[2020 Latest] Chaowei Portable Indoor Outdoor Amplified TV Antenna with Signal Booster Amplifier,Magnetic Base,16.5feet Coax Cable,Up to 120 Miles-Support 4K 1080p,USB TV Tuner.
Brand: Chaowei
A very good antenna.
This antenna is designed for a tv with a modern digital tuner made after 2009. An older tv will need a converter box.
This antenna is their latest and greatest omnidirectional antenna, good for an advertised claim of 120 miles, including the amplifier. Broadcast TV signals are line-of-sight, so unless your antenna is on one mountain top, and the broadcast antenna is on another mountain top, 120 miles is wishful thinking. Even if you could overcome the line-of-sight problem, at 120 miles the amplified signal would be too weak to be usable. On Amazon, the antenna makers try to outdo each other with fantastic claims about reception distance. It is enough to make you laugh. Do not believe the advertising hype.
The older models DVB66 and DTA66 are advertised as good for 40 miles, and 80 miles if you buy the additional amplifier.
NOTE: BE SURE TO USE THE CHANNEL SCAN ON YOUR TV, TO GET ALL OF THE AVAILABLE CHANNELS. By placing the antenna on the top of my kitchen refrigerator and touching the metal cover on a table fan, I was able to get 61 out of a possible 69 stations in the suburbs between Boston, MA and Providence, RI. By placing the antenna on top of books in a built-in bookcase, near the ceiling and outside wall, I got 65 out of 69 stations, and even on a rainy day I got 53 out of 69 stations. Location and weather are your main concerns. Placing it near the top of a window should get rid of some obstruction problems, like someone walking through the room, or the next room, or the floors above you. There is a tradeoff in using the amplifier. If you are close to the transmitting tower of your favorite stations, the amplifier will be overloaded by the signal, and the tv picture will be worse.
Try scanning the stations both ways, with the amplifier and without, checking for the number of stations received and the quality of the tv picture. Try the websites: dtv.gov/maps and TV Fool to see what stations are available in your area.
Be sure to sit at least six feet from the antenna, so that your body does not cause TV reception problems. You should see less picture tiling and TV picture color shifting, as you move further away from the antenna. Also, any obstructions between the transmitting tower and the antenna, will cause reception problems. Hills, buildings, vehicles, and tree branches, are just some of the things that can cause reception problems. All it takes is a passing breeze to move a tree branch and cause a breakup of the TV signal.
One more thing to consider. If your TV is very old and only produces standard-definition 480i displays, it may be time to buy a new TV. With 4K broadcasting on the way, a new TV will display 480i, 720p, 1080i, and 4k signals. A TV cable box will work around these problems, even using an old non-digital analog CRT TV, as the cable box will include a converter to convert the broadcast signal from digital to analog for the old TV. With a broadcast antenna, you are on your own to solve the high-definition problem. A new TV is your best solution. Five Amazon stars for this white Chaowei (2000 - Latest) antenna.
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Before You Purchase an Indoor HD TV Antenna, Two Things Suggest You May Do:
1, Pls kindly check if your TV or equipment has built-in ATSC tuner (If you have TV that's less than 5 years old, it is no problem to pick up freeview channels, If your television is 10 years old, then it might not work, in this case, you have to get a digital converter box)
2, Pls kindly check how many DTV Stations covered in your area, then discover which local channels are available from those broadcast towers as well as the Signal Strength, the Distance to the tower, all the factors will help you to determine if you need to add Chaowei AMP1801 Amplifier Signal Booster
Specification:
- Included Amplifier: NO
- Receiving Miles: 10-50miles
- Installation: Indoor/Outdoor
- Coax Cable Adapter: F Type
- Cable Length: 16.5feet(5M)
- Waterproof: Yes
- Frequency: VHF-Hi 170-240 MHz,UHF 470-860MHz; Vertical polarization
- Gain: 5±2dB
- Impedance: 75Ω
- Volts: 5V/25mA
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360 Omnidirectional Receiving SignalsWith 360-degree reception, Chaowei Portable Digital HDTV Antenna can catch signals in vertical direction which is different from the directional tv antenna which need to aim to the broadcast tower for optimal reception. |
Less than 3 Minutes to Install1, Open the box 2, Screw it into your TV’s coaxial cable port 3, Set your TV to antenna mode and DON'T forget to scan for channels! 4, Move and try to find a good spot in your house and mount it with extra long cord |
16.5feet Long Coaxial Cable1, The High Quality Standard Coaxial Cable offers users the flexibility to place the antenna where you can pick up more channels 2, The premium coaxial cable consists of a solid center conductor, dielectric insulation, 3 layers of aluminum shielding and durable outer layer. 3, Durable construction protects against Electromagnetic Interference and Radio Frequency Interference, resulting in the best picture quality and consistent performance |
Avoid Obstacles1. Please note the actual receiving range may highly depend on your distance and location. Areas with large obstructions such as valleys, mountains, etc, will reduce effective range. Always re-scan channels after moving the HDTV antenna, the result may be better. 2. We do NOT Recommend to use the amplifier or booster if your house is very close to the broadcast tower and the signal is already very strong. |
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| Price | $23.99 | $23.99 | $18.99 | $20.99 | $20.99 |
| Max Miles Range | Up to 120 Miles | Up to 120 Miles | Up to 50 Miles | Up to 120 Miles | Up to 120 Miles |
| Amplifier Kit | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES |
| Installation | Indoor/Outdoor | Indoor/Outdoor | Indoor/Outdoor | Indoor | Indoor |
| Magnetic Base | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO |
| Support 4K Freeview 1080p | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Omni-directional Reception | YES | YES | YES | Directional Antenna | Omnidirectional Antenna |
| Lo-V and Hi-V Frequency Reception | Some Received | Some Received | Some Received | YES | Yes |
| Gain | 18±2dB | 18±2dB | 5±2dB | 18±2dB | 18±2dB |
| Cable Length | 16.5feet | 16.5feet | 16.5feet | 9.8feet | 16.5feet |
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Chaowei founded in 2008 specializing in the production of various types of digital consumer electronic products with the latest technology, advanced features. It integrated research&development, production and sales and selling its products in worldwide markets.
The TV Soundbar Speaker is one product our engineers have contributed much effort to research to ensure that the product has high performance like good sound quality.
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| impedance | 50 ohm | — | 75 ohm | — | 50 ohm | 75 ohm |
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Awesome!!!!
This little Digital antenna is amazing I was up camping when it was delivered to my house, just now was messing around with hooking it up to my little flatscreen t.v. that goes in my motor home. I could not believe how many channels I picked up ,43 right off the bat and crystal clear.we have a metal or steel door in our living room I just ran it out the door and put it on the door since it has real strong magnet.we live 15 miles from town so was not sure what I was going to get. I am so excited, wished I would have had it in the mountains where we camped. not sure if it would have worked as we can barely get cell service. I do know it will work in many other places we go!!! You will not be sorry,just order it IT IS GREAT!!!!!I I want to add to my original post I love this little thing I bought a new Toshiba Fire TV and thought I am not going to hook this up to dish as the T.V. itself is amazing get a tons of things on it already. So I got this today hooked it up stuck it thru the top of medal front door facing my channels and I got 66 right off .I am sure there are a couple that are duplicates but they come in perfect and I get my local stations that way So worth the money!!!!! I am back again I have recommended this antenna to many people my daughter now gets 77 channels. I love this thing we quit the dish as it was getting out of hand with expense I have 4 tv's all of which have Roku and all have this little antenna for our local channels and many more, I now use inside the house and comes in just as good!!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2022
Since I wasn’t able to return as I just missed the 30 days window. I spent hours trying to change locations, facing north east where my major local cable providers are located and still nothing. I’ve put it on the highest point of my house and nothing still and out of desperation I even routed it outside on the deck and I expected that would work and was good for at least 5-20 more channels and I got 1 more. So 6 channel and it was only a mystery channel with reruns of murder she wrote. Being that this is an indoor I suspect it is not water proof and an refuse to cut a hole in my interior wall and Through my vinyl siding to watch episodes of. Murder she wrote. Sadly I tried everything and I think It’s a lost cause.
I can’t recommend this cable antenna and will leave my honest review and some examples below.
I was hoping that the smaller design and sleek look would be more appealing, appear more natural and with modern technology provide me with more then the 19-20 channels I used to get on my HD Cable that I would love tv pause. Well followed the directions and Installed as instructed and the same spot of my old 12-15 year old vintage indoor antenna and this one can only get 5 channels. I would prob have kept it as a backup if the channels were fox, cbs, nbc and maybe another local or regional but this got 3 Spanish channels like uni and telemundo and a western as well as the national weather channel. Useless for me and sadly not a good buy. I think the small size and price are indicative of “to good to be true”
I would not recommend
Style: 2.7inch Magnetic BaseVerified Purchase
Not Good, this indoor antenna does not get reception. Only 1/3 of the channels of my old indoor ant
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2022
Update….Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2022
Since I wasn’t able to return as I just missed the 30 days window. I spent hours trying to change locations, facing north east where my major local cable providers are located and still nothing. I’ve put it on the highest point of my house and nothing still and out of desperation I even routed it outside on the deck and I expected that would work and was good for at least 5-20 more channels and I got 1 more. So 6 channel and it was only a mystery channel with reruns of murder she wrote. Being that this is an indoor I suspect it is not water proof and an refuse to cut a hole in my interior wall and Through my vinyl siding to watch episodes of. Murder she wrote. Sadly I tried everything and I think It’s a lost cause.
I can’t recommend this cable antenna and will leave my honest review and some examples below.
I was hoping that the smaller design and sleek look would be more appealing, appear more natural and with modern technology provide me with more then the 19-20 channels I used to get on my HD Cable that I would love tv pause. Well followed the directions and Installed as instructed and the same spot of my old 12-15 year old vintage indoor antenna and this one can only get 5 channels. I would prob have kept it as a backup if the channels were fox, cbs, nbc and maybe another local or regional but this got 3 Spanish channels like uni and telemundo and a western as well as the national weather channel. Useless for me and sadly not a good buy. I think the small size and price are indicative of “to good to be true”
I would not recommend
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