Terk Technology TV-1 Passive Indoor TV Antenna by Audiovox Accessories Corporation
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Digital camera reviews of Terk Technology TV-1 Passive Indoor TV Antenna
Digital camera Review: Great indoor antenna
Summary: 5 Stars
This antenna works very good for me, I live in an apartment in Far Rockaway, NY and I have a clear picture and voice in most available channels. I have a 20" tube TV. Very good reception for an indoor antenna.Digital camera Review: Great inexpensive antenna for digital converter box reception
Summary: 5 Stars
Purchased this antenna to replace one with poor reception(others were rabbit ears with built in Uhf antenna hoop). The antenna came with an adapter for cable connection hookup and a hoop Uhf attenna I can't use. The Uhf antenna turns out to be unecessary as the Terk Tv1 antenna gets much better reception than the old antenna with a Magnavox digital converter box. I am able to pick up channels I couldn't before, as said in reviews by others. Very glad I purchased this product.Digital camera Review: HD clarity is awesome - the same as $37 HDTV antenna
Summary: 5 Stars
It's true, this works as well as the $37 dollar Terk HDTVa antenna. My review from that product page ...
I bought a new flatscreen and two friends told me about free HD channels. I didn't really get what they were talking about, but one insisted that I specifically needed an HDTV antenna. The other claimed that it was all marketing and regular rabbit ears would do the trick. I'll cut to the punchline, rabbit ears work exactly the same as this fancier, more expensive Terk HDTVa antenna.
Specifics:
* I live on Capital Hill in Seattle, WA
* I've a Panasonic 780p 42" TV
* the TV scans for digital channels once the antenna is hooked up
* I tried the Terk HDTVa first, it worked great
* Next I tried the $14 Terk TV-1 passive TV antenna, it worked easil as great
* I believe I get around 25 free digital channels - things like ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, religous channels, PBS, Hispanic channels -- these are numbered like 4-1, 5-1, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3
If you don't do the digital scan thing (it's a setting in the menu of the TV) then you won't see the glory of digital TV. It's basically regular TV with a better-than-cable picture. And there are all sorts of extra channels out there (PBS has about 3 or 4 channels) of stuff you can't see with regular TV. I actually don't watch TV at all, but it's good for Thanksgiving football I suppose. Mostly I was intrigued with whether the HDTV antenna stuff was marketing or truth. After this a/b test it appears to be pure marketing.
Added benefit - the HDTV antennas are techie looking. I suppose "cool" by some male standards but I personally love the simplicity of the rabbit ears, which are hidden behind the profile of my TV so you never see them.
... or just hook up your current antenna, have your TV scan for digital channels (it's got to be a new TV for this feature, I'm told) and see what you get. Okay, I've spent way too much time thinking and typing about a TV signal I will rarely use. See you at the movies!
Digital camera Review: If you like getting up everytime you change the channel.
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this antenna thinking it would be just what I needed for a spare room portable TV. Seems to be well built and when adjusted properly the channel you are watching comes in great. The problem is everytime you change the channel you have to adjust the antenna for that channel. You quickly relise how often you change the channel when watching TV. Thank god it's on a TV that is used the least!Digital camera Review: Impressive
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't know if the DTV signal in my area is that strong or the antenna is working that great. The picture is clear and sometime even better than cable. Most local channels are 720p and very few in 1080p. The regular TV is above average too. Tha is good enough for me.