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Very good Antenna July 21, 2010 JG (Olney, Maryland United States) Best Antenna I have ever bought. I would suggest this antenna for broadcast antennas 50 or so miles away. I use this antenna with a pre-amp and can get TV stations from just under 100 miles away. I would buy this again.
Beats paying cable or satellite bills for local HDTV reception May 21, 2010 S. Stewart This antenna works well and is relatively unobtrusive, considering its size; I have not determined whether its upper VHF reception capabilities are any good, but it is sensitive and directional for UHF TV signals (for which it is designed)
Cut the Cord (or Dish) May 8, 2010 Robert E. Hart (KY) After 15+ years of Direct Tv we decided to start saving $90/month. After building a homemade antenna [...] ; which works very well for UHF, however we needed a single antenna solution.
Purchased this item and was up and running in minutes. Works well across both spectrums; mounted in the attic. I am a bit worried about the balun as it seems a bit fragile, but we will see. Overall a great purchase.
Probably the best reception antenna on the market April 16, 2010 Mark O (Massachusetts) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my fourth antenna I have tried over the years. The first was a medium range Yagi style I had used off and on for years, then got a great deal on a Philips MANT940 when I finally decided to dump Comcast. Even though the Philips was quoted as being a "high gain" antenna, I quickly learned it was a marketing ploy. It couldn't even pull in one station. Next, I tried building my own 4 bay bow-tie antenna. It worked about as good as the Yagi. Frustrated, I finally did some reasearch which led me to the 4228. The 4228 is probably the best antenna on the market. It was either going to be the 4228 or a much longer Yagi (about 8 feet long), but I felt the Yagi would have been uglier and tougher to mount.
According to [...], I am 24 miles from the towers of the major broadcasters, unfortunately, I have lots of trees and a big hill in my way. So this I learned was why my reception was always spotty with smaller antennas. Well I must admit that the 4228 has met or exceeded my expectations. By far it outperforms all other antennas I've used. I've split the antenna feed to three tv's. I am able to pull in all the major markets on two of the tv's, however the standalone Motorola HDTV receiver I have does not perform as well as the newer tv's. I mention this because it's not always the antenna, but it may be the receiver.
I recommend this antenna to anyone who is more than say 20 miles from the towers and/or has had difficulty with other antennas. Again, this antenna is probably the strongest reception antenna sold. It may be ugly, but it is effective. With other antennas I barely pulled in the major networks, but with this one they all come in strong and on occasion I can even pull in a few stations from the Providence market over 50 miles away.
Very Good Antenna April 10, 2010 Swepson J. Weldon (Keithville Lousiana) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had a smaller antenna (Purchased at Walmart), that would not pick up all local stations. This larger (more expensive) antenna (Channelmaster 422HD)picks up all local stations & much clearer.
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