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Terk HDTVlp average rating: 3.6
| Excellent | 16 reviews | |||||||||
| Good | 14 reviews | |||||||||
| Average | 5 reviews | |||||||||
| Poor | 3 reviews | |||||||||
| Very Poor | 7 reviews | |||||||||
| Band: | VHF/UHF |
| Placement: | Indoor |
| Amplifier: | Yes |
| Amplifier Gain: | 10 dB |
| Range: | 30 miles |
| F/B ratio: | 6.5 dB |
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Below are 5 randomly chosen reviews of Terk HDTVlp antenna. See all HDTVlp reviews.
| Terk HDTVlp Review #0 | ||
| Rating: 1 (very poor) | Nickname: tvpaco22 | Date: 2007-05-16 |
| Summary: piece of garbage | ||
| i paid 100.00 for this antenna, and ended up throwing it in the trash, this antenna wouldn't pick up anything barely recieved about 4 stations. don't know about hdtv, because i used it for analog stations, which it says it works for also. reception was terrible you would have to constantly move antenna to get anything clean, my suggestion don't waste your time and money. | ||
| Terk HDTVlp Review #1 | ||
| Rating: 5 (excellent) | Nickname: Ceprise | Date: 2006-12-03 |
| Summary: It's an INDOOR directional antenna, dummy! | ||
| I got a new LCD HDTV for a bedroom on 2006 Black Friday. Hooked it up to a standard Comcast cable feed and received some HD, some digital and all analog signals. I am a subscriber to Comcast Digital Standard service. According to the Comcast website, local HDTV signals are provided as part of Comcast basic cable service. Some of the Comcast HD signals were pixilated, or garbled. Some posts on-line suggest this is because of signal compression by the cable operator. So I hooked a Phillips non-amplified rabbit ears up and was amazed that I received on-air HDTV stations. I researched the Internet including this website, and purchased a Terk HDTVlp antenna from Beach Camera. Standard shipping had the antenna in my hands in two days. I also went on the Internet and downloaded my station direction map from www.antennaweb.org BE PATIENT! THIS IS AN INDOOR ANTENNA! You will need to experiment with location and direction. My hoped for location was 90 degrees from the direction that the station map told me. Reception in my "hoped for location" sucked. I turned the antenna to face the direction suggested on the station map, and VOILA! The HDTV signals from my VHF channels were better than the Comcast feed, although the analog signals were spotty. The HDTV signals and the analog signals from the UHF channels were crisp. A dipole antenna would probably work better for analog VHF, but with the HDTV feeds, who cares? I'm going to need to build a new shelf in my bedroom closet to locate the Terk HDTVlp at the right direction. But the reward is crisp, non-pixilated HDTV signals on all local (Philly) stations, and the bonus of digital stations from Allentown. I also suggest that once you establish a good antenna location, to do on-air channel search several times. I seemed to pick up several more stations after I found the best location. I've installed an A-B switch to alternate between on-air and cable signals. When the cable goes flakey on HDTV during a football game, the Terk HDTVlp pulls in the signal. | ||
| Terk HDTVlp Review #2 | ||
| Rating: 5 (excellent) | Nickname: Chris | Date: 2006-09-18 |
| Summary: Super antenna | ||
| HDTVlp is probably the best indoor antenna out there. I've bought it to replace a lousy Terk HDTVi antenna which was absolutely useless for me and the difference was amazing. All high definition channels on UHF are coming in great quality. With HDTVlp I couldn't pick up one of the HD channels which is in blue code area, but I doubt picking blue channles is at all possible with an indoor antenna. This antenna looks very much like a winegard ss 3000. I don't know whether the two antennas are identical, I've chosen Terk HDTVlp from Amazon cause it was cheaper and had good reviews. Very satisfied so far. | ||
| Terk HDTVlp Review #3 | ||
| Rating: 4 (good) | Nickname: jlong153 | Date: 2008-11-11 |
| Summary: same as WINEGARD SS-3000 | ||
| On Amazon user recommendation I bought two WINEGARD SS-3000 from another retailer. They arrived in three days. Very pleased. The unit is larger than I expected, so check the dimensions, but has a streamlined style. The instructions are a bit brief and I had to do some guessing and studying the photo, but it turned out to be easy, provided I was patient. Assembly took only about 20 minutes. My house has aluminum siding and I live in a heavily wooded area, but I get great reception on all possible stations for my area. I have the unit sitting on a windowsill facing out, as this seems to be the best place, but I get as good reception with the unit on top of the TV with the unit facing the window. I unplugged the amplifier as it didn't seem to do anything, but will try using it again occasionally to see if I more stations have become available. The unit is more expensive than some, but I feel the price is worth it. | ||
| Terk HDTVlp Review #4 | ||
| Rating: 4 (good) | Nickname: anonymous | Date: 2008-03-16 |
| Summary: Beyond excellent UHF antenna... VHF a little weak. | ||
| I've tried this antenna with digital and analog signals. I live in a brick apartment building where an outdoor antenna isn't possible and indoor antennas aren't very effective. The UHF reception is AMAZING. I get analog signals so clean they look digital. Better than any indoor antenna I've ever tried. I even get the local PBS station in reasonably clearly when I've never been able to watch it before.
On the downside... It's very weak at receiving VHF. The lower the channel number... the worse the reception. I cannot get channel 3 in at all, digital or analog. I have been able to do that with "rabbit ears". The digital reception is adequate for channels 5 and above. I may try replacing the small outboard amp included with a better one. Maybe the increased gain will help at the frequencies the antenna has very low gain ratings for. I would strongly recommend this antenna for anywhere a better indoor antenna should work. But, if you have a channel 3 that doesn't come in very strong... you may want to look at amplified VHF / UHF "rabbit ears" instead. |
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