Antennas Direct DB4 Multi Directional HDTV Antenna

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(5 stars) - Excellent Choice
I bought the antenna for the lunchroom TV at my company. It installed easily and is working greate. Increased quality of image and number of channels. Thanks

(4 stars) - UHF antenna
Light weight and easy to hook up. Much smaller than my previous antenna on my roof. Does a good job with the new digital signals but could be a little better. I may need a larger antenna here I'm about 30-50 miles from broadcast antennas in my area.

(5 stars) - Buy this one, works as advertised.
I purchased this over a weekend from Amazon along with the 30 inch J-mount. Both were delivered free shipping to my door on Wednesday afternoon. Of course we have a Amazon warehouse in our town, but it was shipped from somewhere in Pennsylvania, to my place in Kentucky. I had build a home-made db4, but it was beginning to fall apart. I decided to buy this. In Lexington, KY I now get 18, 27, 36, 46, 56 and 67, with all of their respective subsidiaries. A total of 16 channels. 18 - 56 are 10 - 15 miles from my house. Signal strength is between 90% and 100% for these. 67.1 - 67.4 is 51 miles from my house. This group of channels comes in at 70 - 75% signal strength. I aimed this DB4 according to the government run antenna website (search for it). I mounted the DB4 on my chimney, all the way at the top. My chimney is approximately 25 - 35 feet above the ground. I live in a suburban area mostly flat. The channel group that is 51 miles away has a small hill range between my house and said town, about 700 - 1000 foot high mountain range (Daniel Boone National Forest). Wiring: Coax from the DB4, down/inside the siding down the side of the chimney and routed to my cable box, a run of about 40 feet I'd say. I then spit the signal. One coax to my family room, about a 10-15 foot run. The other line goes upstairs to master bedroom, approx 50 ft - 75ft run. The line into my family room splits to my tv, and then the computer (tv tuner in the computer for dvr purposes). The line into the computer is split, one to the computer, and one into my a/v receiver for fm radio. So total of 3 splitters. Great signal strength, even after the long runs, and 3 splitters. I am not using any sort of pre-amp. Hardware: It looks like they improved the Balun, it is roundish, encased in plastic, pretty sturdy. Only complaint is that the DB4's aluminum bends very easily when tightening the nuts/bolts, be very careful. They have to make it lightweight, I don't see an alternative. The J-Mount is very strong, made of steel. FYI this antenna is made by "Terrestrial Digital" and sold by Antennas Direct. Think of it as a Honda Dealer selling Hondas and providing "Dealer Installed" equipment such as running boards, emblems, etc. The DB4 has the nice Balun installed by antennas direct, installation/manual is by Terrestrial Digital, and the assembly is sold by Antennas Direct. Well thats about it. I am very satisfied. ...Almost forgot the most important caution: All the broadcast dtv channels in my area are between a heading of 72 degrees and 125 degrees, from 10 - 51 miles away. This means I only have to point my antenna in the middle of the 53 degree spread, somewhere around a compass heading of 98 degrees. If you are purchasing this antenna and have stations in front of the antenna and in back of the antenna, then this review would not apply for your application as I cannot speak for this antenna as a "multi direction" antenna, but perhaps there are other reviews on here that may address such an application.

(4 stars) - Great Antenna
I live around 30 miles from New York City and this antenna pulls in the channels. Sometimes it drops the signal on a few because I am in the hills in Norhern NJ. I would reccoment a signal amplifier if you buy this and your signal strength is around 30 (you need over 30 or you get pixelation) I hooked up a $30 signal amp and it boosted most of my signals from 30 to over 50. On channels that were at 50 it boosted them to about 70-80.

(5 stars) - Excellent Antenna
DB4 antenna is mounted eight feet above the ground. I am twenty to thirty miles south of Charlotte NC television transmitters.I am 2 miles east of downtown Fort Mill SC. This antenna pulls in all channels with no amplifier. I have it attached to a 55 inch Sony HDTV and the picture is excellent.

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