Philips Rabbit Ears Black Indoor TV Antenna, Dipoles and Circular Loop, Tabletop, Digital, Smart TV Compatible, HDTV, 4K 1080P VHF UHF, 5Ft Coaxial Cable, SDV8201B/27

very pleased to report that the saying, "you get what you pay for" is not always true. this is much much MUCH cheaper than a lot of other "HD digital" antennas and with the rabbit ears, it even looks a bit old-fashioned and like a relic of the 80s - but don't let any of that deter you, this thing is awesome!in my odyssey to cut bills and cords and get free over-the-air television working, i can report that you WANT this kind of old-fashioned antenna! sure, it doesn't look as sleek as the flat, black, monolith like slabs of plastic. but the thing is, those antennas don't work well in capturing VHF. like the loop wire on this antenna, the antenna inside the black slabs are designed to best capture UHF. for VHF, you actually NEED THE RABBIT EARS! so if you're less concerned with aesthetics than actually getting reception, you're going to want something that has these extendable "dipoles". took me a while to figure that out and the marketing of "HD ANTENNAS" really obfuscate what you actually need to get the channels you want.you can rotate all the elements so that they can sit on a shelf or table surface as shown in the pic or you can even rotate them so the whole thing can lie flat. that's how i've configured it and i used double sided tape to stick it to a window facing the transmitters in my area. works like a charm!but the connection coaxial cord is rather short so if your tv is going to be any distance away, you're probably going to need to get a coaxial extender and a long coaxial cable if you don't have one lying around in your junk drawers.also, you might want to invest in a tuner box which provides you with the functionality of showing signal strength which no modern tv i've seen displays and it allows you to manually tune to a channel that the tv tuner's "autoscan" failed to pickup. along with the signal strength bars then, you can actually try to adjust and move the antenna so that you get a channel that you might not otherwise have been able to get.just a few tips from a cord-cutter in 2025. good luck!

I should have bought this antenna from the start. Bought 2 other, fancier antennas and had to keep moving them to get local channels. Out of frustration I came across this antenna and couldn’t be happier. I should have bought this first.Signal strength:I’m about 20 miles from multiple local tv stations, Sacramento Valley, and now get all the stations with no problem or having to move the antenna around.Reception:Now get both UHF and VHF stations. Went from 22 stations to over 50.Ease of installation:Took maybe 10 minutes total to unbox, connect and tweak the bunny ears to get my channels.Glad I bought this and bought a second one for our other TV and they both work perfectly. I would absolutely recommend getting this one.

Good for the price. As good as rabbit ears go anyway. This comes with all the pros and cons of a rabbit ears antenna. You can get great picture clarity if you manage to position it correctly.

I was looking for an inexpensive antenna for residents of my apartment complex, that could pull in the five networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, CW) and their subchannels. I found one with this antenna.The antenna is boxed in one piece; there's no assembly required. It's design allows one to set it on a table, or hang it from a wall. The UHF element (the circular piece) can be moved up and down on a 180-degree arc.. The VHF dipoles can be extended to the desired length, and they can swivel and rotate to the desired position. The coaxial cable is about 5 feet long and is medium grade in quality. It's not detachable from the antenna. It can be extended with another coaxial cable and a connector.The broadcast/transmission towers where I live are in three locations: 2 miles SE, 17 miles SE, and 45 miles W. The antenna got no signal from the towers 45 miles west. In fairness, the Clearstream Eclipse also gets no signal.One of the stations that is two miles away broadcasts on low-VHF (which are channels 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6). This antenna did pick up that channel clearly, once the antenna was placed properly. The dipoles are NOT long enough to receive low VHF very well; I suspect that the station comes in because it's very close to me. To test that, I connected an six-foot RG-6 coaxial (the kind used by cable companies) without an antenna, and it also pulled in the station. A paper clip put into the coaxial jack got the station, but with some pixilation ("noise"). I suspect that the coaxial acted as a dipole. The bottom line is that this probably won't get low-VHF very well if the station is more than 15 miles away. The Clearstream Eclipse also got the low-VHF station, and again, the cable (which is RG-6 quality and which is about 15 feet long) may have been the main reason.I can't say if the antenna gets high-VHF (frequencies 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), because there are none in the 20-mile radius.Most stations operate on UHF bands/frequencies 14 through 36. Note that your station may read as a VHF station (example: WGN-9 in Chicago, which was on VHF 9 before stations went digital in 2009) but probably broadcasts on a UHF band (WGN broadcasts on UHF 19).The antenna pulled in all area channels broadcasting on UHF very well, with clear pictures, and no pixilation. Your mileage may vary. The Clearstream Eclipse had slightly higher signal numbers (as can be expected from an antenna costing almost four times as much), but the Philips antenna's signal numbers were good.Overall, I would guess that the Philips will pull in UHF-band stations up to 25 miles away, and VHF band stations perhaps 10 to 15 miles away. If you live farther from the towers, you'll probably want a stronger indoor antenna. If those doesn't work, you'll probably need an outdoor antenna. Everybody's situation is different, because reception depends on distance, how high up the antenna is located, the terrain (i.e. hills), and objects in the way (i.e. trees, buildings). It's probably best to purchase from a retailer who allows easy returns (i.e. Amazon, Walmart).To find out what frequency your stations broadcast at, go to rabbitears.info or antennaweb.org .

No better than the antenna I have - I am 25 miles or less from the major networks broadcast towers (Orlando market) but have pixilation intermittently. Thought this might resolve but alas did not improve. The antennas rabbit ears only pull out to 12-14 inches. I’m sure some people will have better luck but just didn’t work for me, Returned.