Best Indoor TV Antennas: Review & Comparison 

THIS is an outstanding review!!! I was trying to figure out which antenna I needed when I stumbled onto your video. 🤝👍

thanks for good review! love how you did months of research

Thank you for a great and clear explanation. I also ordered a ClearStream Eclipse.

Thanks for your presentation. I just ordered the oval antenna from Antennas direct and my partner is looking forward to being able to watch NBA basketball on network television

Thanks, great work! I was wondering if the amplifier needs to be close to the antenna or if it will work if installed at the TV end of the coax?

It's all about knowing where the towers are. Online sites show tower locations. Being by a window isn't important. Aim it out a window and not at a tower doesn't work. I aimed an antenna out a window and got very little. I was going to return it. But I looked up the tower cluster I aimed it directly to the towers through an interior wall, 3 brick exterior walls, and trees. I got all stations. Plus the strength was so strong the amp messed up the signal, so I removed it.

May I ask a quick question. How do these types of thin, window based aerials compare to an aerial fixed up in my loft/attic. I am mainly trying to get the best reception for a 4K UHD TV based in the U.K.

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing your research!

I live in rual maine aprox 60 miles from a broadcast tower, would you be able to make a recommendation for the best antena and amplifier to buy that will work thank you in advance if your able too make a recommendation.

I live in an apartment in upstate New York, I want to find out if I would need an outdoor antenna combined with an indoor antenna to maximize reception and if so, which outdoor antenna would you recommend. Thanks.

I'm noticing less HD broadcast from the major networks. In my area within 20 miles of the broadcast antennas there are only 2 of the 4 networks broadcasting an HD signal

I'm a truck driver that goes all mainland 48 states, what do u reccomend for antenna?

The tv tower is to the south, living room is in the north part of the house and the large window in the living room is shaded by a covered porch. What are my best options?

Bro you color all the bases in spades. I appreciate this video. Liked & subbed. 👍🏽

You just helped me pick my antenna, thank you! (I picked 1st one you reviewed) Especially love that it's AMERICAN MADE! 🇺🇲📺 You Rock! 😎

Hey man. MUCH appreciated! Just ordered my Eclipse. I’ve got two TV the upstairs antenna works great. Downstairs I have a cheap, flat one and right when a big play is coming up the signal always drops. Been looking to replace it.

This is the most honest video regarding free tv . Bottom line is if you are further than 35 mile from a tv station an indoor or outdoor antenna will not work. I know I tried and it’s crappy signal. I’m 50 -60 miles from tv signal.. thank You for this video

Thank you so much for this video!

Televes antennas are very good too. Although they are new to the USA/Canada market they are good antennas that some antennas fail to receive. Almost all of the antennas are made in Spain.

Sweet another new Englander, I live in lunenburg MA and looking for a first time antenna.

Thank for this, due to my location was beginning to believe that would have to use antenna mounted in attic.

I live in mid Missouri (65233 zip code) and antennaweb says I have only 9 options. All are either blue or purple. Do you think I should get the Channel Master, or is the Radio Shack option good enough?

I love it, I'm not tech savvy so it took a wail together it started but the vision is good so far.

Can you connect multiple tvs to the same antena?

How do you, people In general, know what antenna is the best? What makes them so different?

Check the Televes antennas if you have the opportunity. The BEXIA is the only indoor antenna with split band automatic gain amplification and performs spectacularly

I recently purchased 2 RCA antennas. One is amplified and the other one is unamplified. The unampified antenna picks up 3 more channels than the amplified. Both antennas are located one above the other as well as the two smart TVs which are located one above the other. The brand of the TVs are different. I'm very impressed with these antennas and I'm seriously considering cutting the cord on my satellite service.

I was thinking of combining the Channel master flatenna 35 with a cheap amp. In Manhattan NYC so I shouldn't need anything too crazy

Dude i live in Boston perfect I'm getting the eclipse thanks man

I live in Flushing Queens New York City on a first floor apartment surrounded by large apartments. My cheap in door antenna doesn't work here. It worked well when I was living on a second floor apartment with a clear view outside. The building is five stories high so an outdoor antenna is out. I don't care about how many channels I get -- I just want to be able to watch football. What kind of antenna would you recommend for a hard to reach location?

Could all of theses antennas get a lot more channels than with just one?

I live on whitemarah isle near Savannah GA and got 34 channels with your cable wire antenna

I have an old dish antena on my roof that hasnt been used in at least 5 years. Dish just left it there. Will I be able to get over the air channels using that antena ?

what indoor antenna works best in a basement with limited windows

We have a 1980's antenna in our attic that picks up digital signals. alot of people think old antennas cant pick up HD but thats completely wrong. We still use cable sinces its only 50$ a month in my area

What does an LTE filter do? Thank you for this video.

how do remove the antennas from the window without breaking the glass, please help

I purchased one of those indoor attennas and all i got was foreign channels not one american station. And im in san diego ca.

Thanks for the video. I just bought an antenna that was made in China and it didn't work at all.....(I live in Canada)

Channel master has a couple excellent flat type indoor antennas one non amplified 30 mile range and the amplified version 50 mile range. Both have excellent reviews.

How would you rate phillip optima antenna?

I am very new regarding antenna I didn’t know even existed until recently I bought one no thinking really about the price i just installed and I got very few channels I don’t know if that’s is should be or maybe because is a cheap antenna and I don’t know anyone in my circle that can help me with that, what I. Need to get more channels I live in New York City

So would it work if I had a 2 way coax splitter and I took the cord from my tv and plugged it in the in and in the other 2 I put the antannas would that double the signal

Bah Hambug (LOL). I discovered the best antenna. I made the best homemade antenna with the wired top of a champagne bottle. Its the cap made of wire that holds down the cork. I took that wire cap and cut one side and shoved one end of the wire into the RF input on the tv or over the air box.

I don't want an antenna stuck to my window. I would like to stick it to an interior wall behind a tall entertainment unit (armoire). Will that work? I'm about 30-miles from broadcast towers in New York City. Please suggest the best one for me. Thanks.

Can you make a review for a antenna for truckers?

I’ve been using a square hard body indoor antenna on a very long cord for years now... I lay it on the roof. Lately it hasn’t been working well. Do,they wear out? Is the long cable a problem?

you really sound like the right guy to talk to about this. i have good quality hdtv antenna in my attic, with a splitter. one cable to the 3rd floor tv, and the other runs into the basement to another tv i just bought. so it’s a long way from the splitter in the attic to the tv in the basement. that’s five floors down. needless to say the signal isn’t making it to the basement tv. i have windows in my basement and the windows large enough facing all directions but the southern window is only 6” high by 30” wide. a couple of things that i think are working against me are that the window facing the tv stations is only 6” high, and the fact that it’s too low. what can i do to get an hdtv antenna to work for antenna the basement? is there a way to get the antenna in that attic to work even though it’s far away from the tv in the basement? i live up on the north shore, and i get the same channels you get up on my third floor. although the picture quality doesn’t seem to be so great. it could probably be better but i’m not good with this electronic stuff. electrical yes, electrical no. i’d love your help to get my tv’s antenna’s straightened out . btw.....at the beginning of your video you show five antennas, and the one that i’m interested in is the only one you didn’t mention, and that’s the long rectangle one because i think it may fit that 6” window. thank you gino

I was living in a woman's attic and got 30 some channels ( everything available) with a 1980s indoor Parsec FM radio antenna. I moved into a first floor apartment and reception with it is not so good. I purchased the $60 Mohu Pro Arc. It works slightly better but I was somewhat disappointed. I do pick up one more channel ( plus three sub channels) but there are more I would like to get. When I was a homeowner I had the Radio Shack outdoor antenna that looked like a ufo. That antenna worked great in a rural area. Picked up everything.

Great vid...thanks.

thank you for information. Can i use outdoor antenna at inside in condo? thank you!

Is better to put antenna on wall or window than sitting on stand etc why

What about Gesobyte Amplified TV antenna?

Great info

Question, would living amongst many condo buildings interfere with receiving signal?

I had to use an outdoor antenna where I live but Im try to get my sister who lives on SSi to do cord cutting. She will be in an apartment and most likely not able to do outdoor antenna. What is your feelings on the clear stream max-v? I can also get her on Comcast internet essentials for $9.99 a month.

Does tv have to have a digital tuner? Got an old tube tv at a garage sale im sure doesn't have digital tuner

Do they have to be placed on a window? Where my tv is now is close to one but I want to put this behind my TV set will it work? Thanks

Do you use the coaxial cables they sell with the antennas or do you recommend getting better cables?

Do you have any suggestions for outdoor antenas

Why would you want to turn off the amplifier? Shouldn’t that always help? At least that’s what I thought, idk I’m starting to look at these to see which ones will work for me

how do you get them to stick to the window and not fall off?

in my country it has satalites bcnickeloden and skylink and cable shit and all dvt antennas look the same for the standard european coax ant big port

that is the way to test tv Antennas

this has been my experience with indoor outdoor antenna, none of them will work if you don't have a signal in your area, most will do a little better outside. I watched lots of videos on youtube on making homemade antenna. The ones I made worked great. the common denominator is copper. Copper is best conductor for pulling in signals. I took, just a piece of coaxial cable, trimmed it back to the copper and got just as many channels as I do with a antenna I paid $80.00 also I took a coaxial 2 way splitter and 2 paper clips, and it pulled in just as many channels as my amplified indoor antenna. Still using one of my homemade antenna and it hasn't fell yet. Just be careful with the hype. Do your own testing with a home made antenna., you will be surprised.

How do you get the onscreen listings grid?

What range of VHF channels were you able to get? Were they in the lower VHF range or only in the upper range? Here in San Antonio, TX, the ABC and PBS stations are on VHF and the $20 antenna I got off of Amazon doesn't pick those up. I know I need to upgrade, but I'd like to know what my viable options are. I could spend $90 on the ClearStream 2Max, but will it work on a second story window sill (I'm not interested in going into my attic or on my roof) or can I get away with something like the Eclipse in a window? The Eclipse doesn't have the horizontal "bars" on it, so I'm curious about it's VHF performance. Edit: I just read some Q&A's on Amazon and the Eclipse is iffy on VHF. Given it's shape and lack of dipoles (as they have been referred to), the Eclipse appears to be a UHF-only antenna. That may be a technical factor that goes over the head of most folks, but it is an extremely important issue to mention in a review, in my opinion.

I like the clearstream 4 max

Do they have to be mounted in a window? My TV is in the center of the house and not near a window

You say to buy American antennas. I agree. But Antop is based in Shenzen, China per their website. So there's that,

Wat antenna is good 4 a plasma?

Will ATSC 3.0 stop OTA HDTV?

How about outdoor antennas?

I bought a RCA antenna with a 55 mile range. I cannot keep the antenna in any one given place. Otherwise, I lose channels in order to pick up others. Some don't come in at all and the antenna farm is 13 miles away. One Night I will have perfect signal. The next afternoon the same station will have no signal at all. Getting the signal is half the battle. Maintaining it is another. Cars drive by in my apartment complex. Planes fly over. Tenants on my floor walk by. I cross my legs. They all disrupt the signal. I was watching a show yesterday at 4PM and I think I caught all of 10 minutes of it because of either pixelation or complete signal loss, and I have the antenna in the highest spot on the window, facing the direction of the antenna farms.

I live 25 miles from broadcast towers. I am surrounded by trees should I get the 130 dollar big boy eclipse ?

The major deception of digital antenna manufacturers is they neglect VHF channels or claim to pick up VHF channels when they don't. If your favorite network is on a channel 13 or smaller you won't get it.

How about make your own antenna that beats all these for under $10 in supplies and an hour of your time??!!!

On Ebay there are some $10 antennas that claim 5000 mile range. Now that's good comedy.

The number of channels they pull in are NOT a way to rate these, because there could be ten to 80 percent of the channels are unwatchable. I need to know which one pulls in channels that work.

Lucas

OOPS that's where you messed up the earth is not curved it's FLAT so the tV antenna with 100 mile range and more must be the best ones.

Sorry I accidentally hit the dislike button when I went to reverse the video a bit . Thanks for the info. Gave a lot of good advice.

I have purchased "8" indoor antennas and only one was effective for about six months! I terminated by cable in 2o18 and I wanted an antenna that would give me a lot of channels! The Mohu antenna gave me "63" channels for about eight months and one day I could only get "ten" channels and that hasn't changed! I have purchased "eight" indoor antennas and I can only get "10" channels! Is there anyone in cyberspace who can help me???😭😭

In this day and time, I do not suggest to get rid of cable or satellite TV, unless you can get streaming TV from companies like Sling or Fubo. The local TV network affiliates have limited time to cover national news and squeeze in local news. I will say this, I am on satellite, and when it rains hard, the satellite signal goes out. I tried a couple of indoor antennas that were useless. The ClearStream Eclipse recommended in the video is the one I bought that worked the best. The the broadcast towers are not that far from me, the furthest one being 28 miles from me. I used the amplifier and got 67 channels. That's not bad for the TV market I'm in.

Cable sucks today with their insane commercials. Or 5 minutes of commercials when you change the channel.

Any indoor antenna is akin to having a doughnut spare on your vehicle. Nothing more than a temporary fix to a larger problem. Not one of these antennas is good at HI VHF and totally worthless for LOW VHF......

These antennas are junk. You need an outdoor antenna to get any good reception.

These antennas are ALL junk...check the the antenna man’s channel.

Hello, Time for this man to go back to School. 7:30 He made a mistake or lied. Comcast charges about $ 20.00 for Local broadcast channels. Satellite charges about $ 10.00 to $20.00. He made a mistake or Lied at saying $100.00 to $150.00 a month ! You are Welcomed ! .

LMFAO! Indoor antennas are joke! You can tell someone is ignorant when they have a flat antenna on their window.

Crap!

Im sorry bud but all this info is completely false. You dont need to buy an antenna made in the u.s. you dont need to buy any of those special advanced antennas you are reviewing. I bet my cheap azz chinese $5 rabbit ear ear set up will blow your expensive set up away. And mine looks better to because its properly installed in the wall. The key to picking up channels is to go get a cheap walmart rabbit ear antenna. In fact i bought mine at ross for $5. Cut an outlet hole behind your t.v. and fish a coax up the wall into your attic. Mount the antenna at the highest point in the attic with the rabbit ears all the way out and spread as far apart as possible. They ones with the circle antenna in between the straight rods is even better. I literally get up to 84 channels and 90 on clear nights.

I have a $9.99 RCA Antenna from Amazon with Rabbit Ears that works great for 2 TV's! Don't believe this guys bull, he is wrong!

thank you! just ordered my ClearStream Eclipse!