1,200+ mile reception in the written description and 900 in the photos?
I’ll finally be able to watch television from St. Louis, Missouri…
Why do these antennas always claim such crazy distances when you might be able to pick up a transmitter that’s 35 to 50 miles away?
Because the earth is flat now duh
The Chinese are masters at taking the same 25 cent circuit board and dropping it into any number of different shaped plastic cases.
Claims are made up.
It’s a $10 antenna that may or may not work in your area. But there is no point in paying more for the next one with a brand name that looks like they grabbed some Scrabble tiles from a bag and that’s the name.
All completely worthless.
Unless you are in a major metropolitan area like NY/Chicago/Boston/LA/SF this probably won’t work very well at all.
But hey, it’s $10 right? In my case I live an hour outside of Boston and the only channel that comes in with this type of antenna is the local PBS station 5 miles away.
Claims of “900-mile” antennas are misleading or fraudulent. These are typically low-quality devices with weak antennas and over-reliance on amplifiers, which cannot overcome signal loss due to distance and curvature. The Earth’s curvature and signal attenuation make consistent reception beyond 80 miles extremely unlikely without specialized equipment and rare atmospheric conditions.
The Philips brand rabbit ears antennas are good. I just don’t get why these show up on the Best Sellers list.
Works great for me in central mass. 2,4,5,6,7,10,12,25, 36, 44 56 64 etc. And the sub channels.
OK, so I coudn’t resist since it’s only $10 and got one of these.
Inside the house it doesn’t work at all, but if I hang it out a window I get a few stations. It 's inconsistent and varies greatly with the antenna location though. Depending on the window, I was able to get ABC/CBS/NBC/PBS/ION and a couple others like a gospel station. I suspect because it’s winter and there’s no foliage this improves the range. Under normal circumstances I doubt I would be able to get anything other than PBS which is the only nearby station.
Yep your best bet is to put it near a window facing the towers of the stations you want.
Nice I’m glad it’s working for you
I have one of these and it’s awful. I obviously wasn’t expecting the advertised range but it won’t pick up channels twenty miles away.
Nashville here, time to experiment
Far side of the LA sprawl here, and all I get are things like GSN and GritTV – no LA stations.
Knew I was on the outer limits of feasible reception, but I was hoping to at least get NBC for the Olympics.
If this helps, I’ll throw in my 2 cents worth…
My bedroom Vizio 1080p HD LCD TV is circa 2007. Still works great (even if the remote no longer does), and I use a Roku to navigate my viewing. As a backup plan, I picked up one of these antennas, back at the end of November (using a TT"s Happy Hour coupon). It arrived promptly, I plugged it in and it worked like a charm.
It gets dozens of channels (including dozens of channels I will never watch, but they’re available), including the major networks (NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, CW, etc) and all of their “sub”-channels. Occasionally, the reception pixelates, especially on the lower VHF bands, but the picture is clear and vibrant 98% of the time. And this is with the placement of the antenna beside the TV at an INTERIOR location. The reception would probably be improved if I actually put it near a window. I do live near a metro area, so that probably accounts for so many channel options available.
This antenna fits its purpose perfectly. I use it as a backup plan. If the power were to be out for an extended period of time, I could still operate the TV using a power station (battery). It is certainly well worth the $9.99 ( or a TTHH coupon 
)
Hope this helps.
