Monday, July 25, 2011

Terk HDTVa Indoor Amplified High-Definition Antenna for Off-Air HDTV Reception


After having spent a bunch of acquiring a Sony LCD HDTV and upgrading our Dish service to include limited number of HDTV channels, we were eager to see what an over-the-Air Antenna might add.

In total, we tested 5, including the highly rated Zenith log periodic (about $ 40, Sears), an amplified Samsung (about $ 99 at Best Buy), an outdoor Terk 32 (about $ 80 at Circuit City), our old roof mounted VHF / UHF antenna (about 1985) and the amplified Terk HDTVa (around $ 50 at Radio Shack). The Terk HDTVa won hands down, no contest, blowing away much touted Zenith.

We live in the sparsely populated, low hills in the western Massachuetts. The THDTVa gives smoothly between 20 and 30 analog and digital (including HDTV) channels broadcast most from 12 to 45 miles away, and some as much as 65 + miles away in Connecticut. Some digital OTA channels will actually stronger than some of the (Dish) satellite digital channels.

This is definitely a keeper: a great value, gem of an antenna. So good, in fact, we are discussing giving up our $ 50/month Dish service, pay $ 15 for that to Netflix to replace HBO, and banking the remaining $ 35


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