This is similar to the unit I have except mine is double wide - so eight bowtie units and two ground plane grids mounted side by side to an aluminum frame. Mine is also a Channel Master but the ground plane grids are a little different (mine is prob around 20 years old).
It's really amazing how transmission and antenna tech has changed. It was only 10-15 years ago that indoor antennas could only reach about 10 miles -- at least that time is in my memory.
Placing an antenna in attic of our beach house is easily done...not sure it's worth it. Fubo provides Philly sports and hundreds of streaming channels...but at a cost of $75/month...cutting cable TV there saves more than $100 per month even with the Fubo subscription. I'm ok with that for now.No question that most indoor antennas are for "local" channels. 100 miles is a stretch for any antenna. With my 8-bay antenna properly coupled with a large, older "winged" (my term) 100-mile antenna plus amplifier AND a rotor, I could pull in stations from Charlotte 100-125 miles away to the SW. (Our home in the woods really was difficult. Pointing it at a huge oak which was directly in the transmission path was worse than the same roof antenna pointed 20 degrees more north.) Also keep in mind that generally reception will be better if your transmission stations are "uphill" from you. Hard to go uphill from the beach. (In reality, all your stations are "level" from your location.) Our 500 ft elevation did better when the antenna was focused at transmissions that were at 600+ feet than those that were 250 ft.
It's really amazing the complications the arise with OTA. Cities with their high buildings present all sorts of trouble.
we are around 35 miles from the main towers locally. i went with the 60 mile range antenna because it was just easier. my original plan was the in-attic mount to see if it all worked well for signal reception and picture quality. out home it the highest home in the neighborhood so we have a very clear line of sight to the main broadcast antennas. if we had experienced some failure or poor signals, i was going to rooftop mount this 60 mile antenna and get more unobstructed signal. thankfully that wasn't the case or issue so we kept the install in the attic. i am most likely taking this antenna to our new home when built. first research indicated no real changes in antenna technology from my 60 mile one from 2015.
Thanks so it sounds like you distribute thru your home network. All this stuff has advanced considerably!!! I have some homework to do.
That would do!
Thanks for the info. I need to do some research.
We are a roku hose as well. 3 total.I don't have a lot of knowledge of Apple products (wanting nothing to do with their architecture). Same goes for Google architecture (in re to entertainment devices) so we have ROKU devices because they're as easy to use as falling off a rock and WAY more versatile than anything else I have tried. They're fast and so simple even my so tech challenged 96+ yo dad was able to operate is able to operate them. And he can barely dial a phone and even with photo icons to show him he cannot operate a mobile phone to even the most simple task of seeing a photo icon on the screen and touching it. So if HE can operate a ROKU interface it is simple
Yes, and it works REALLY well since you only have to connect the antenna to one application. Your LAN/WIFI does the rest for you. Cool thing is even if you're watching "live" TV, you can still pause it when needed, skip commercials, what have you.
That’s the next box we’re getting for DVR. It’s pretty solid from what I’ve seen of it.
Everybody has a view on what they use I had roku sticks not 4k years ago I absolutely hated them the battery life was horrible you were lucky to get a month out of them without needing to swap out batteries and I hated their interface my quess is the newer models might be better than the old ones for battery life. The remote for the apple tv is rechargeable plug in a lighting cable and since we are an apple family plenty of those cables lying around charge for an hour and your good to go for 2-3 months.I don't have a lot of knowledge of Apple products (wanting nothing to do with their architecture). Same goes for Google architecture (in re to entertainment devices) so we have ROKU devices because they're as easy to use as falling off a rock and WAY more versatile than anything else I have tried. They're fast and so simple even my so tech challenged 96+ yo dad was able to operate is able to operate them. And he can barely dial a phone and even with photo icons to show him he cannot operate a mobile phone to even the most simple task of seeing a photo icon on the screen and touching it. So if HE can operate a ROKU interface it is simple
I have gen 2 Apple TV units which has the old remote which I am used to but the new one is supposed to be alot better. I am waiting for the next gen Apple TV which is rumoured to be coming in March or April. Supposedly the price point for the 64 GB is going to be under 100 bucks which will put it where the Roku Ultra is when its not on sale. I will be upgrading if that is where they price it at, you could buy the new remote and it should work with my model but thats kind of silly at a cost of 59 bucks if I can go to the newest model for $99. Do I need to upgrade probably not but I am 70 now so trying to save a few bucks instead of getting what I want is in the mirror.