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A five-star review from a real user
I'm writing this because, in researching what to buy, there are so many antennas being sold for which you can't tell if the reviews are "real" or not. So many sound preproduced. I went with 1byone after seeing a good review (for a different model) on another site, and after noticing that some of the 1byone reviews on Amazon seemed to be from actual users. I just received and installed my antenna today. I mounted it in a SE-facing window on the first floor, and used the amplifier. My home is in a low area, and I was a little concerned that some channels might not come in well. I had done a TV signal analysis on tvfool.com, which suggested I might get 15 stations well enough to watch, maybe 6 of those very well. The closest I was to any transmitter was 10 miles, and most were between 15 and 40 I used my TV's automatic channel finder to go through and find channels with good enough signal to save. It saved 40 channels. I'd say about 15 of those were of a poor enough quality signal not to be watchable. But the rest were good to excellent, and the local CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, PBS, and CW channels were all of outstanding HD quality -- and the tvfool report had suggested a couple of those would likely be unwatchable. I also discovered some channels I didn't know about, like a local UHF subsidiary that shows the "Me TV" network, which looks fun. There were also several Spanish-language channels. So I'm very pleased with the 1byone antenna. Even with an online streaming network, I'll use it to watch over-the-air sports because there is almost no delay compared to the lag you get when streaming over the 'net. And PBS isn't on any streaming packages, so that's a bonus too, not to mention the "extra" UHF channels' fare. Cable cutters, buy with confidence!
June 2018 · Electronics · verified purchase
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