Antennas Direct DB8 Multidirectional HDTV Antenna
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(149 Antennas Direct DB8 Reviews)
List Price: $119.99
Your Price:
$66.81
-- saving you 44 percent
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Height: 4.00 inches
Width: 29.00 inches
Length: 42.00 inches
Weight: 10.00 pounds
Model: DB8
Manufacturer: Antennas Direct
Media Type: n/a
Color: Chrome
Size: n/a
Warranty: Lifetime
Model SKU: B000EHWCDW
Great Antenna, Dish Network killer
by Evan Ou
,
2010-03-08
Easy installation, free HD local channel, forever. Say goodbye to Dish Network, no more paying Dish Network $15/month for local channels.
Works OK
by T. Metcalf
,
2010-02-21
Antenna reception is normal for our distance. The signal has interference problems because of distance.
Does the job, some minor notes
by David Talbot
from Texas,
2010-02-17
I live in a valley by a lake surrounded by much higher hills. As a result, even though I live in a populated area I got NOTHING over the air and cell reception is terrible. I purchased this antenna in hopes of dumping cable (Cable=$120/mo versus OTA Antenna + Netflix = $18/mo). Here is what I learned.
If you are sticking an antenna up on your roof (or running a longer than 20 foot cable between your antenna and TV) you WILL need a pre-amplifier. A pre-amplifer attaches to your antenna and boosts the signal between the antenna that catches the signal and your TV/HTPC/DVR. Without the pre-amplifier, under most setups you'll be losing about 20%ish of your total signal strength (and on digital TV 40%=It works but cuts in and out, 60% Works reasonably well, 80%+ Works even in bad weather). To the antenna geeks, I know these are oversimplified numbers but they are reasonable back of the envelope approximations. If your antenna is on a less than 20 foot long cable away from your TV, you not only don't need a preamplifier, but getting a preamplifier will likely make it worse.
Just putting the antenna on my roof, I could *kind of* get one of my stations. I added a 6 foot mast above my roofline and I could get 4 out of 6 stations I wanted to get. I added the pre-amplifier ($50) and I could get 6/6 channels (which remain clear even in a storm) + sometimes even pick up some channels over a 80 miles away.
antenia
by Daniel J. Hoerchler
from st. louis,
2010-02-16
the quality and condition of the antenia was very good, assembly was also very easy
Decent quality, and Good reception, even from within my attic!
by K. Kwiatek
from Northeast,
2010-02-11
I bought the DB8 antenna from amazon, and installed it in my attic. It picks up uhf hdtv signals from 30 to 40 miles out. Note: I am in the DC/Baltimore area near Frederick, MD and there is a mix of vhf and uhf hdtv signals. The db8 could not pick up the vhf hdtv signals. I had an old vhf antenna in my attic, so I paired it with the DB8 by connecting both via a cable signal splitter. Works very well. I have the vhf antenna pointed to baltimore and uhf db8 pointed at dc, and I get the entire spectrum of location stations. But be aware the db8 is very directional, so you will need a rotator if you want to swing it around to pick up stations from different directions. Assembly was fairly easy, but not totally simple either. Quality was decent.