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

This thing works better than the $30 rabbit ears I had that had some kind of "booster" on it (supposedly). I am about 30 miles from the nearest tower and the TV that I bought these for is in the kitchen which is, for some reason, notoriously bad about not getting good reception. Maybe it is all the appliances that cause interference, but I am thrilled with this item! I get all kinds of channels I've never been able to receive since I bought the TV. Was even considering putting up an outdoor antenna but tried this before spending so much money to have one installed. Love it! Love it! Love it!

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.

Cheap and works great, picked up 57 channels, some not coming in wonderfully, but most have pretty solid picture, especially considering how old so much of the content is on some stations. It also supports NextGen(ATSC 3.0), though from what I've read most are dragging their feet about implementation of it.Knocking one star off for the built in cable. I would have been fine paying extra for an included cable that is removable. It works, and luckily was long enough that it could reach where I wanted to put it, but it's also quite thin, so may not be great at shielding EMI/RFI for some people.

I live in a major metropolitan area, easily within 10 miles of several local stations. I had a Mohu Leaf for years and I was frustrated with how often I would need to reposition it to get a reliable signal. Finally replaced it with this and my signal problems vanished immediately. As an added bonus, it was far cheaper than many of the flat-style antennas available on the market.

The old saying is that you get what you pay for. I bought this mostly just to see if something like this could work in my area and well, it does. I must've adjusted one side of the telescopic dipoles a little too much after 20mins, though. One side is wonky and it looks almost like it could break if I try to adjust it too much more. I would get a different antenna, personally, but this is...fine, I guess. The back of the antenna has its own crumby cable that can't be swapped out. It's made to just go into the TV the moment you get it. I wanted to use an RG6 coaxial cable directly plugged into its back, but nope. It should have a detachable cable for the back, but it doesn't, and that's frustrating. If you want it far from the TV, which you need sometimes, you need to buy coaxial cable adapters to attach another longer cable. Depends on whether you want to deal with that or not.

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 .

This is simple looking device works wonders. The picture and sound qualities of my local channels are superb. It is even better than my local cable channel. Money well spent!