1byone Digital Amplified Indoor HDTV Antenna

I was very skeptical about this antenna but saw it for a good price, and plus they do offer a 30 day money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. I decided to buy two, one for myself, and as a present to my parents for the new tv my brother and I got them for their anniversary in May. When I got it, and pulled this antenna out of the box it seemed so thin and flimsy to me, but I still had hopes it would work since it is one of Amazon's best sellers, and has a lot of high reviews. First after receiving this I quickly went over to my parents apartment to hook it up while having my hopes up that it would work really well for them. Before this antenna my parents couldn't get good reception at all, and they were lucky if they got 4-5 of the regular channels, and 20 of the other channels with any antenna. My goal was to get my parents all the regular channels, and then some. When I first hooked it up to their tv I placed the antenna in all kinds of places and positions to see if I could get more channels. I did get 2-3 more regular channels then they were getting before but it still wasn't much. I did also get a lot more of the other channels too but the channels they liked were in and out and didn't come in clearly when the other regular channels would come in clearly. It really annoyed me because some regular channels would come in crystal clear in different positions and places. But putting the antenna in a different place meant losing other channels. I actually spent 8 hours at my parents hooking it up, and getting this thing to work right. After 7 of those hours I was very frustrated, and having serious thoughts about returning it. I read the instructions about putting it near a window, and up higher to get better reception, which is something I already knew but it did make me question my tactics. I tried this with the closest window the antenna could reach too, and still didn't get much. I then decided maybe I was putting the antenna in the wrong window, and that I needed to put it up to another window in the living room or dining room area. The only problem was the ten foot cord was way too short for this. Luckily my parents had a long 15ft coaxial cable and an extender laying around I could use, which I extended all the way to their dining room window in their apartment. All of a sudden all the channels I was getting already came in crystal clear no need to change positions to get some channels to work, and than losing others because they all worked just fine. I did the channel search again and got 118 channels, and yes all the regular channels came in crystal clear. My parents and I were very happy because now they were able to finally get all the stations and shows they really liked to watch coming in clearly, and new ones that they couldn't get before that also had some shows they liked to watch as well. This was an awesome gift to give my parents, and my hopes for this antenna were completely fulfilled when I gave this as a gift to my parents. Now onto my apartment. The hdtv I got in my bedroom in my apartment some of channels wouldn't come in very clearly, and all I had was a set of rabbit ears hooked up to that hdtv but I still got over 95 channels which was still better than what my parents used to get at their apartment. Anyway I hooked this antenna up placed it in my window, did the channel search, and got over 130 channels crystal clear. I was very happy. Now you can understand why this antenna gets 5 stars.