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Below are 5 randomly chosen reviews of AntennasDirect DB2 antenna.
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| AntennasDirect DB2 Review #0 |
| Rating: 5 (excellent) |
Nickname: markdouglas |
Date: 2010-07-14 |
| Summary: Does not hold up in New York winters |
| When first installed reception was great for 10 local stations but deteriorated within a year and lost several of the weaker signals. After troubleshooting I found that the solder joint inside the black box between the cable connector and a little circuit board broke/cracked and gave intermittent signal. Looks like the way it is constructed that the cable puts pressure on the joint. I contacted the company and they sent two of the little black boxes, with 2 circuit boards, no charge. The black box does not have a good seal so I put some plummer’s putty inside the top edge to keep the water and melted snow out. Now about a year later the signal is deteriorating again. Do I want to climb a ladder, remove the antenna and change out the circuit board again? NO! This time I\ll put up a new and different antenna. |
| AntennasDirect DB2 Review #1 |
| Rating: 5 (excellent) |
Nickname: wrussl |
Date: 2009-12-21 |
| Summary: Works Great |
| We bought the DB2 after reading all the reviews. It was money well spent. Before with our indoor rabbit ears we couldn\t get any digital channels and only one analog channel clearly. We first tried the DB2 in the attic, but the reception was still poor. Then tried it outside in a few locations. Ended up mounting it on the end of the house near the apex of the roof (bought the J-mount) for this. Big difference. We now get all 5 of the local channels in our area crystal clear. PBS is analog only and comes in just a bit fuzzy, but the transmitter is around 200 miles away! |
| AntennasDirect DB2 Review #2 |
| Rating: 5 (excellent) |
Nickname: anonymous |
Date: 2009-12-05 |
| Summary: Works better than expected. |
| Mounted the antenna where my satelite dish used to be. Pointed the antenna in the direction of most of the transmitters using a compass and now receive 21 Digital TV Stations, all in HDTV. Well worth the money and easy to mount on the existing pole. It was easy to assemble. It did not seem to be very sturdy but its held up for over a year without any problems.
Hint: Use a compass to point your antenna. When on my roof I was convinced the compass was wrong. When I finally accepted the compass reading, I was able to bring in all available channels. |
| AntennasDirect DB2 Review #3 |
| Rating: 5 (excellent) |
Nickname: MM |
Date: 2009-11-16 |
| Summary: 30 miles from Pittsburgh, excellent |
| I originally had RCA\s indoor antenna, just to try it out while on cable. It received OK reception but now with the DB2 I get 75-100% all the time. I can get 90-100% on but I\d have to give up 2 channels at 50% I wanted so I\m satisfied with all the channels at around 80% or more. This is with it currently sitting next to the TV, haven\t even put it in the attic or tried it outside yet!
To be fair I received it used off Ebay, so some users might not be as satisfied, but it worked awesome for us. |
| AntennasDirect DB2 Review #4 |
| Rating: 5 (excellent) |
Nickname: anonymous |
Date: 2009-07-31 |
| Summary: Use as Indoor, work great! 40 miles range |
| Before I used non-amplified indoor antenna and then change to amplified indoor antenna, I got 2-4 watchable channel. Then, when I got this DB2 I expect much more channels, and after I installed this DB2, attached to my 42\ TV unit(Hang on the back), it seem not work (Get no channel at all).
Then I found out that this DB2 need some space in the front, so I decided to place DB2 on the shelf beside my TV(nothing obstruct the front of it). And it\s work so great, I got 48 channels now. FYI: I live in Townhome and my TV is in the first floor, and the DB2 face to my wall and outside has many obstruction(Other homes). 35-40 miles distance from station(Chicago.)
The tricks to make this DB2 work well are 1. Give some room in the front of the DB2(more space more signal) 2. You need to face the front of DB2 to where the station are 3. A little hight will help, for mine.
I could not imagine how great it would be if install this antenna as Outdoor.(But my association doesn\t allow, so wt_)
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