RCA ANT1250 3 Stage Amplified High Gain Antenna with Dual Gain Control

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Summary: RCA Amplified ANT 1250
Review: All in all the antenna works great. I was able to receive four additional channels that I was not able to see before. The only drawback, I just hate to fiddle with setting the reception for each channel. I was spoiled using the no longer marketed Jensen940 amplified antenna which had a feature to remember the signal settings for each channel watched. This antenna would be a perfect one if it incorporated that feature!! As far as performance, considering it has 45 db amplification, it works much better than most on the market. The receptions are clear with very little, if any, ghosting on the channels once you set the dipoles. I have tried other brands and found their performance lacking; so of course, I took those back. Looks like this one is a keeper.

As far as price, Target has a very reasonable price of around $28. I have seen this priced much higher, which to me is a price overkill considering the RCA ANT1250 has no electronic features for it's operation.

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Summary: OK for the price
Review: Generally a good antenna. I live in the Chicago land area and couple channels don't come out at all with my old out side antenna (channel 2 and 11). this inside antenna works better than my old outside antenna. Couple channels still don't come out very clear but very viewable. You have to adjust it a lot to get fairly clear pictures. Using flat sheet of tin foil on one of the arms improves my worst channels. My dad bought one and put it in his attic. After a lot of adjustments, most of the local channels come out clear. I think this antenna is as good as any outside antenna if you mount it up high in an attic. This will require some work to bring power to the antenna and run the cable down to the TV.

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Summary: worthless
Review: Had to have power even if not using gain! When using gain the channels came in worse than with out.

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Summary: Great features, but where's the 45dB?!
Review: I bought this antenna (for the bedroom) because of its 45dB power more than anything else. I already had a Philips/Magnavox antenna (for the living room), which i believe is less powerful, but it actually performs less well than the Philips.

The switch on back is unlabeled. I don't understand why someone would make a switch with no label. I know it's on when the power light is on, but there are 2 on modes: cable and air. The way it seems to work is the middle is on air. If it's off, that means signals can pass through, according to the manual. You can move practically every part of the antenna around, but i have to do it far too much for my taste.

This price is the same as what i pad at Target. It's ok, but i bet a cheaper one would perform as well.

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Summary: junk
Review: I bought this at walmart and it just plain dosent do what it says. I get better reception with my rabbit ears that came with my tv. Buy something else this one is going back.

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Summary: ok but needs a little force
Review: I got this antenna because I have DISH Network and they don't offer local channels so I wanted the local channels to look like digital from the antenna and this was on sale. It also shows a graph, but I can't believe its the truth but its a LIE! I rather get a $100 or a $200 antenna more than this. Also, I rather trade this with a 10 year old tv because it don't work like the way I wanted it to work. The only good thing about this is that its on SALE! Its on sale because no one bought it!

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Summary: It worked for me
Review: I have a condo in Shelter Cove on Hilton Head Island and will be using it only 4 weeks a year. I did not want to get cable service for such sporadic use. I could get only one broadcast station well and 2 stations poorly with the tv's rabbit ears in my condo. I bought this antenna and a 25' coaxial cable and placed them on my porch. I can now get 6 Savannah stations very well and 3 Charleston stations just well enough to watch. It sure worked well for me.

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Summary: marginal at best
Review: I have an unamplified directional set of rabbit ears which works just as well, and in some cases better.

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Summary: WOW! Works great for me!
Review: I picked this unit up after seeing this working at my local besy buy, I bought this for HDTV broadcast only, no need for analog stations, I live 20-30 miles from all the HDTV stations be me, Placing this antenna on my enclose front porch and running cable to the basment, I receive ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX all in HD!! Great for the price!

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Summary: Best rabbit ears!
Review: I recently purchased this item hoping for better reception and less tin foil for my home in the hills of Los Angeles. If you live in an area that is hard to get a signal already, this item is not going to help you much. Compared to my other antenna with out the tin foil, initially the reception was a little bit better, but not enough to get a clear picture or audio, and I could only receive about 2 of the 5 local channels. With tin foil, a lot of tin foil, I can almost get those 2 channels but with less than perfect picture quality. I thought having UHF and VHF dials and being able to control them manually would have a better impact on my picture and sound, but I find that I have to keep them both on MAX. Not an impressive difference from the other power antennas with only signal strength dials to keep me satisfied. Again, I live in an area that is almost impossible to get a signal, so this product might perform better in more urban areas.