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Below are 5 randomly chosen reviews of Terk HDTVo antenna.
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| Terk HDTVo Review #0 |
| Rating: 4 (good) |
Nickname: anonymous |
Date: 2010-01-30 |
| Summary: Worked fine for 2 months, then stopped |
| I mounted this outside on the side of the roof, pointing away from the house towards Dallas signal. There is about 75 feet of coax to get to the TV with the preAMP mounted in the attic midway through the coax line. Worked fine upon installation getting NBC, FOX, PBS and a couple others perfectly. Not sure what happened to it after 2 months it stopped working and would not pick up any channels. I thought it may have moved slightly but I was unable to point and tune in channels. The preamplifier in the attic may have gone bad, but not sure how. I bought another antenna by Terrestrial DB2 and it is working, but not as well since I only get NBC now. The DB2 does not have a preamplifier. I have tried using the preamplifier from the Terk on the DB2 but there is no difference when turned on. I may buy another preamp but they are more expensive than the antenna. |
| Terk HDTVo Review #1 |
| Rating: 5 (excellent) |
Nickname: alphadog |
Date: 2009-11-19 |
| Summary: an amazing device |
| I am about 25 miles north of Atlanta, and my old antenna would only draw in about half the stations. After trying several alternatives, I got the TERC HDTVo. It took some
experimenting with placement but my reception is now better
than I hoped for. I get every station in the area!
It is high in my attic. I dump the signal into a 4 way splitter which is amplified, no conflict with the antenna
amplifier.
Use RG6 coax, not longer than 75 feet if possible, but you can go 75 feet from antenna to the antenna amp, and another
75 feet to your splitter if necessary.
glad I found it, and the price is right. |
| Terk HDTVo Review #2 |
| Rating: 5 (excellent) |
Nickname: jim |
Date: 2009-11-07 |
| Summary: Worked much better than advertised! |
| We live way out in the country (don\t even get cell service) and used an aerial mast antenna for several years until the wind beat it to death. After much looking I decided to try out the HDTVo due to reviews seen here and elsewhere. It installed as per advertised and I simply pointed it in the general direction that AntennaWeb suggested and bingo, it worked great. We have two sets of transmitters separated by 30 degrees and I was not too sure that one antenna would gather signals from each set of towers, but not only did it gather them all, we now even get stations that we were completely unaware of before.
The only issue I had was with the hardware. As usual for Chinese made stuff, their hardware pieces (in this case the lag screws) are metal in name only. Very soft steel and shallow bolt heads. I had to get \real\ lag bolts to attach the mast bracket.
Otherwise, top notch piece of equipment and I am VERY satisfied!
Jim in rural Kansas. |
| Terk HDTVo Review #3 |
| Rating: 5 (excellent) |
Nickname: anonymous |
Date: 2009-10-19 |
| Summary: Very Good for HDTV |
| I live in south of LA and north of San Diego. This antenna can pick up channels in both sides at the same time. If I aim to San Diego, I can pick up 46 channels. If I aim to LA, I can pick up 60 channels (Include some Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese Channels and many HD channels). It is amazing. This is the best one I have tried. My lacation is 39 miles from San Diego, and 86 miles from Los Angeles. I can watch some channels even in very cloudy and rain days. This DHTVo is a very good outdoor antenna. |
| Terk HDTVo Review #4 |
| Rating: 5 (excellent) |
Nickname: renelson |
Date: 2009-08-22 |
| Summary: Merits 6 on a 5 point scale, beyond excellent |
| I\ve been so pleased with the Terk HDTVa that was curious to see how its outdoor companion would perform so I ordered it from Amazon. Mounting it to the eave of the house, the highly-directional HTDVo was aimed to the Cedar Hill antenna farm, more than 40 miles distant. Voila! Every single facility (both full-power and low-power) was captured. Although lightweight, this remarkable antenna appears durable enough to withstand a Texas summer and our occasionally harsh winters. I do not work for Terk and have no affiliation with anyone there but I am more than satisfied the HDTVo performance. I can only speculate that any negative reviews are from people possibly reversing the F connectors on the power injector or perhaps from areas where the transmission facilities are not at a common site. Markets such as Pittsburgh and Nashville with the tower sites at widely-variant compass locations would be unsuited for such a directional antenna. Those of us in Dallas Ft. Worth and places like Phoenix, Houston and Philadelphia with antenna farms should find the Terk HDTVo to exceed expectations. |
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