Eagle Aspen Dtv2Buhf Directv 2-Bay Uhf Antenna
EAGLE ASPEN DTV2BUHF DIRECTV(R) 2-Bay UHF Antenna HDTV-compatible; UHF TV antenna for digital and analog reception; Receives all UHF channels, 14-69;For HDTV in Metropolitan areas; Easy assembly and installation; Includes outdoor Balun DIRECTV(R) 2-Bay UHF Antenna
Review by Jim Duncan from Lincoln, NE:
I had high hopes that this would bring in digital channels better than my old rabbit ears or the other passive HD antennas I have tried. But no such luck. It does bring in a couple of distant channels more consistently than my rabbit ears, but fails to bring in three public TV digital channels that the rabbit ears capture. I moved up to the Winegard SS-3000 amplified antenna, and that did the trick, although it seems overpriced. Reading the reviews here, it makes me wonder how many people assume that they need a digital antenna to bring in digital channels and never try their old one, since the old ones seem to do almost as well with most channels.
Review by Lumi from :
I live out in the sticks and never had much luck getting off-air TV.
This little antenna does a great job, I'm getting 16 channels clear as
possible. HD looks great too! Look close at other brands and you'll see
many are the same antenna for more money, this is the best value I've
found. By the way, I live about 50 miles away from the nearest city that
I'm pulling these stations in from and the antenna is in the house!
This little antenna does a great job, I'm getting 16 channels clear as
possible. HD looks great too! Look close at other brands and you'll see
many are the same antenna for more money, this is the best value I've
found. By the way, I live about 50 miles away from the nearest city that
I'm pulling these stations in from and the antenna is in the house!
Review by R. Roesler from davie, florida United States:
I can't believe the praises for this. It works no better than an old, inexpensive one I had lying around. Not one channel is close to HD quality. What a waste of money.
Review by Proaudio55110 from White Bear Lake, MN United States:
The basics:
~I'm located in a suburban area
~5 to 10 miles from multiple broadcast towers
~Towers are located to the SE and SW
~Antenna is mounted on a rooftop mast
~There are a few large brick buildings and many mature trees nearby
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This antenna is replacing a Phillips MANT950 which was just worthless. The Phillips (which cost 3 times as much) was EXTREMELY directional and since I live 5-10 miles away from 3 different broadcast towers, I never could get a good signal on all the various channels.
In frustration I bought this and put it up on the rooftop mast. I simply pointed it in the general direction of the different towers and came down to check the signal strength. On the first try, I had "maxed out" HDTV signal on nearly ever one of the 2 dozen channels! I didn't have to screw around with rotating the antenna's direction and there was no signal amplifier/pad switches to mess with. This is just a compact, economical antenna which works well in a suburban setting: I can't ask for more.
~I'm located in a suburban area
~5 to 10 miles from multiple broadcast towers
~Towers are located to the SE and SW
~Antenna is mounted on a rooftop mast
~There are a few large brick buildings and many mature trees nearby
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
This antenna is replacing a Phillips MANT950 which was just worthless. The Phillips (which cost 3 times as much) was EXTREMELY directional and since I live 5-10 miles away from 3 different broadcast towers, I never could get a good signal on all the various channels.
In frustration I bought this and put it up on the rooftop mast. I simply pointed it in the general direction of the different towers and came down to check the signal strength. On the first try, I had "maxed out" HDTV signal on nearly ever one of the 2 dozen channels! I didn't have to screw around with rotating the antenna's direction and there was no signal amplifier/pad switches to mess with. This is just a compact, economical antenna which works well in a suburban setting: I can't ask for more.
Review by artwire from USA:
Okay, I admit it, I was stumped at first. I could not for the life of me figure out how to connect the coax to this thing. There's a plastic attachment with a y lead to the antenna, and presumably the coax connects at the other end of it ... but the coax did not 'fit' . Everyone has been saying how fragile that part is, so I did not want to break anything... and I did not find the "According to the sketch map, to join the signal line and cover the waterproof" instructions to be very clear!
Here's the answer. The plastic attachment at the opposite end of the Y connector to the antenna is ....REMOVABLE. I had already figured out that it was 'moveable' ( you have to slide it out of the holder to get it out of the way in order to screw in the bolt to attach the "director" to the "reflector".... but once everything is attached, you also HAVE TO REMOVE the end piece before you can attach the coax. It twists off to reveal the coax connector beneath. Now I realize this may be extremely obvious to some of you, but it sure had me going "hmmmm" for a few minutes, mainly because I didn't want to break anything or be too rough with it, given all the warnings. (My antenna seems sturdy enough, though I noticed that a few of the spacers were bent). Oh, one more caution - a previous reviewer had some cable info backwards, which was a bit confusing. Standard coax has a male connector, and the antenna connector (once you find it hidden under that part I told you to remove) is female. The review said the opposite, which had me thinking I needed to add an adapter but regular cable works fine.
I will return with an update after I get the signal going, but for now.... this may help some of you who are as mystified as I was about how to connect the coax.
Update: Well, that was easy! It's picking up 20 stations in the metro area and I'm surprised to see that the public television station from around 40 miles away is also showing up - that one has always been spotty in this location. VHF analog is fuzzy but somewhat usable via my hybrid tuner ... they will be gone by February anyway, so that's not an issue of concern, but it does call into question whether the VHF reception is as good as you might need for a digital VHF broadcast. I don't think we have any of those around here,yet, so I can't test that. The signal to my computer (via usb tuner) seems excellent - I have it on my window sill at the moment - perhaps setting it up higher may reach a little further, but this is certainly acceptable. I'm surrounded by other buildings so there are times when OTA reception can be bad -- I'm very pleased with this so far, and think it will be better than previous antenna (Zenith) which I had to adjust directionally to pick up certain stations. The Eagle seems to bring them in without moving the antenna, which is great for setting recordings when you're not home to 'adjust' the antenna. I will say that when I first did an exhaustive channel scan using EyeTV, it only picked up ONE station when I previously had tuned in around 14. That kind of threw me, but I redid the scan for the lower band (non exhaustive search up to about channel 80) and it locked onto 20 channels.
I'd give it about 4 1/2 stars if that were possible, but since that isn't an option, I'll stick with 4 and say," Recommended!" Much better than fiddling around with a 'directional' antenna!
Here's the answer. The plastic attachment at the opposite end of the Y connector to the antenna is ....REMOVABLE. I had already figured out that it was 'moveable' ( you have to slide it out of the holder to get it out of the way in order to screw in the bolt to attach the "director" to the "reflector".... but once everything is attached, you also HAVE TO REMOVE the end piece before you can attach the coax. It twists off to reveal the coax connector beneath. Now I realize this may be extremely obvious to some of you, but it sure had me going "hmmmm" for a few minutes, mainly because I didn't want to break anything or be too rough with it, given all the warnings. (My antenna seems sturdy enough, though I noticed that a few of the spacers were bent). Oh, one more caution - a previous reviewer had some cable info backwards, which was a bit confusing. Standard coax has a male connector, and the antenna connector (once you find it hidden under that part I told you to remove) is female. The review said the opposite, which had me thinking I needed to add an adapter but regular cable works fine.
I will return with an update after I get the signal going, but for now.... this may help some of you who are as mystified as I was about how to connect the coax.
Update: Well, that was easy! It's picking up 20 stations in the metro area and I'm surprised to see that the public television station from around 40 miles away is also showing up - that one has always been spotty in this location. VHF analog is fuzzy but somewhat usable via my hybrid tuner ... they will be gone by February anyway, so that's not an issue of concern, but it does call into question whether the VHF reception is as good as you might need for a digital VHF broadcast. I don't think we have any of those around here,yet, so I can't test that. The signal to my computer (via usb tuner) seems excellent - I have it on my window sill at the moment - perhaps setting it up higher may reach a little further, but this is certainly acceptable. I'm surrounded by other buildings so there are times when OTA reception can be bad -- I'm very pleased with this so far, and think it will be better than previous antenna (Zenith) which I had to adjust directionally to pick up certain stations. The Eagle seems to bring them in without moving the antenna, which is great for setting recordings when you're not home to 'adjust' the antenna. I will say that when I first did an exhaustive channel scan using EyeTV, it only picked up ONE station when I previously had tuned in around 14. That kind of threw me, but I redid the scan for the lower band (non exhaustive search up to about channel 80) and it locked onto 20 channels.
I'd give it about 4 1/2 stars if that were possible, but since that isn't an option, I'll stick with 4 and say," Recommended!" Much better than fiddling around with a 'directional' antenna!
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