Indoor HD Digital TV Antenna Amplifier, Low Noise Antenna Signal Booster, Clears Up Pixelated Low-Strength Channels, Supports HD Smart TV VHF UHF, AC Adapter, Black, 42178

I bought this product on a whim despite some of the bad reviews as I’ve usually had pretty good luck with GE electronic products. My set up was a two-story house that I had installed a big digital antenna in. Our goal with this product was to get local area Houston stations that we struggle to get a good signal for, given we live a good bit out of the metroplex (40+ miles from the signal towers). I had a single TV connected to the antenna on the first floor with a split about 1/3 of the way down to the wall at a junction box. Keep in mind, there was a lot of coaxial cable running through the wall down to the tv. Before installation I would get one of the four major stations (fox) but not CBS NBC or ABC. And the Fox signal was spotty at best. After installing this booster, I now get all of the station pretty clearly when before they did not work at all. Side note, I did install the booster closer to the antenna, which was the recommendation of both the instructions in the reviews. It did exactly what I wanted to do and 100% worth the cost.

Before I got this I was running a 70 foot cable from the antenna directly to the TV. Depending on weather I would get pixelation on 2/3 of the channels. After running new electrical wiring just for this thing, I now have a five foot cable from the antenna to this box and then the 70 foot cable going to the TV. So on to the obvious flaw. The part that goes TO the TV is a male connection. Really? Why? This is supposed to be located as close to the antenna as possible. So assuming the antenna is not sitting right on top of the TV you will need to run a cable from this device to the TV. All coax cables are male/male. So that means the very design of this silly thing adds one more connection, a female/female adapter that goes from this device to the cable that ultimately goes to the TV. Now if you've ran a short cable from the antenna to this and a longer cable to the TV you've added an extra cable and an extra female/female connector. The signal degradation you're trying to fight is now hoping over more hurdles. For me, the signal got worse with all the extra stuff in there. Before I had 36 stations and about 2/3 of them would be pixelated depending on the weather. With this thing and the splices I can only get the 5 strong stations and now even those are pixelated. That's with this device being as close to the antenna as possible while still not being outside in the weather. Three strikes. Dumb design. Doesn't work. Makes it worse.

It is amazing how much clearer the channels I was already getting, got. What came as a surprise was how many more clear channels my Digital antenna picked up after I ran the rescan. Also, if you don't run the rescan, the product will NOT WORK... You MUST run the rescan for the product to do what it does.

As noted at the end of this review, I did not receive the pigtail tv 75 ohm cable that was shown in the description attached to the amp and shown on the box itself. This meant that I needed a short piece of 75 ohm cable with connectors which I had, so no big deal to me but it may concern other buyers. I wanted to be able to get a good signal from my antenna for a channel that was just out of range. Before I put this on, the channel was cutting in and out (pixelating) by the minute depending on the day and season (tree leaves or no tree leaves). Sometimes I could watch it for an hour but usually just lost it altogether. Added this to my antenna and got a good signal from that weak station. Since it’s digital, the picture looks great. Digital signals are basically either great, pixelating, or gone so I went from pixelating or gone to great! You only get the amplifier and power cord , even though a pigtail cable is shown in the description so you will need another small length of 75 ohm cable with 2 male connections to get from the antenna to the amplifier then use your original 75 ohm cable from the amplifier to the tv. You also could put the amp at the tv end so you have convenient ac power but you take the risk of more signal loss from the length of un-amplified cable to the tv. Probably not too much difference though and it would be much easier. My antenna is in my attic and I have an ac outlet up there so I did it that way. One more thing, I did pull in another station that I never had before but it is pixelating but not a problem for me since I didn’t even know it was there before the amp. Very easy to install, unscrew the cable from the antenna the screw in the short cable to the antenna and the amplifier. Screw the original cable into the amp and plug in the power cable. The amp is marked on ends as to which is for the TV and ANT, so don’t hook it up backwards (that’s why there should have been a pigtail to keep that from happening). Very happy with it for cheap price. However this will not get you tv stations in the next state, lol. Just those that are on the very edge of your antenna without the amp. I gave it a 4 star instead of 5 since there was no pigtail cable as described and most buyers will have to go somewhere to buy that extra before installing.

Works ok, but only ok. It doesn't heighten the quality of local channels, just helps a little.

For WEEKS I have had pixelation on my TV in my bedroom only especially on my ION TV channels. I have been so irritated. So, I started doing some research and found that this pixelation could be from a weak signal or interference. I googled the best TV amplifier for this problem. I FOUND ONE. It had high ratings and did not cost me an arm and a leg and was E.A.S.Y to add to my setup. If you are having pixelation issues I would suggest getting one of these. 🤔😲😀

Vivo en un área donde hay poca recepción de señal. Compré una antena aérea para largo alcance y los canales se veían entre cortados y pixeleados. La solución fue este aparato GE*. El cual el 1er paso: Entre la unión del cable coaxial y la conexión de la antena aérea agregue un pedazo de aluminio al rededor y lo cubrí con Termoretractil. 2do paso: Conecté el GE Indoor TV Antenna Amplifier y entre cada conexión del cable que viene de la antena aérea y la entrada del GE *, puse un pedazo de aluminio y el Termoretractil. 3er paso: Conecté el GE* a la TV con el aluminio y el Termoretractil. 4to paso: Alimenté el GE* y en la SMART TV reprogramé los canales. RESULTADO: Todos los canales se empezaron a ver en FULL HD y sin pérdidas, ya va 1 mes y a pesar de lluvias, vientos fuertes, etc. Los canales se ven perfecto. NOTA: Para que sirve: Aluminio: Ayuda a que otras señales ya sea del celular, WiFi, BT, Microondas, etc., Interfieran entre las uniones que no están protegidas, ya que el cable coaxial si es bueno trae por dentro un recubrimiento del mismo aluminio para evitar interferencias. Termoretractil: Es una especie de plastico que al calentarlo se adhiere encogiendose a la superficie donde se puso, ayuda en este caso a que el aluminio quede fijo y cubrirlo del polvo. Además que se visualmente da un acabado uniforme (que no se vean las uniones). Espero les ayude a los que tienen problemas. NOTA: NO ayuda a que tengas más señales, solo ayuda a mejorar la estabilidad de recepción.

Product is not suited to Australian power point. Have been away. Now too late to return. Stick with it. Always double check the product

am impressed, had chanel pixelization and complete loss of signal, now picture is good no pixelization even on bad day where i could not receive some channel.

I ordered this item + a philip antenna for interior, and both of them didn’t work with my tv (no signal). Item didn’t work at all. The seller rejected my request to return it (by email), and said i can keep it with a 25% discount, wich is 13.xx$ ( i paid it 62.xx$). I regret buying this item.

Did not make any difference to analog reception. In fact, the digital channel appeared worse than the original. Not recommended.