Philips PHDTV3

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18 Jun 2008 Working great in basement apartment We live in a basement apartment with a ground-level window. Most of the local station towers are 10-20 miles away. We tried a number of indoor antennas - some amplified, some not. This was the ONLY one we tried that actually worked better than an old rabbit ears / loop (RCA ANT120b).

The ANT120b pulled in 11 channels, 9 solidly. The PHDTV3 Silver Sensor pulls in 17 channels, 13 solidly. Our local NBC and PBS stations went from jittery to solid. We're also now pulling in the Ion affiliate... –Frank Provofrom Amazon.com
27 Apr 2008 Cheaply made and couldn't pull in one channel..... Having bought a digital converter in anticipation of the end of analog, I hooked it up with a plain old RCA "bunny ears" antenna. I was able to get about 7 channels after playing around with locations. However, I really wanted to get PBS in and couldn't even get a weak signal, so I bought a Radio Shack amplified antenna and didn't get one channel in--back it went. Then I picked up this Philips PHDTV3 and gave it a try--same thing, not one single channel. It is also very cheaply made. One of... –T. LaMartinafrom Amazon.com
15 Apr 2008 Space Junk I used this product with a computer tuner, it performed terribly. I tried it on a plasma tv and it still performed terribly. I was better off with a copper wire in the tv.

It's poor design and plastic parts made it fall apart after moving it around trying to get reception.

I replaced it with a set of rabbit ears at a garage sale for $.25. That was the best antenna purchase I have ever made. Digital signal does not require you to have anything special, older plain antennas do best.... –WooWoofrom Amazon.com

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