplify amplifier on the high gain setting, works well for me and got up to 45+ channels.
We have this antenna in the attic to pick up signals ~60 miles away from Florence, SC. But I have a pre-amp and also a signal amp on the line to help. (yes both!) Thanks for all the info on your channel!
"Yes, this antenna is marketed as an attic antenna, but you could use it anywhere you'd like." Looks like the best place to use this would be the bathroom. That way, one could use it for TV reception while also utilizing it to hang wet bath towels on.
Great review as always, sir.
the reflectors aren't strong enough to double as a towel rack (the one I have has Ovoid loops instead of the Triangles in this model)
@@TJ52359 That's unfortunate. It could still be used in the bathroom. Remember the 95 rolls of toilet paper you hoarded a few months ago? Now you have a place to keep them handy, just in case.
I just got the GE antenna. I set it up in my closet and it worked marvelously. After a rescan I got 70 channels. I got an inquiry via Amazon about the reception of a San Francisco station. I'm afraid I'm in Dallas.
I had 1 like this from big lots for 25 bucks. It worked pretty good for bout a year or so till the south florida sun baked the plastic and it started to break but other then that I was happy. I got one now with the 4 big black circles on it and it's not as good. So I bought this one till I'm ready to spend over a hundred bucks for the monster sized wineguard 6ft long one. I live in vero bch fl and have to point it at west palm beach. Fox comes in at night but during the day it doesn't so hope this new one helps for. Wish me luck
Was Curious about this Antenna. Thanks Tyler!
Hello all, I have this antenna. I bought it before I saw this video. But, money spent, I went ahead and installed it. I installed it outdoors on a mast. It works well. Structurally, it's "good but not great." I pull in about 30 channels from about 45 miles away. I figure that if the antenna physically lasts 4 or 5 years, it will more than payed for itself. If and when it dies, I'll get a better antenna. But between then and now, it's saving me $120 a month in cable bills.
I'll agree on the build. Bought this antenna from Walmart. It admittedly does feel very flimsy. But it's a good deal for $40, plus West Texas doesn't generally have really harsh weather outside of summer monsoon season and the rare winter freeze so it will last me for awhile, at least until I move out of my RV and into my own house.
No idea how or why I ended up finding your channel but it's fascinating lol thank you
One dislike!!! Who is responsible for that? Come on! Tyler spends hours to make ONE video! Shame on you. Tyler, you are great and keep doing what you do.
Probably ping doing pang yang or whatever they call them selves
luvdady probably. They think their antenna is the superior one. Bastards. Doesn’t even give you reliable reception.
If you're ever feeling down, just watch this guy...😂😂😂 I'm so weak right now...😂😂😂. 👍👍
I have one at 28 ft in hilly east Texas. 56 mile solid reception with 26 db preamp
and rg11 download. VHF channel is behind the antenna 20 miles away. Dipole picks it up well. Video 2/27/23
I had that antenna that was dropped, it worked fair until it rained. It has built in preamp, but water gets in the holes and gets on preamp board. Its kind of hard to mount. Uses the wierd rotator thst you never know what direction it will rotate. I thew mine away, used the same antenna he is talking about, put s preamp on mine and it performs quite well, im very happy at what performance the ge antenna has.a store was closing them out and i got 3. My opinion, the antenna performs very well for the price.
I just bought this antenna from Wallyworld. My first antenna was the $11 one with a $12 amp, both from Onn at Walmart. I got 16 perfectly clear channels with that setup.
I didn’t think I could get any more channels because I’m in the mountains in central PA. I just installed this GE antenna and got the same 16 channels with better strength, plus 6 new channels from Pittsburgh. Those transmissions are a 67-mile straight line to my house. I can receive those six extra channels just fine now, but I still need the amp installed to use them.
I’m sure there are better antennas, but I don’t want to piss of the HOA with a giant antenna on my roof. Even though there are supposedly laws to prevent them from stopping me, I can understand it from a neighbor’s perspective. This little one fits neatly in the corner of my top deck, mounted the the deck floor behind the banister.
However, the assembly instructions included with this antenna are garbage. But I had fun figuring it out. There are also videos on RUclips on putting it together.
@@pinkiepie1656 I agree. I bought this one from Walmart. My issue was not much the instructions themselves inasmuch as the graphics. They were so blurry looking that I ended up ignoring them.
They market it as an attic antenna because some people think antennas are unsightly and ugly. Being able to hide it in the attic is the draw for them. That is also why it is made sort of flimsily. If it is in the attic, it wont need to weather the elements like an outdoor antenna. If you place an antenna in an attic, the structure of the house will limit the signal significantly. I've heard it is common to just assume half the signal is lost but it really depends on the amount of metal and thickness of the walls compared to outside of them.
I have this antenna pointing to tv towers about 35 miles away, it's up about 45 feet , I also have a cm3716 pointing the other way to get Dallas and Fort Worth.
Reportedly general electric is used under license for this product, and it's actually Jasco brand.
I've heard that too
This is the same antenna i use. TV stations 40-50 miles away an I average a 40-45% signal strength. Mounted outside though I would not recommend for attic. For the price in my opinion hard to beat.
Hey! I just bought this antenna, and disagree with the signal strength because most of my TV towers are in a range of 50 mile range on average. I did an easy modification that improved my signal strength without a pre-amp or booster, before putting the rubber bumpers on the end, from a real 100% copper ground wire, I cut 6- 14 inch length, inserted each at every other rods then put the black bumpers on, I did the same for the other side on the lower rods below the upper, which is the UHF. I did the same but had to shorten the cooper rods due to not inserting all the way in due to the curve and the delector is put together on the centered hole, I mounted this antenna only 8 inches on the lower eve of house, basically only 8 inches above the roof, the towers were mostly on the opposite side of the house vs my install, still pointed in that direction, my VHF came in at around 94%, my UHF was 93%, I also did get all locals plus 5 add-on HDTV channels, there is a such thing as HDTV, 😆 🤣 This antenna is much better than you described, not because I own one, but because if you have a good basic working knowledge about TV antennas, a few basic modifications goes a long ways! I also reinforced it during mounting it on my old directv dish, this antenna is useful outside or in the attic, like I said some basic and easy modifications will help the signal strength without a preamp or amplifier.
Can you please send a picture of your modifications made with copper wire? Thank you.
@@jeffjacobsen4970 it's already mounted to my Dish, and don't have a way to take it down. As described before I put the rubber bumpers on ends, I inserted a copper wire in every other one, then put the black bumpers on each end. Did you mean a picture of the antenna mounted to my dish? I can take a picture of that???
@@arthurmabeejr8752 I got it, works great! Thank you!
@@jeffjacobsen4970 I'm glad it works
EXCELLENT REVIEW. You have great knowledge of frequencies and antenna design. Thanks
I miss the days these "Digital" antennas accounted for LOW VHF channels (2 - 6). The Terk 1080i indoor one on my bedroom TV, and a Terk outdoor (forget model) both have full-sized VHF elements, which helps getting WGBH 2 (channel 5 physical) Boston. Makers these days don't account for low VHF.
Low VHF was licensed to commercial/industrial 2- way radio quite a while ago with very few exceptions in the USA.
Low VHF is still used in many markets across the US. It's used in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, NYC, Boston, and many other areas. I don't know where the rumor came from that it was repurposed for other uses.
@@AntennaMan I think it because when digital television was first being talked about, President Bush said that what he wanted to with low VHF. He wanted to turn it over to first responders.
I think they call these cheap ones attic antennas because of an inherent flaw in the plastic. If you live in areas that have really cold periods in the winter, like here in Ohio, the extreme cold makes the plastic quite brittle. I had one like it which held up fine all summer even in 60 mph winds. But, we had a wind storm when it was below freezing and it snapped like a twig, hit the ground and shattered into pieces. That gray plastic is probably the cheapest injection molded material they can find. So, I'm sure it will work OK outside. At least for a little while. But, if you can make it work in your attic, it will last a lot longer. You get what you pay for.
Corner reflector antennas are excellent. However, they are highly directive. Best reception with an indoor one was 408 miles, WLVI-56 Boston into Fairfax, VA with WNVC Fairfax off the air...
This was actually a parabolic reflector, which has less gain than a proper corner reflector.
@@Inspironator Very true. Back in the day, TVDX'ers swore by the 5' and 7' diameter dishes for UHF-TV.. See the old Allied and Lafaytette catalogs on americanradiohistory.com for examples.
"Put it in your Mom's basement." @ 2:11. Priceless. Do you and your mom get along OK? Great video as usual.
Nice joke, or is it a hint at deeper feelings and issues with Mom? After all, what dingaling would put an antenna underground and receive anything other than the TV tower, and only if it was next door!
Haven't seen you review a basement antenna yet.
Buff Del Campo Basement antenna LOL!! It’s a bit like placing one in a coal mine or underwater....
I guess the antennas performance really depends on where you live... I live in Central FL (Near the ocean) So plastic parts is a real plus for me.
I rarely get more than 3 years out of any antenna because of the rust/corrosion problems being close the ocean and the salt air.
I have this antenna mounted in my attic as a backup during high winds of the Hurricanes...All my local channels are about 60-80 miles from me in Orlando.
I used this antenna during our last 2 Hurricanes (Ian and Nicole) and all my local channels came through crystal clear with very little loss of signal or even noticeable pixelation during both storms, For that reason I highly recommend it.
Thank you for all you do. You are awesome.
Have this antenna an it works great I live 10 miles outside of Baltimore an have it outside an has stood up to some heavy rain an wind so for 40 bucks it's great an you said 15-20 years check I am happen an it pick up 12 more channels than my old one for a total of 57
That’s the antenna I have in the attic. It works well in my area. I just bought it last year.
As always, a good video! Thanks for sharing.
I was curious how this antenna will perform thanks for the doing a review. I would recommend mostly for UHF band rather than VHF. If you ask me I would use two Yagi antennas one for UHF (best gain) and the other VHF and an active splitter for a better reception and connect to multiple TVs. From my experience very few VHF+UHF antennas perform well on both bands usually one band is better and the other is acceptable.
You are absolutely spot on, especially if your desired TV stations are distant or weak. In fact, the higher UHF frequencies are history thanks to the FCCs changes over the past decade including the repack! Many antenna manufacturers us the term HDTV antenna to recognize these FCC changes prior to the repack. Almost all TV channels will be in the low UHF and the only "markets with high VHF are big cities like Philadelphia, where the high VHF fills a niche, where UHF reception can be difficult with crowded tall buildings. @antennaman needs to stop using WNEP (RF channel 50!) because that band is going the way of the dodo bird by the last repack! Most all channels will be or already are in RF channels 14-32!
Tyler,
I agree with ...
David Wright comment.
1 hour ago
spray this antenna with flex-seal clear and then it will last much longer like I did, I also mounted mine outside on a very tall mast and also fallowed antenna man's directions on properly grounding both the antenna and mast with a mounted to the mast lighting suppressor
I've had so many antennas, and surprisingly, the one u call "junk" picked up the most channels but the 'boosters' kept quitting on me and they ARE junk without the boosters. I've had 3 of those... I now have the 'yagi' type but it fails in the rain so I will probably try to add a "booster" of some type for it before it hits the trash along with the others...still beats paying cable prices. Just keep spending $40, here and there trying new ones.
Tyler, just some constructive criticism; you didn't seem too enthused about doing this review? Your game is definitely off here. Just not feeling the vibe you usually give doing these reviews. Maybe not feeling well? Perhaps a re-shoot is in order? Always enjoy seeing your reviews because I always learn something new.
Do you think that Televes is the best Bang for The Buck?
They seem somewhat expensive, I bought an RCA ANT3037XR for $60
works fine for me.
It's say it's worth it IF you need a preamp and LTE filter all together. Those combined with a decent antenna will cost about the same as the Televes antenna and you may not have the best build quality.
I’m curious how it compares with the Yagi which I went with over this one. It beat the RCA I tried and even picks up 2 low vhf channels one of which is 75 miles away. I recently ordered a RCA 3037XR and channel masters expensive premium balun. I’m hoping to eliminate some pixelation.
Thanks for the video great helps a lot u seem very knowledgeable already saved me money thanks
Great review Tyler!
Tyler, I believe the point of calling something an "attic" antenna probably is because it is smaller and will easily fit. Also, the durability factor you mentioned will not be one if kept indoors. BTW, do you use a relief map when assessing a customer's reception situation?
Love your hard work!!
Got one. Will see what happens
did the Televes work without amplification? it wouldn't be a fair comparison otherise. I used the "attic" version of this antenta for a while for my UHF channels, and a RCA yagi for the VHF. it worked pretty well.
I'm not tired of you saying, "there is no such thing as HD antenna".
I live in Northern NM. 40 mi. From 4 corners. I can get Channels from Salt Lake Utah with this. 😀👍
Hey Tyler! Sure am glad that you are doing this type of video. It really helped me when I updated my antenna. One question, when you compare the antenna in the video to the last two, you talk about diffraction and one edge, two edge and line of sight to the transmitters. Is that referring to terrain barriers like mountains, hills and ridges between the transmitter and the antenna? Thanks!
Yes
Just purchased this one last week to see if it would perform better than the Clearstream Max-V that I have in the attic. The GE did not perform as well. It picked up fewer channels, and also seemed to have a more directional pickup pattern...so some of the channels became fringe, especially one on VHF.
I'm 40 miles from most transmitter sites and have to go through some tall trees. If someone is closer to transmitters, this antenna might work fine for them.
Had this one on my watch list for a while now . 4 stars with well over 2K reviews . The question remains is this an attic antenna because it won't hold up outside
I have a very similar GE attic antenna in my attic. The one I have has almost no plastic. It works well for me. I needed to get channel 69 in Allentown and am 54 miles away in SJ. I get it when clear weather but used to get much better before the recast when it went to RF channel 9 ( VHF).
I will disagree that the antenna would work on a roof. Yes it would get signal but no way would the antenna stand up to weather, it would be pretty easily destroyed in a harsh storm. Very good attic antenna. From 20 miles SE of Philly I get 90 stations.
WFMZ is launching a repeater on RF 7 in a few months so hopefully you'll get them better then.
@@AntennaMan hope so but RF7 still VHF so do not have high Hopes. I use Locast when I cannot get signal and that works pretty well, made a donation to Locast and that seemed to help , at least I do not get interruption at every 20min now. Thanks again for spreading your knowledge!
I have an antenna that picks up signals over 22,000 miles away.
It’s my DirecTV dish. Geostationary satellites orbit at an altitude of 22,362 miles above the Earth.
If you stop your monthly payments, how many channeis will you receive ?
Great review. Have you reviewed the Winegard Freevision 30BB. That's what I use and it works pretty well.
Hi, Im in 62220 zip, and I have this antenna, but only one channel 5 (nbc) is very pixelized. the rest are good. ive got a channel master cm-3410 in line. I turned off all my LED bulbs in case the RF was interferring. could this be a flaky antenna?
I have this antenna and it is mounted about 10 feet above the ground. I live in zip code 75803 so I don't have many options receiving broadcasts as they are too far away. I get channel 19 and 56 well and they have all the stations i'm really interested in. I'm sure if I raised the height of the antenna, I would get more channels. Thanks for your review. I was very interestted in learning if someone else got the same or better reception.
You can try mounting it higher but you may need a larger antenna. Custom antenna recommendations can be requested at the link below: antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
Suggestion: In your video descriptions, at the time your review starts. That allows those of us who have watched you a lot to skip ahead. Great stuff as always. Thanks!
That's a good idea!
My favorite antenna to drop. :D
Need to have something for renters who can't have an outdoor antenna
I have several indoor antenna reviews on my channel. Check them out.
I tried many Antennas however this is my choice I get over 100 channels
What is the best antenna for 70-80 mile range to mount outside on a house with metal roof that will last 20+ or more years? Thanks in advance
I own that same model of antenna and I’ve been very happy with it. I took down a Direct TV antenna, mounted it to the Direct TV mast and connected it to their wiring that they left behind. I’m about 50 miles from most of suburban Houston’s antennas and I pick up over 100 stations after rescanning with a cheap inline RF amplifier. It’s also a little smaller than the Direct TV antenna and not noticeable at all from the outside. Have any of the antennas you’ve tried been able to pick up WBNG, which is not far from your market?
WBNG does not reach me. I live in Bethlehem. If you are having trouble getting them consider adding this VHF antenna to your existing setup: amzn.to/2MUCqni
Question: I have an antenna which works well. We just moved and the new home lacks a bunch of coax. The antenna connects to Coax. If I connected a MoCa 2.5 transmitter to the antenna, do you think it would work to send the digital signal wirelessly across the home to a MoCa 2.5 received plugged into the back of the TV?
I have this antenna for a little while . And it gets excellent signal, picture and quality and gets many many channels up to 65 to 70 ish channels. But now it gets weird as in gets 0 channels and I've tried rescanning it many times and still gets 0 channels.. idk what's wrong with it or do I need new cables or need to adjust it in order to get back all the channels I used to have? What should I do?
Tyler can you test out an XPS 1500 Antenna from Range Experts, and an HD Stacker from Denny? I Need to know how good both these antennas work. Thanks
I just installed this antenna on our fire station. It's about 20 ' up and gets 80 channels that are about 65 miles away. Almost LOS.
I have this antenna and it worked great in my office but it work not so well in its final location (in attic). It seem to start pickup noise and/or interference up there. I ended up using an antenna direct combiner (eu385cf) that seem filter interference with this antenna pointing at 3 VHF stations at 22km NE and another style of antenna for a UHF station at 12KM S.