live in western subburbs of Chicago , in a town house. Trying to figure out if antenna will help to cut the cable and most important if I can use one indoor?? thnks
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I've used this indoors albeit on a window ledge and I pick up my local HD over the air channels perfectly. So yes it has cut my cable out. I'm in Denver and mine faces the mountains...away from Denver itself band I get great reception. I'm about 14 miles west of Denver.
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you would not get as many channels as cable. Omni_directional means when the antenna face the TV signal directoy, you have nice reception. it has many improvment than my old TV antenna i bought years ago
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Not certain if you are allowed to link external sites but something like this may be helpful to determine what you need.http://www.antennaweb.org/ I have this antenna and it works great. However I am in Phoenix so I doubt I am dealing with the obstruction levels you might be. I have mine placed indoors near a window.
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yes, this is an indoor antenna, you should place antenna near or on a window sill. yes it can cut the cable as long as you are only interested in the few local channels ( I found about 6 channels on a good day) that are near your area. you might only find one channel or you could find a dozen. for me this was all I was looking for.
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I have two indoors and they both pick up many channels some of the local ones and few others. very clear if not more clear than cable. between these antennas and netflix ,hulu plus and apple tv my bill is less than half of what cable would be .so get one and try it .
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I use mine indoors and got rid of cable. I get local news and weather along with the PBS stations. I'm not a big T.V. watcher so the 14 stations I pick up that speak english work out well for me,
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I easily pick up digital signals from 60 miles out. I live on a hill, which helps, but my Eagle Aspen antenna is mounted in my attic. Several programs are duplicate because they are broadcast from different cities. Like, I might get 3 channels of Home Shopping Network.I live 30 miles north of Pittsburgh.
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Honestly I don't know, I live on the second floor and I have the advantage of the height. And I also live in Chicago and all the TV stations have pretty good signal. Try it and just return it if is not working ;). Good luck!
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I have the same antenna, connected to a digital tv and it works well. Reception of course depends on the area in which you reside (if in a large city with tall buildings, reception is better on higher floors). If you have an analog tv, then it is necessary to connect the antenna with a coaxial cable at "IN" on a converter box, then connect another coaxial cable going "out" on the converter box and to the analog tv. I hope this helps answer your question.
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Hi.. I just did the same set-up and I use this: 1Byone 0.02" Paper Thin Digital Indoor TV Antenna-Aerial Type#0188... Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IF70UB4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc;=1 It was an easy set-up and so far it is working very well. The TV is receiving every standard network, plus all the 60+ of weirdness on UHF. It was about $24 on prime. Good Luck with your search.
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I only have the DB2 hooked up now here in the chicago burbs and I get 2, 5, 7 and 9 just fine in addition to all the uhf channels.You'll really have to check it out for yourself, location, distance from signal, obstructions in the way, are you on a hill, flat or in a valley, house ,apt or condo etc etc...all are factors towards a good installation of the right antenna.
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Depending where you live, instead of hooking up to CATV you can use the antenna provided. I found the antenna inside buildings does not work well.
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Hi Elisabeth. If I was going to buy an indoor antenna I would go with the largest amplified model. However, if you are in an area where you are over 35 miles from the stations or where you can put up an outdoor antenna you will probably get better reception and there are models in the same price range.
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Mine doesn't work very well and I am planning on trying a different brand/type. If someone recommended an outdoor type of antenna, this may not work as it's an "Indoor" model.
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I live in Massachusetts and I don't have cable, I purchased an indoor antenna from Radio Shack and I get the local ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox plus quite a few more channels and two shopping channels, QVC and HSN. The channels come in great. If you were planning to use an antenna on your roof, I can't comment on that because I'm using a very small indoor antenna. I tried the indoor antenna and it worked for me, but from reading comments about antennas, some people have tried a few before finding one that worked the best. So price wise, I went small, in case, I needed to purchase another one. I love this TV, and I'm amazed at how good it is. Best of Luck.
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it didn't work for me. Poor reception on a couple channels. Was able to get PBS only. None of the local channels would come in. I probably am in a bad reception location. I haven't had any luck with ANY inside antennas
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I live in Waldorf MD. I am about 35 miles from our towers as well. I tried 3 antennas. Clearstream 2V, DB8e, and the Winegard HD 7694P. The Clearstream 2V worked pretty good, DB8e not as good for me, and the Winegard worked the best by far. Higher is better. I ended up with the 7694 a preamp and distribution amplifier to send throughout the house. I got about 30 channels on the Clearstream but it took a lot of tweaking. The DB8e never dialed in as well. The 7694 worked great the moment I set it down.
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Depends on the antenna! I brought an "indoor" antenna and the image quality on most stations I think surpasses cable. But there is one, PBS (channel 11 in Chicago) that is not coming in well. Actually unwatchable due to pixilation. This has nothing to do with the Tivo, it's the antenna. So I either need to get a better antenna or switch to cable.
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I had to use a directional antenna to get my local channels. I live 15 miles from the TV tower. I never used this TV on cable.
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Each time you 'split' a signal there will be some loss of quality. With that being said, you could pick up a splitter at radio shack (one in and 3 out) and 3 coax cables and try it. My suggestion would be that since the location and direction of these antenna is very important you should consider at least 2 antenna, splitting off of the one (1 in and 2 out) with the best location and signal and have one antenna that you don't split, perhaps to your most watched TV.
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I agree with everything George said. There's a lot of device setup you need to do before it'll work, and you want to do your setup in one room and make sure it's all good before moving the antennas into the final position. And definitely call their tech support. They were very helpful.
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I live in Chicago with antenna facing south. Here I am able to pick up all the major stations with little interference. For a more accurate answer to what you are trying to figure out, go to Antenna Web, and follow the instructions. Hope this helps. The product is excellent, and for me has proved significantly cheaper than Cable. But I am not a big TV watcher in the first place.