Audiovox RCA ANT1500 Superior Flat Antenna-White (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

I am sure the rave reviews of others are because it worked as well as they say.I also believe the old adage "location, location, location" applies, and not just being close to the source.I live basically in downtown Seattle, but we still have lots of hills, here. The old (amplified) rabbit ears picked up the HD abc, nbc, cbs and pbs channels within 15 miles quite well, but missed on Fox & CW which are over 15.This fellow barely grabbed cbs, the closest station.The original location was at the north (outside) wall of the bedroom with all signals coming from the south. Placement is limited to the top of one of 3 bureaus, but moving it made no improvement.I tried a new (Radio Shack) $35 amplified rabbit ears, and while they did better than the RCA at the inside (south) wall, they still didn't improve over the original dragged out and dusted off unit.This particular TV is not critical -- just to watch an hour of morning programming before rising in the morning, or catch late news before sleep -- but during this process, we found we liked the TV placed on the inside wall bureau, which was close enuff to make it worth running a cable off a splitter from the room next door, so now we have cable reception with the old rabbit ears gathering dust once again.So, experimenting with the RCA and Radio Shack units did lead to improved reception in an indirect way, since we probably wouldn't have moved the TV or antenna around, otherwise.Oh, and I also confirmed my belief that HD signals are in the UHF band (wire loop), not the VHF band (actual "rabbit ears"). The Radio Shack product is the only product I have seen that spelled it out that (paraphrasing) the rods are for the lower range analog and the UHF loop is for higher range analog and HD.And to wrap up: This product didn't work at all for me, but no doubt it works great for others, so I'm not about to pan it as a worthless product.

I had already purchased a set of $10 rabbit ears, but bought the RCA ANT1500 hoping for better reception. It only has a 6' cable, so I could only try it in a few locations. I tried it sitting flat on top of the TV, on the wall above the TV, above and to the side of the TV, and on an adjacent wall where it could be 90 degrees from the previous. Flat, on top of the TV worked best. The instructions noted that flat usually worked better, which is unfortunate, since they market it as a wall mounted antenna.In the best location, after skipping the Spanish and Viet channels, I could get good reception on 8 channels, with about 7 more that came in at too-low quality for viewing. With the rabbit ears I could get 11 (without bothering to adjust the ears.) I couldn't get PBS on either.I'm in a major metro area, with only one tall building nearby. But I do have radiant barrier roof deck, and that may interfere, not sure.It's certainly nicer looking, so best I can say is to try it for your location. It might be best to get a longer cable, so you can try it in more areas of your home.

We've had TV rabbit ears for a very long time. Finally, we got tired of seeing them. We saw an online article describing how you can use these new flat antennas. So I got onto Amazon and started to research them. I saw this unit and purchased 2, for a couple of TVs that we wanted to replace the rabbit ears. Now that we've had them for more than a week, I've got to say that I'm disappointed. Our local CBS and ABC networks broadcast their signal from a near by mountain. According to antennaweb.org, the ABC broadcast antenna is 14 miles away at 99 degrees from our location. The CBS broadcast antenna is also 14 miles away and at 100 degrees from our location. Basically, they're on the same mountain, only a little bit apart. The CBS broadcast doesn't come in at all, the ABC broadcast does. The CBS station isn't the only one we've lost, we've lost half of our PBS stations. And we've lost other stations with these new antennas, but always got them with the old rabbit ears.Bottom line, the RCA ANT1500 Superior Flat Antenna will help you save space in comparison to rabbit ears, but it is noticeably inferior to rabbit ears.

Extremely pleased. Works significantly better than rabbit ears(powered or unpowered). Signal is much stronger / image sharper and almost never interrupted across the whole spectrum of channels. I live 5 miles NE from Roxborough / Ridge Avenue where most Philly TV stations have their broadcast towers. My home is in the middle of 5 connected townhouses, so the signal has to travel through aluminum siding and at least one cement block wall. My home is only slightly lower than the elevation of Ridge Avenue.I also for the first time can pick up some NJPBS stations, but the signal is not reliable. Perhaps would do better for that with a powered model, but fiddling with amplification strength is an unnecessary nuisance when I can already get a lot of close stations well without power. Plus, with power there would be another cord hanging down on the wall.The antenna is hung on an inside wall, connected to a Vizio HD TV on the third floor. The higher I position it on the wall, the better the reception. However, it also works well in the basement (outside wall) connected to an old analogue TV with converter box. I am buying a second Ant 1500 for that TV.The white finish box and coax cable are much more aesthetically appealing than black or rabbit ears, but still far from invisible. Where I have it hung now the 6' integral cable is too long, so it hangs down sloppily. If I had a longer cable I would hang the unit behind a curtain on the outside wall. I will look into extending the cable with a connector, but I understand that can diminish signal strength. So would probably be preferable if the unit simply had a female coax connection for whatever length cable best suited each individual user.