Chaowei DVB66 TV Antenna for Digital TV Indoor - Portable Indoor Outdoor TV Antenna for ATSC Television,PCI/USB TV Tuner - with Magnetic Base

I loved this the minute I saw it. It has a magnetic base and the box it comes in is surprisingly only 5 inches tall. It looks like a tiny microphone and I have mine attached to the arm that is on the wall to hold and swing my TV. But the great thing is that if it had to be visible it would look just fine as opposed to some of the other antennas which can be awkward. I was very fortunate to have found 70-80 channels immediately (counting the sub channels like 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, etc.) The picture quality was wonderful and, as I mentioned, I did not have to bring the antenna up to the window. The cord was very long, so I just left it coiled and it still worked fine. The magnetic base made it very stable as opposed to the ones that drop the signal when you slightly move the cord. Be sure to look at the directions for a special offer available to people who purchase this product. I did not have any problem installing the item, but I wrote to the company regarding that offer and was delighted that they wrote back within hours. This is NOT powered, by the way, and I did not need power to get excellent reception.

I think it's important we mention what city we're in when we review them so others in the same city knows this product will work for them as well. I'm in Winnipeg and am able to get CBC French, CBC HD, CTV HD, Global HD and CityTV HD. This picture was taken during the show Carnival Eat's. This product worked better than expected. I'm 10 miles away from most and 25 miles away from the farthest. With having a magnetic base, I currently have this on my baseboard heater indoors. I haven't paid for cable in 30 years. It's worth the purchase! EDIT: Just under 1 year later, the amplifier died making it unusable. If understood correctly, product had 1 year warranty. Contacted seller, requested warranty replacement, would only offer 20% discount code to purchase another one, agreed, waited 3 weeks and no code. Nice antenna but would suggested a different seller that honors their warranty.

Let me start off by saying that I'm not new to over the air antennas. I have gone through three or four of those flat antennas that you stick on your wall that are supposed to pull in 30+ channels. Needless, to say, unless you live close to an antenna, they don't. Now, enter the Chaowei antenna. A few weeks back I was looking to try a different antenna and I didn't want one that looked like all the rest. I stumbled upon the Chaowei and was shocked that there were virtually no bad reviews so I added it to my cart. I received it a few weeks ago and, needless to say, I'm still stunned. I first tried using it in the dead zone. This is my bedroom and it is virtually impossible for me to pull stations in this room unless my antenna is attached to a powered amplifier. I hooked it up here first and, to my surprise I pulled in 10 channels and they were all strong. Still, I was not satisfied so I moved my antenna into the kitchen where I moved a 32 inch into after I inherited it following the death of a family member. This tv is mounted on a wall and fairly close to my kitchen window. I connected it to the tv and tried several positions before I finally found a sweet spot on the windowsill in my kitchen. Can I say I'm still amazed? Sure, your results will be different but I have strong signals for many channels. Let me give you a run down on what I'm pulling in. Channel 4 Escape MeTV Bounce WETA UK Cozi Channel 5 Buzzr getTV Grit Fox5 Plus MOVIES Heroes and Icons My TV WETA HD WETA kids WHUT HD XITOS (Spanish channel) WZDC (Spanish channel) WBFF (FOX 45) WUTB Stadium (sports channel) WDCW (CW) Antenna WNUV - HD (CW) Antenna (2nd Antenna channel) Comet Charge MPT-HD MPT-2 MPT Kids NHK WLD (Japan channel in English) ION QUBO ION Life HSN QVC WMAR-HD WMARDT1 (LAFF) Not bad for a tiny little antenna. I'm so excited about this one that I plan on buying a second one with a powered amp for my bedroom. Honestly, this $20 antenna gets more channels that the expensive antennas. Anyway, this is my review. Take it or leave it but this is a great antenna and I'm so glad I found it. You have earned a loyal customer in me.

Antenna was super easy to set up. And that's where the "fun" ends. Antenna claims to be able to receive signals from 360 degrees. This is simply not true. The antenna is entirely directional (I used to design antennas for a living) and only works when I "point" the antenna directly at the transmitting tower. Overall performance is so poor that the antenna cannot even receive local stations that are no more 30km away (it did however receive stations from Buffalo NY that are well over 60kms away!!!! huh???) All in all, I can't recommend this antenna. Perhaps adding a better RF amplifier to it would help resolve some reception/signal issues however the sheer lack of surface area to receive the broadcast signals is its downfall.

This antenna is great! It is smaller than it looks, and it is magnetic and sits on the back of my tv, the little amp didn’t do much for us, but if there is a channel that we can’t get in, we just move the antenna closer to the window, very satisfied with this!