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I'm about 12 miles from my digital TV towers and wanted to upgrade from UHF only to UHF/VHF since two of my locals are now on VHF. I was using a plain stick antenna and got every channel in UHF, but this thing got nothing in either band. I tried orienting it every which way and still nothing. I actually resolved my issue by pulling the antenna off an old tube TV that was in my alley. Got every channel, no problems. This thing looks good, but isn't worth the money.

What's great about it: No assembly, just one big panel

What's not so great: Doesn't improve your reception, in fact doesn't get anything...

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 2 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Worked 4 me

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: Race76

from San Francisco, Ca.

on 06/11/2009

Value for Price

3.0

Reception

5.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

5.0

Bought for an analog TV (Zenith 32") I don't use to often. Live about 2 miles from a major transmission tower and tried a Radio Shack inexpensive antenae which brought in a good number of channels but some I had been receiving were not coming in so I tried this one. It actually did not increase channel reception or picture so I stayed with the Radio Shack. I was going to return it but a friend had not set up a converter box for her small screen TV ( 13" Emerson ) so I set up her box and used this antenae just to see if it would work. On this set the reception and picture was fantastic with this antenae. I was very impressed. This home is about 5 miles from the major tower and has some terrain issues inbetween so I thought this was remarkable. I would certainly recommend this antenae but in seems to depend on the set as much as the location. Try it as the high end and also try the less expensive one to see which works best with your set and location. I plan on testing the Apex amplified one next and will do a review of it as well.

What's great about it: Reception...with a twist

What's not so great: Expensive

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 3 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

better than the bunny ears antenna

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: v1etboy87

from dallas

on 05/12/2009

Value for Price

4.0

Reception

4.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

5.0

the reason why most people still cannot pick up many channels is because the televison stations have not fully transition their broadcasting to digital until june 12

What's great about it: picks up better signals than bunny ears antenna...fits anywhere

What's not so great: nothing

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 4 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

reception is very poor

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: jodi4289

from Crown Point IN

on 04/20/2009

Value for Price

1.0

Reception

1.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

3.0

I live about 40 miles from Chicago and with this antenna cannot get anything more than the 4 different "flavors" for the local PBS station, NBC and Fox. My neighbor gets ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and several more. I borrowed his atnenna and it pulls in all of his stations and 4 more! I'm returning this product to Best Buy...

What's great about it: has nice profile - low and sleek

What's not so great: reception is terrible

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 5 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Does Not Work

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: xxxxxx1414

from Chicago,IL

on 03/16/2009

Value for Price

2.0

Reception

1.0

Ease of assembly

2.0

Durability

1.0

Does not recieve any channels at all. I am within 10 miles of downtown chicago, and even with the antenna outside, it would not pick up anything analog or digital. Do NOT buy.

What's great about it: dont have to put anything togather

What's not so great: does not work at all

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 6 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Virginia

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: John20165

on 03/11/2009

Value for Price

1.0

Reception

1.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

1.0

This antenna is a piece of plastic and USELESS. Do not buy this antenna folks it doesn`t work. I changed locations,turn it around, point it to South North East West, UP or DOWN ,point it up, point it down and still NOTHING. The worst antenna i`ve ever bought. I returned it to BEST BUY and use my regular rabbit antenna that i bought for $6 .

What's great about it: First thing i noticed was it is light, flat and looks very easy to use

What's not so great: This antenna doesn`t work. Do not BUY! Nothing special to it.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 7 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Good Antenna, to save $5 a month.

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: superclawsonbros

from Troy, MI

on 02/10/2009

Value for Price

4.0

Reception

5.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

5.0

Well its good for LCD TVs at 720p such as my Samsung 32 inch LCD TV. Its a 3 series 330. Works well I get all my local channels (Fox, Nbc, Abc, cbs, etc.) all in HD. It takes a second to hook up and is very durable. Don't move Antenna while TV is on other while the screen gets all messy. I mean also the price $60! I mean common would it hurt to make this $20 RCA! I mean the DTV is now coming in June wouldn't it be good for everyone to have 480i SDTV picture? Also the cord comes tied up in the box and when you unravel it, it still is in a weird form hard to describe which messes with the placement of this box. Also do not set anything on top of this. Set this on the very top of everything. Its good it works and you can tell comcast no more $5 for HD or locals. So in 12 months you get your investment back if you have cable or satellite. In your face comcast and DirecTV you should give us HD locals free since we pay $70-$100 a month for you anyways!

What's great about it: Simple connection (coaxial), Good picture up to 1080p

What's not so great: Too expensive, Cord is long but messy

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 8 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Not worth it!

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: j5ff

from orlando, fl

on 01/15/2009

Value for Price

1.0

Reception

1.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

5.0

THis device picked up only 1 major channel in my area and I am within 20 miles of almost all broadcasting stations. I returned it - total waste on money.

What's great about it: Flat design

What's not so great: Reception

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 9 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Simple installation, excellent results

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: geotrick

from Cincinnati (Westside inside 275) OH

on 01/11/2009

Value for Price

3.0

Reception

5.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

4.0

Originally I had this setting on top of my television and I was receiving a good signal , but I knew there were several more stations available (check antennaweb_org click on choose and antenna to see what stations are available to your location.) I have this attached to a Zenith DTT901 convertor box going to a 1992 Sony television.
So I added a 10' coax extension to get the antenna in font of a large window in my apartment. I now receive 14 more stations (for a total of 31) 40 to 50 miles away.
I was a little unsure if this was going to work well for me when I realized it was not amplified. I am very pleased with this purchase.

What's great about it: Dual band automatic; Clean design; Excellent reception without to much work

What's not so great: Not amplified

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 10 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Does a good job for me

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: Anonymous

from Cincinnati, OH

on 01/01/2009

Value for Price

4.0

Reception

5.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

5.0

I have this antenna connected to a Haier 7" LCD digital TV (very popular right now). I've tried a few other antennas, and this one is by far the best in terms of reception. I actually have the antenna tucked away on the floor between a bed headboard and a wall, where you wouldn't expect it to pick up many channels, but right now it's picking up about 30 (I'd say about an 8 analog / 22 digital split), and they're all coming in very well. No other antenna could pick up more than about 15 channels, several coming in poorly or not at all.

I'm no expert in this field so I can't say whether your experience would be worse where you live (I'm in the suburbs), but I can recommend that you at least give it a shot.

What's great about it: Easy to set up, pulls in a lot of channels

What's not so great: None I can think of right now

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 11 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Good not Superior

Customer Rating

2.0

Posted by: MechanicalDesigner

from DeWitt, MI

on 11/23/2008

Value for Price

1.0

Reception

2.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

4.0

Looked like this would work for suburbs in the store, but signal too weak or poorly shield cable cause sound reception pause and image to pixelate and stop. Analog signal images had snow, but no interruption. Might work with amp, but not if cheap coax is the cause. Looks like a $20 to $30 antenna (circuit board, coax and plastic housing plus u shape bar to stand it up). This one goes back to the store.

Previous RCA 10" TV with single extending pole (one half rabbit ears) did about as well as RCA ANT1500 hooked up to 19" HDTV.

What's great about it: Easy connection, can place in Kitchen upper cabinet

What's not so great: Built in coax, can not upgrade to RG6. Signal drops

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 12 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Waste of money

Customer Rating

2.0

Posted by: theelectronicsguru

from Erie, PA

on 11/18/2008

Value for Price

1.0

Reception

2.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

I have a cheaper RCA ant that I paid $20 for and it picks up stations better than this ant. Don't waste your time or money, you can get better ant for less money. I am returning this ant today and will try another one.
My rating is compaired to my current ant which I would so far rate 3 stars overall.

What's great about it: it's flat

What's not so great: It's not worth the money!

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 13 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

more channels, better quality

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: x2cnxs

from san francisco, ca.

on 11/18/2008

Value for Price

4.0

Reception

4.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

5.0

I bought a new HDTV and had pathetic reception with a previous rabbit ears. Now I get more channels and better reception. Well worth the $60.00 investment.

What's great about it: no power needed, compact size

What's not so great: probably better with amplification

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 14 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Great Antenna...

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: cconstantin

from Yonkers, NY

on 10/21/2008

Value for Price

3.0

Reception

4.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

5.0

It was extremely easy to set up. As soon as I connected it to the Dtv box and turned the box onto set up, it picked up 38 channels right away.
I was having a problem with the rabbit ears picking up ABC and WNET (PBS), and this antenna picked up both right away.
Only problem is PBS disappears sometimes so I do have to reposition the antenna at times.
Other than that, GREAT ANTENNA! Picked up 13 more channels than RCA1450 that I bought in March.

What's great about it: Picks up channels right away...no having to mess around too much to get reception

What's not so great: Just missing 1 channel I wanted...channel 13

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 15 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Great Product for Limited Space

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: Gtownman

on 10/19/2008

Value for Price

4.0

Reception

5.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

5.0

The compact design enables placement of unit to be used in tight spaces. The unit comes in white, which could be painted to match decor. My space requirements would not allow a convention dipole antenna to be extended or positioned for best digital reception. Once this unit is placed for best reception all digital channels over air came in perfectly.I was surprised that a antenna the size of spiral bound note book could have such great performance. This unit is placed in a location that is 12-15 miles from most stations transmission.

What's great about it: Space saver

What's not so great: Pricey

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 16 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Great Antenna Works Like a Charm

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: LoneRanger1975

from Howard Beach, NY

on 10/13/2008

Value for Price

5.0

Reception

5.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

5.0

Not sure why this antenna doesn't get better reviews from others but this antenna works absolutely PERFECT on my Sharp Aquos tv. I get all the channels I want (2.1, 4.1-4.4, 5.1, 7.1-7.3, 9.1, 11.1, and 31.1) except for the PBS ones. Not sure why they are hard to get. Now I only use the antenna to access digital channels so what little I've seen on the VHF stations you are probably better with another antenna. But if digital HDTV is what you want then this is perfect for you!

TIP: I know the box says you can lay this puppy flat on a shelf but I found it works best if you hang it on the wall (Mine is behind the Sharp LCD HDTV) as high as you can without it blocking anything. Mine is set up about 6 1/2 feet off the floor on my wall and that gets me perfect reception (Minus PBS stations). Now I know this antenna may seem pricy but you really do get the best reception for digital TV, a item that blends into the room, and something that does not require to be plugged in like some other DTV antennas do to get powered reception. That should be a nice "green" factor.

What's great about it: Excellent reception; compact design, easy to install, eaiser to use, does not need to be plugged into electrical source

What's not so great: None.

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 17 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

returning to store

Customer Rating

2.0

Posted by: ilovejunkmail

from sweet valley ,pa

on 10/07/2008

Value for Price

1.0

Reception

2.0

Ease of assembly

4.0

I'll get another terk HDTVa amplified hd antenna great reception

What's great about it: flat panel

What's not so great: no amplifcation

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 18 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Didn't Work for Me

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: DoubleE

from Fairfild OH

on 09/27/2008

Value for Price

1.0

Reception

1.0

Ease of assembly

3.0

Durability

1.0

We bought the RCA flat panel antenna at the same time we bought a second digital converter box. We have an older Phillips amplified antenna that we use on the main TV. It works pretty well, but does not bring in all the channels we could get.
The RCA antenna worked pretty well on analog signals, but did not bring in as many digital channels as the older Phillips antenna. We only got two digital signals for channels we would watch, whereas with the Phillips antenna we get 12. For the two digital channels this did bring in, I could only get one at a time. I had to move the antenna to a completely different location to get the second signal.

What's great about it: It looks nice

What's not so great: It didn't work.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 19 for RCA Indoor HDTV Antenna

Works wonders!

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: Tapoori

from Anaheim, CA (92806)

on 09/21/2008

Value for Price

3.0

Reception

4.0

Ease of assembly

5.0

Durability

5.0

I've two HDTVs; one in living & another in ma bedroom. SO, to start - all I had was just one HDTV antenna (from RCA as well but base model which cost me @ $10 from Best Buy earlier) which I tried to work in for ma bedroom TV but due to too many walls and corner place that portable "V" shape antenna didn't seem to work at it's fullest.
But this one did it for me (except it's price!) and I threw the old one out in the living room, which like usual worked 100%

What's great about it: Instant reception boost!

What's not so great: Price :-(

I would recommend this to a friend!

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