Philips Rabbit Ears Black Indoor TV Antenna, Dipoles and Circular Loop, Tabletop, Digital, Smart TV Compatible, HDTV, 4K 1080P VHF UHF, 5Ft Coaxial Cable, SDV8201B/27

I was looking for an inexpensive antenna for residents of my apartment complex, that could pull in the five networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, CW) and their subchannels. I found one with this antenna.The antenna is boxed in one piece; there's no assembly required. It's design allows one to set it on a table, or hang it from a wall. The UHF element (the circular piece) can be moved up and down on a 180-degree arc.. The VHF dipoles can be extended to the desired length, and they can swivel and rotate to the desired position. The coaxial cable is about 5 feet long and is medium grade in quality. It's not detachable from the antenna. It can be extended with another coaxial cable and a connector.The broadcast/transmission towers where I live are in three locations: 2 miles SE, 17 miles SE, and 45 miles W. The antenna got no signal from the towers 45 miles west. In fairness, the Clearstream Eclipse also gets no signal.One of the stations that is two miles away broadcasts on low-VHF (which are channels 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6). This antenna did pick up that channel clearly, once the antenna was placed properly. The dipoles are NOT long enough to receive low VHF very well; I suspect that the station comes in because it's very close to me. To test that, I connected an six-foot RG-6 coaxial (the kind used by cable companies) without an antenna, and it also pulled in the station. A paper clip put into the coaxial jack got the station, but with some pixilation ("noise"). I suspect that the coaxial acted as a dipole. The bottom line is that this probably won't get low-VHF very well if the station is more than 15 miles away. The Clearstream Eclipse also got the low-VHF station, and again, the cable (which is RG-6 quality and which is about 15 feet long) may have been the main reason.I can't say if the antenna gets high-VHF (frequencies 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), because there are none in the 20-mile radius.Most stations operate on UHF bands/frequencies 14 through 36. Note that your station may read as a VHF station (example: WGN-9 in Chicago, which was on VHF 9 before stations went digital in 2009) but probably broadcasts on a UHF band (WGN broadcasts on UHF 19).The antenna pulled in all area channels broadcasting on UHF very well, with clear pictures, and no pixilation. Your mileage may vary. The Clearstream Eclipse had slightly higher signal numbers (as can be expected from an antenna costing almost four times as much), but the Philips antenna's signal numbers were good.Overall, I would guess that the Philips will pull in UHF-band stations up to 25 miles away, and VHF band stations perhaps 10 to 15 miles away. If you live farther from the towers, you'll probably want a stronger indoor antenna. If those doesn't work, you'll probably need an outdoor antenna. Everybody's situation is different, because reception depends on distance, how high up the antenna is located, the terrain (i.e. hills), and objects in the way (i.e. trees, buildings). It's probably best to purchase from a retailer who allows easy returns (i.e. Amazon, Walmart).To find out what frequency your stations broadcast at, go to rabbitears.info or antennaweb.org .

So to be fair I’m going to have to state this before I explain my rating. I had one of those “flat HD” antennas that I was trying to set up for my tablo TV that I put inside an outdoor closet. The HD unit didn’t pick up some stations. But boy did this one do a great job and gave us crisp picture quality. To be fair though I am using this outside cause my tablo TV system is in the outside closet. The way I hooked it up is connected the tablo to a light socket plug adapter then connected the antenna and put it out on the patio. Even with a lot of buildings and trees I got great reception.

Worked nicely in N.E. corner of South Carolina. In my rural location, I get NBC, FOX, ABC, a couple PBS channels. No CBS. Then 20 or so cable type channels. Some national news channels too. I do need to rotate the entire antenna 90-degrees for ABC. Just pick it all up, spin 90, done. For CBS I use Paramount+. Still way cheaper for sports, local news, and weather than any of the streamer TV packages.

For what this inexpensive little Rabbit Ears antenna is, it does a pretty darn good job. This antenna is well constructed and is intelligently designed so it can be wall mounted as well as sit on a table or the TV. There is a YouTube reviewer called the Antenna Man who tested and recommends this.All of my local station's transmitters are within a 20-mile radius of my home and have few obstructions in the way, so this antenna is a good fit. It picks them all up. It took a little fiddling to find the best location for this and which way the antenna should be pointed, but once I did it worked just fine. I would not expect it to work nearly as well if the transmitters were further away or there were obstructions like hills or several buildings in the way. Keep that in mind when purchasing.There is a site called Antennas Direct that has a feature telling you what transmitters are in your area, where they are located in relation to you, and how strong the signal should be that can help you figure this out.

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Antenna Man is spot on on this set of old school rabbit ears! Love it! Getting good reception in N. Denver indoors. Love the old school configuration and adjustable uhf/vhf antennas.Note that the coax cable is attached, and in the thin/short side but totally adequate.For the money, it's working great! Better than the flat I was using by far.

Finally. I don't usually leave reviews, but this thing is awesome. I've been through several much more expensive antennas, and they all sucked. This inexpensive, simple little device outperformed them all straight out of the box. Even before I did the channel scan, it was picking up channels the others couldn't. Don't hesitate, just give it a shot, you won't regret it.

I used this to successfully replace another antenna that could not get a good signal for most stations. I live within 15-20 miles from local UHF towers, and my house is surrounded by very tall, large trees. The antenna is placed near a window. Its imperfect (occasional artifacts and pixelation), but I overall performance has been good--especially given the price.