Philips Rabbit Ears Black Indoor TV Antenna, Dipole and Circular Loop, Tabletop Antenna, Digital, Smart TV Compatible, HDTV Antenna, 4K 1080P VHF UHF, 5Ft Coaxial Cable, SDV8201B/27

Got recommended this Antenna from "The Antenna Man". Back in 2016 when I cut the cord, I didn't do any research on Antennas or knew anything about it, so I just bought a simple flat Indoor Antenna on Amazon. It was working okay however sometimes I cannot watch "Fox" because it's on a VHF band and Tyler the Antenna man described the different between UHF and VHF and looking up the problem on the cheap flat Antenna why it couldn't pick it up is because it wasn't for picking up VHF bands. The reason I took a while trying to get an Antenna is because there wasn't a whole lot on TV I really wanted to watch except when it came to watching sports that airs on Fox it was simply hard. I decided to junk the old flat Antenna and replace it with this "Philips Rabbit Ears Black Indoor TV Antenna" and I have to say it worked perfectly fine. I lived about 26 miles away in LA from the broadcast towers, so it was within the 30+ mile range claim. I will say I tried hanging this on a wall and it wasn't performing very well so when I put it flat on a tabletop it was able to lock in all my Major Channels including Fox. If you live in a city within 30+ miles of the towers and don't live near a hill or tree obstructing your view on picking up the signal I recommend this antenna! I will mention however the cable is only 5ft long so if you are planning on hooking it up to the TV make sure it has a good clear space to pick up the networks. Otherwise, you may have problems. Mine isn't hooked up to a TV but to a wireless device called a "Homerun" so I can watch anywhere in my home! Never a doubt this was a better choice getting than paying a month of a live TV streaming service costing $80+ just to watch my locals and that's savings!

I haven't had cable TV since the '80s. We've gotten by using TiVo's, over-the-air broadcast, and in the last few years we've added in streaming. The only issue has been some of the stations we receive in the Sacramento area either come in poorly or not at all. My niece lives here in town as well, and due to price increases she's cancelling her cable other than for Internet use. I was setting up an indoor antenna for her TV and found that her area seems to have the same problem stations we have, farther south where we live. Curious about this issue I did research and found the two problem stations we both had issues with chose to continue broadcasting their signals on the VHF band of TV frequencies when TV went "digital," while every other broadcaster in our area (and there are a lot!) moved their signals into the UHF band. To make a long story short: The majority of indoor TV antennas, whether "boosted" or not, have been designed to pick up and concentrate on the UHF band. That leaves signals on the VHF band somewhat left out with those antennas. The answer, it seems, is that good-old-fashioned "rabbit ears" TV antennas are making a comeback. Of course that's only if stations in your area are still broadcasting on the VHF band. Why would stations choose to stay on the older VHF band? Well, I found the answer is "cost." VHF equipment is much less expensive to buy, operate and maintain. That's why our local PBS station is using it, as well as the local ABC affiliate (apparently having been bought buy Disney didn't mean a pay raise). I also found that the VHF band carries signal farther and needs less energy to broadcast to do so. Why didn't all the broadcasters continue on VHF? Who knows. What's important is to get both bands to come in well, you really need two types of antennas, basically one for each band. Although, I admit I'm only using one antenna on our big living room TV, and believe it or don't, that is an old "RCA" brand of rabbit ears! it works great! In my den I needed a boosted antenna for the UHF band and had to add this Phillips rabbit ears model to get all of the stations. It works really well, and the price was great! Highly recommended! What was once old is new, again!

I refused to pay a streaming service or similar app to watch college and pro football. A lot of the new designs that you stick flat on a window or look phallic don’t work. This old school rabbit ear system found one channel the first try, six the next and then 12. Several channels are useless, just due to the content, and some channels get that digital lock constantly. But a few of the networks come in clear. I’m not using a booster so that may help but I’m 40 miles away from the nearest transmitter and getting NBC, CBS, FOX and ABC was great news and means lots of football with no subscription. Worth the $15 even if I only picked up on network. Easy to setup.

We can get 5 free public tv channels with this, which is plenty of entertainment and learning, including cooking, travel, nature, documentary, and kids channels. No need to pay for streaming. We tried other shapes and brands , and no others work. Sits on tv table… no need to mount on wall. This is simple , affordable and works great! Cats chewed the cord of the first one so we reordered. Fast shipping. The best!

I was looking for an inexpensive antenna for residents of my apartment complex, that could pull in the five networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, CW) and their subchannels. I found one with this antenna. The antenna is boxed in one piece; there's no assembly required. It's design allows one to set it on a table, or hang it from a wall. The UHF element (the circular piece) can be moved up and down on a 180-degree arc.. The VHF dipoles can be extended to the desired length, and they can swivel and rotate to the desired position. The coaxial cable is about 5 feet long and is medium grade in quality. It's not detachable from the antenna. It can be extended with another coaxial cable and a connector. The broadcast/transmission towers where I live are in three locations: 2 miles SE, 17 miles SE, and 45 miles W. The antenna got no signal from the towers 45 miles west. In fairness, the Clearstream Eclipse also gets no signal. One of the stations that is two miles away broadcasts on low-VHF (which are channels 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6). This antenna did pick up that channel clearly, once the antenna was placed properly. The dipoles are NOT long enough to receive low VHF very well; I suspect that the station comes in because it's very close to me. To test that, I connected an six-foot RG-6 coaxial (the kind used by cable companies) without an antenna, and it also pulled in the station. A paper clip put into the coaxial jack got the station, but with some pixilation ("noise"). I suspect that the coaxial acted as a dipole. The bottom line is that this probably won't get low-VHF very well if the station is more than 15 miles away. The Clearstream Eclipse also got the low-VHF station, and again, the cable (which is RG-6 quality and which is about 15 feet long) may have been the main reason. I can't say if the antenna gets high-VHF (frequencies 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), because there are none in the 20-mile radius. Most stations operate on UHF bands/frequencies 14 through 36. Note that your station may read as a VHF station (example: WGN-9 in Chicago, which was on VHF 9 before stations went digital in 2009) but probably broadcasts on a UHF band (WGN broadcasts on UHF 19). The antenna pulled in all area channels broadcasting on UHF very well, with clear pictures, and no pixilation. Your mileage may vary. The Clearstream Eclipse had slightly higher signal numbers (as can be expected from an antenna costing almost four times as much), but the Philips antenna's signal numbers were good. Overall, I would guess that the Philips will pull in UHF-band stations up to 25 miles away, and VHF band stations perhaps 10 to 15 miles away. If you live farther from the towers, you'll probably want a stronger indoor antenna. If those doesn't work, you'll probably need an outdoor antenna. Everybody's situation is different, because reception depends on distance, how high up the antenna is located, the terrain (i.e. hills), and objects in the way (i.e. trees, buildings). It's probably best to purchase from a retailer who allows easy returns (i.e. Amazon, Walmart). To find out what frequency your stations broadcast at, go to rabbitears.info or antennaweb.org .

Didn't pick up local VHF-HI NBC tower 12 miles away. I bought it specifically for NBC. Fourth antenna failure on NBC. I can only afford to buy/deploy a small same-room indoor antenna. This was said to be great with VHF-HI. Like my 3 previous antennas (up to $35), this gets 15 channels, ABC, CBS, FOX, PBS and their sub-channels. I think it's slightly better signal for less money.

I recently stopped my cable service, it saves $300/month. I have a new 75-inch 4K TV. I kept my high-speed internet. I have 4K Netflix and Amazon Prime. And hundreds of channels via LG's Web OS. I had a square "HD" antenna (there is no such thing as an HD antenna, it's a marketing ploy). I picked up some local channels but not the one that broadcasts my local NFL team's games. I looked up my address on the government website fcc.gov which shows channel signal strength and the very important signal type. Most channels were UHF but the channel I wanted was Hi-VHF. Many of the black square plastic antennas can't pick up channels broadcast on VHF. This small cheap antenna picks up both VHF channels via its dipole (rabbit ears) and UHF channels from the circular antenna. If anyone old enough to remember when all TVs used rabbit ears plus a circular antenna for what used to be mostly public access channels few cared about? Well, those are what still work today. What determines if your TV picks up HD channels is not the antenna but the tuner inside the TV. In the US this has been required on all new TVs since 2007, though older ones may have it depending on the manufacturer. If a TV doesn't have a digital tuner one needs a converter box between the antenna and TV. One can make their antenna using old rabbit ears and a loop antenna together. They would just need to connect to a coax cable for new antenna inputs to work. For $10 this picks up the local channels I wanted along with 43 others. Most I have no interest in but they are there. This is a pretty small antenna with a small base and rabbit ears that only extend about 15 inches. But I have crystal clear local VHF and UHF channels I wanted now. Far more than the square black antenna. To find out what type of RF signal the channels you are interested in and broadcasting on and get an antenna to match. Depending on your location the distance to the transmission towers which you can find maps online, you may need an outdoor antenna or something more expensive. But if you can get what channels you want with spending just $10 like me, it is a no brainer, buy this as it is the cheapest solution around.

Works much better then my old amplified flat panel OTA antenna. I'm surprised it works as well a it does for a cheap antenna. I couldn't get FX with my flat panel in my location and this received FX plus all the other channels I was looking for. Great deal.

It didn’t work for me since my TV tower was about 25 km away. I guess if you’re much closer, it might be worth buying.

A length of speaker cable performed better than this aerial.

Works good, I’m happy with it, no false claims, it works just as good or even better than other over priced antennas that claim that they can pick up signals beyond the laws of physics, I sealed it up and use it outside, it’s cheap enough to replace periodically because it pulls all the available channels in my area and that is all I can ask for LG, Samsung and Vizio have the best receivers for antenna reception so I’ve come to learn,

No it's not working

I thought yeah give it a go... Boy was I impressed - way way exceeded my expectations. Set my new 4K TV to scan for digital stations on the Gold Coast - boom 68 stations tuned. Clear pictures and good sound. Make sure you also get the adapter as this comes with a cable TV male pin, nothing like the TV socket in all Aussie TVs