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Insignia HDTV Antennas: Outdoor $50, High Gain Yagi $25, Multidirectional Expired

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Insignia Multidirectional HDTV Antenna (White) $15 + Free Store Pickup
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insi...Id=4246700

Insignia Outdoor High Gain Yagi $25 + Free Shipping
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insi...Id=6204529

Insignia Outdoor Antenna - Silver/Black $50 + Free Shipping
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insi...Id=6204531
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As a person who has used Antenna based tv for a few years now, the reason people put them in the attic is so they dont have to ground them or have an eye sore on their roof. When installing an antenna the height is very important so just having a larger antenna high up in the roof is drastically better than on the 1st or 2nd floor of your house. Outside is still the best but inside the attic is fine.

If you ever had satellite tv and you dont use it anymore you can hook up the antenna to that instead of that old satellite dish. There should also be a grounding plate there too to make grounding a snap. That would run the RF signal throughout all the coaxial that used to be connected to your satellite and any tv connected to those coaxial cables can access any channel they want over the air.

If you dont have an existing coaxial wiring throughout your house, and you want multiple tv's you would first need to get a coaxial splitter. After you install the dish the main coaxial line would run into the splitter then you would run additional coaxial lines to whatever other tv's you want to pick up the antenna signal. All hooked up TV's have their own tuners and that will allow them to watch separate channels so your all not stuck watching the same thing across multiple tv's. If you have older TV's without tuners you would need to get a digital adapter box so it can modulate and run the channels for those tv's. Really old TV's would need this, things made before 2010 in most cases.

The current cool thing people are doing since everyone has a smart tv now adays is using a network tuner with their TV antenna and it blasts the TV signal through your wireless network to all devices connected to your wireless. Its a bit of a investment but it makes it so you dont have to run cables to any tvs in the house. Also any tablets, smartphones, or other electronics can pick up the tv too using the manufactures app. The HDHomeRun is probably the best known for this purpose.

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Well hopefully that covered the basics, if you got more questions let me know.
When installing outdoors NEC requires the antenna to be grounded. Install the antenna in the attic and it doesn't have to be grounded. I get plenty of stations with mine in the attic.
You could also install it on a pole on the side of the house so it extends above the roof line.
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01-16-2019 at 12:43 AM.
01-16-2019 at 12:43 AM.
I doubt the 3rd one is the range it says. There are no signal boosters on either of them. MAYBE if you put it on a pole 17' ( I forgot the proper height for antennas )

Anyway, nice post. picts etc.
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Hikaru01
01-16-2019 at 10:33 AM.
01-16-2019 at 10:33 AM.
This may be a silly question but how easy is is it to install the outdoor antennas? I bought an internal antenna that sits in the window of my living room and I get about 15 stations. I'm sick of my wife complaining that we don't get all of the stuff we used to when overpaying for cable.
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walstylez
01-16-2019 at 10:51 AM.
01-16-2019 at 10:51 AM.
Quote from Hikaru01 :
This may be a silly question but how easy is is it to install the outdoor antennas? I bought an internal antenna that sits in the window of my living room and I get about 15 stations. I'm sick of my wife complaining that we don't get all of the stuff we used to when overpaying for cable.
I'm pretty sure you have to climb on the roof to install. I live in a small two story home and with my fat ass, climbing on a very steep roof is a bad idea...and then you have to run cable. And even then, if I have multiple TV's, I'm not sure if you have to watch the same channel on all the TV sets or something. I don't know..maybe you can tie it in with your pre-wired cable jacks?
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polymorphicdeal
01-16-2019 at 11:24 AM.
01-16-2019 at 11:24 AM.
Quote from Hikaru01 :
This may be a silly question but how easy is is it to install the outdoor antennas? I bought an internal antenna that sits in the window of my living room and I get about 15 stations. I'm sick of my wife complaining that we don't get all of the stuff we used to when overpaying for cable.
Quote from walstylez :
I'm pretty sure you have to climb on the roof to install. I live in a small two story home and with my fat ass, climbing on a very steep roof is a bad idea...and then you have to run cable. And even then, if I have multiple TV's, I'm not sure if you have to watch the same channel on all the TV sets or something. I don't know..maybe you can tie it in with your pre-wired cable jacks?
You could also install it on a pole on the side of the house so it extends above the roof line.
https://smile.amazon.com/Channel-...unting+kit
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koolkat25
01-16-2019 at 11:35 AM.
01-16-2019 at 11:35 AM.
Quote from walstylez :
I'm pretty sure you have to climb on the roof to install. I live in a small two story home and with my fat ass, climbing on a very steep roof is a bad idea...and then you have to run cable. And even then, if I have multiple TV's, I'm not sure if you have to watch the same channel on all the TV sets or something. I don't know..maybe you can tie it in with your pre-wired cable jacks?
For multiple TVs , you just need to split the signal from the antenna (main source) using an RF Splitter and route it to individual TVs.
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ParagonHelix
01-16-2019 at 11:36 AM.
01-16-2019 at 11:36 AM.
Quote from Hikaru01 :
This may be a silly question but how easy is is it to install the outdoor antennas? I bought an internal antenna that sits in the window of my living room and I get about 15 stations. I'm sick of my wife complaining that we don't get all of the stuff we used to when overpaying for cable.

If your home has a tv cable junction box you can run a cable from the antenna to that box and split the signal to all the rooms. Some people install outdoor antenna in the attic space(assuming you have some) so you wouldn't have the antenna ruin the "look" of your home. It would be nice if you were to cut your own cable and add the tips with a compression tool but I guess pre terminal wire would be fine but then you would either have too much slack or not enough. Once installed you rotate the antenna to see in which position you get better signal.
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01-16-2019 at 11:38 AM.
01-16-2019 at 11:38 AM.
Quote from ParagonHelix :
If your home has a tv cable junction box you can run a cable from the antenna to that box and split the signal to all the rooms. Some people install outdoor antenna in the attic space(assuming you have some) so you wouldn't have the antenna ruin the "look" of your home. It would be nice if you were to cut your own cable and add the tips with a compression tool but I guess pre terminal wire would be fine but then you would either have too much slack or not enough. Once installed you rotate the antenna to see in which position you get better signal.
Isn't in the attic just as bad as inside the house? It's still enclosed by walls, I thought the whole point was to have it out in the open and unimpeded from the sky? I'm not being sarcastic, I really don't know.
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sman83
01-16-2019 at 11:39 AM.
01-16-2019 at 11:39 AM.
When installing outdoors NEC requires the antenna to be grounded. Install the antenna in the attic and it doesn't have to be grounded. I get plenty of stations with mine in the attic.
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01-16-2019 at 11:43 AM.
01-16-2019 at 11:43 AM.
Quote from walstylez :
Isn't in the attic just as bad as inside the house? It's still enclosed by walls, I thought the whole point was to have it out in the open and unimpeded from the sky? I'm not being sarcastic, I really don't know.

I've seen a lot of homes with them in the attic, but then end up taking them out because they were in the way of construction and the current owner having cable. Not sure on their effectiveness but I'm sure people did it so they wouldn't have an "ugly" thing sticking out of the nice roof. I've also seen cellular/internet antenna done the same way where it's in the attic but positioned to get the best signal.

👆 as said before, grounding/earthing is a thing as well.
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01-16-2019 at 11:46 AM.
01-16-2019 at 11:46 AM.
Quote from walstylez :
Isn't in the attic just as bad as inside the house? It's still enclosed by walls, I thought the whole point was to have it out in the open and unimpeded from the sky? I'm not being sarcastic, I really don't know.

That depends on the distance to the towers and other factors. Sites like antennaweb.org can be helpful here.
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01-16-2019 at 11:51 AM.
01-16-2019 at 11:51 AM.
Quote from Hawbgobblin :
I doubt the 3rd one is the range it says. There are no signal boosters on either of them. MAYBE if you put it on a pole 17' ( I forgot the proper height for antennas )

Anyway, nice post. picts etc.
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Anyone use Sling TV?

Correct me if I'm wrong. I believe the signal boosters only boost the signal from the antenna to the tv(s) and have nothing to do with range or initial reception.
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01-16-2019 at 11:58 AM.
01-16-2019 at 11:58 AM.
Quote from Gurney :
Correct me if I'm wrong. I believe the signal boosters only boost the signal from the antenna to the tv(s) and have nothing to do with range or initial reception.
This [best-hd-antenna.com] might help Smilie
When you use a booster, you can get a few more channels.. and those channels that break up will more then likely be a stronger signal.
Most 'decent' TV's have a signal indicator built into the smart functionality of the TV. My 10 yr old Sony Bravia does, my 3 yr old 3D 4k Samsung does.. I actually haven't check this NU710D samsung yet Wink .. but you notice the signal is stronger using a signal booster then not using one.

IT makes the range longer. I'm actually using rabbit ears type from CVS [cvs.com], and a signal booster from Fry's Electronics ($15) in the living room on my 3D 4k Samsung. Smilie
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01-16-2019 at 11:59 AM.
01-16-2019 at 11:59 AM.
Only the bow-tie type ants. are worthwhile. Others are not.

^When U figure in the cost of cable over the long-term, compare it to the cost of a divorce. Smilie
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