Antennas Direct ClearStream MAX-V Indoor Outdoor TV Antenna, UHF VHF Multi-Directional, 60+ Mile Range, 4K 8K UHD, NEXTGEN TV – w/Wall Bracket(Black)

I recently cut my tv cable due to rising costs and frequent reception issues. I still have internet and subscribe to some of the streaming services but I also wanted to be able to receive local channels. I chose this antenna based on a You tube review by Antenna Man. It's definitely not the cheapest antenna I could have ordered but I felt it was a good value based on the antenna quality. I also prefer the look of the antenna compared to the old style big metal rooftop antennas. The antenna was easy to assemble and install. I first mounted it to a piece of plywood and moved it around until I received the strongest signals from the stations I wanted to receive.. I live about 38 miles southwest of Seattle. A big part of that distance is the Puget Sound that doesn't create any signal barriers but on land, there are lots of hills, trees, homes and other structures between my home and the transmission towers. I wanted an antenna that would be strong enough to pick up signals in a challenging environment. The back of my home faces a few degrees to the north of east. I was able to mount the antenna on the back of my two-story home at about 15' above ground level. I swung the antenna on its mount to face it more northward to be in line with Seattle. The antenna is functioning well. It pulls in 70 channels with 65 channels being perfectly clear I read on a couple of forums that people claimed to be receiving channels as clear and in as high of resolution as with cable. I didn't believe it until I saw it for myself. A couple of the local stations also have apps that are installed on my tv so I can switch back and forth to compare them. The picture from the antenna and the cable look the same! I like the design and size of this antenna. It sits on the side of the house without looking too obtrusive. I'll never know if another antenna would work better, potentially at a lower cost but I'm happy with this purchase and believe it's a good value for the cost.

In my previous review of the Mohu Leaf Ultimate Amplified Indoor HDTV Antenna , I commented on how I was located in a complete dead zone for signal (sitting in a valley surrounded by acres of trees in the middle of a woods). The Mohu Leaf brought in two digital channels which demonstrated the promise of getting more signal if I went with an outdoor antenna. I considered purchasing the Mohu Sky, but had my doubts as to its range. Plus the folks at Mohu told me it had to be placed as high as possible. The highest I can set an outdoor antenna, right now, is approximately 20 feet. I decided to go with the Clearstream 2V. I set this up on the roof of a ranch house on a mast strapped to the chimney. This gives me the 20 foot height. Using TVFool.com, I pointed the antenna towards Youngstown, Ohio towers (40 miles SSE). My initial scan brought in 14 digital channels. Amazing reception for an antenna this small! Ten channels are from Youngstown, while 4 channels originate in Cleveland. I'm receiving CBS, Fox, ABC, and PBS out of Youngstown. The fringe channel out of Cleveland is WVIZ (PBS). It's spotty and not at all as rock solid as I'd like (That tower is located SSW). In addition, for some reason, Youngstown's closest transmission tower (38.5 miles) to my location (WFMJ NBC), is nowhere to be found. Since installing, I've been adjusting the antenna's direction trying to find the sweet spot. Again, even though I can't get WFMJ, WFXP out of Erie, PA registers. It's 55.5 miles in the opposite direction! Pointing the antenna SSW, I was able to bring in WVIZ rock solid. I was also able to keep WKBN (SSE) out of Youngstown and, lo and behold, WFMJ finally registered. But, much like the Erie PA staton, I only received WFMJ as a still picture with a short burst of audio. I'm doing most of my testing on quite a windy autumn day. This means trees are blowing in the wind and all that movement is probably disrupting signal. Youngstown stations register an 84% signal strength as does WVIZ out of Cleveland. Again, for an antenna this small, in a valley surrounded by trees, this is amazing performance! I'm thinking once the atmosphere settles down, I should get rock solid steady reception on all 14 channels. And perhaps I'll also get WFMJ.:) All in all, an amazing antenna. EDIT -- I forgot to mention in my review...because I'm located in a fringe reception area (40 miles or more), I'm using an amplifier with this antenna. Radio Shack #1500321. It boosts signals by up to 33dB and has an FM trap. UPDATE - 5/15/2014. I've had the antenna now for six months. It's still mounted on the roof, strapped to the chimney. That puts it about 20 feet up. Reception has been pretty much the same as when I first posted this review. But, I was still scratching my head as to why WFMJ out of Youngstown still wasn't coming in. At 38 miles, their tower is the closest to my location. In contrast, the tower for Cleveland WVIZ is 48 miles away! And, as I mentioned, I'm not even pointing directly at WVIZ's tower. As one reviewer mentioned, "This is a directional antenna, but with a wide beam (around 70 degrees)." Yes, the CS2V has a wide enough reception area that WVIZ comes in quite well. This allows me to get this one Cleveland station and three out of the four from the Youngstown area. So, why am I able to receive a Cleveland station 48 miles away but can't get a Youngstown station 38 miles away? The other Youngstown transmission towers are 40-44 miles away and the CS2 pulls in these stations in with no problems. Well, I did some research and sent a few emails. The answer came back from WFMJ themselves. They wrote, "I'm sorry you're having reception issues with WFMJ. Unfortunately you're probably the victim of our requirement to cut back on signal strength to the north to protect a station in Canada. We've had that issue since we first got our DTV license in 2002." In a followup, they mentioned, "We have to protect a digital allotment Canada never built on St Thomas and CBLFT in Toronto, both on ch. 20. That was the agreement between the US and Canada back in 1999 and still stands. I don't think CBLFT is on 20 anymore and moved back to 25 but with the repack around the corner we can't change anything here." So the solution for me then is to go higher. Since I'm in a valley and WFMJ had to back off on transmitting their signal, I need to go higher. That's pretty much the standard solution in order to grab a distant/weaker signal. Get the CS2V as high as possible. If WFMJ was pumping out more signal, I wouldn't have to go higher. But, "repack"? What exactly is this repack? As they explained to me, "The upcoming spectrum auction will give space in the TV broadcast band to wireless carriers - cellphone companies - and TV stations will be repacked into channels in the lower part of the band." (I had information linked, but Amazon won't allow external links to be posted in my review. No matter. Just Google "FCC," "Repacking," etc. and you'll get loads of info.) Bottom line, It appears that the repacking could result in many TV viewers losing their free, local TV service. It might be time to contact your Congressman/Senator/legislator and tell them to keep free Over the Air Broadcast signals available. For the time being, until I can get this antenna hoisted a bit higher, and now that I can get on the roof (Wow! What a tough winter!), I'm going to turn the CS2V, once again, due WSW and see if more Cleveland stations are received (they are all less than 50 miles away). Now that it's Spring, atmospheric changes may have helped reception. I only hope that, regardless the direction the CS2V is pointed, free antenna T.V. will continue to be in the air for many years to come! Update: 6/22/2014. Well, it's the start of summer and I don't know if atmospheric changes have taken place or if broadcasters have changed the way their transmitters send out signal. Maybe both? But last night, after the sun finally went down, I decided to do a little television scanning to see what signals I could bring in. As mentioned earlier, I can grab Erie, Pa channels on the back end of the antenna. This happens mostly at night which is why I was scanning the T.V.'s tuner. I wanted to see what programs were on the two Erie, PA stations that usually come in. The antenna is pointed directly south. While the tuner scanned, I noticed that it grabbed a few more channels than usual. When the picture came back on, I was watching Channel 2, KDKA out of Pittsburgh! I clicked up one channel and there was WPXI, Channel 11. Again, a Pittsburgh station! AntennaPoint.com tells me that the transmission towers for these two stations are SSE 90 and 88 miles away, respectively. Morning found the two stations still coming in rock solid. As the morning progresses, however, it appears the signals for these stations are starting to break up a bit. But, more than ever, I want to get this antenna up another 10-15 feet. Once elevated, and with a rotor, these stations should be received more consistently. With the antenna higher, I'm thinking I'll be getting more channels from Youngstown, Cleveland, Erie, and Pittsburgh. I'm just amazed at how well this antenna performs. UPDATE 09/04/2014 Last week, I raised this antenna up another ten feet. It's now 30 feet above the ground. I raised the height because, being in the middle of a woods, the trees really filled in during August and cut signal to the point where I lost the ABC affiliate. Once raised, I was able to get ABC back. But, WKBN, the CBS affiliate, is a bit spotty. It has always been a rock solid signal. But now, the signal drops out. So, recpetion swings from being rock solid to not being there at all to being rock solid. I'll try adjusting and tweaking the antenna position and report later. In addition, WFMJ still does not register. Cleveland is still to far or the terrain not conducive for reception. Erie continues to come up on the back end in the evening and, once again, Pittsburgh popped up one night. Given that increasing the height of this antenna only helped marginally, I'm beginning to think I should try the RCA ANT751R Durable Compact Outdoor Antenna or Denny's EZ HD Antenna. UPDATE 09/06/2014 Last night, I turned on the television and did a re-scan of channels. I was surprised when 17 channels registered. Finally! WFMJ channel 21, the NBC affiliate, is being received. Last night, it was still spotty, but this morning it's rock solid. I'm not sure what has changed. Have they pumped up their signal? Have temperatures and terrain changed in some way making propagation of the signal better? Did someone, off in the distance, tear down a building or take down a tree that may have been blocking signal? I don't know. I tweaked and turned the antenna several days ago and maybe I hit the sweet spot. Then again, let's see how long this lasts. I was considering switching antennas and installing the RCA ANT751R Durable Compact Outdoor Antenna . But now that I have this outstanding performance, I'll hold off and see if reception continues. What was a marginal increase in reception last week has now become a major and significant boost! UPDATE 09/05/15. Well, one year later and I'm still using this antenna. In July, I grabbed 30 digital channels. Youngstown (including channel 21), Akron, Canton, and Erie PA stations came in. I even received Pittsburgh Channel 2 KDKA! Their broadcast tower is nearly 100 miles away. I realize this is due to atmospheric conditions, but still impressed by this performance. As the trees filled in, I lost channel 21 out of Youngstown. I suspect that, when the leaves fall, channel 21 will return. Again, this is due to their meager signal. Last night (9/4/2015), Pittsburgh KDKA returned. But this reception is spotty. Consistent reception comes from Youngstown channels 27, 33, and 45. More often than not, channel 25 (Cleveland) and 66 (Erie, PA) are received in the evenings. Again, channel 66 is received on the back end of the antenna. The valley, trees, distance, atmosphere, etc. all contribute obstacles for reception. So, it's pretty amazing that, with this antenna, I receive any stations at all.:)

This antenna works perfectly. My previous antenna functioned for over a dozen years, pulling in all network stations, until damaged by a hailstorm. After buying another similar antenna which did not work well at all, only pulling in a third of the stations previously accessible, I sent it back and ordered this Clear Stream MAX-V antenna instead. I mounted it on the roof on top of a 10-ft pole. It easily pulls in all available stations (NBC, ABC, CBS, CW, Fox & PBS) with clarity, even though some of them are separated by about 160 degrees in direction. Pointing the antenna halfway between the widest stations pulled them all in with no issues. The antenna was easy to assemble and install, and the reception doesn't seem to be affected by high wind. I am very pleased with this purchase.

Never owned a better attenna will recommend it to everyone

The 2V antenna was initially placed indoors next to the tv. . Even though the Mount-Royal mountain is in the pathway of certain US transmitters preventing me from getting those channels, I was able to receive 10 local channels and 3 US channels situated at a 55 mile distance to the south, and the image was crystal clear . Then I had the antenna installed on the roof combined to a Channel Master CM-7777HD TV Antenna Amplifier, on low gain, now I have a total of 15 US channels in addition to the 10 local ones and reception for the majority is excellent. After one year of use, I am quite satisfied, but decided to upgrade to the 4V in order get a more stable picture on the on the channels with a weaker signal. The 4V was installed in the exact same location as the 2V by a professional installer on the roof and it basically lost all the US channels. For some reason the 2V greatly outperformed the 4V, therefore the 2V was placed back on the roof and the 4V sent back. Even the installer had no clear explanation as to why the 4V was unable to perform as well as the 2V, either it was defective or it captured more noise from the surrounding cell towers and completely lost the weaker signals.

The ClearStream 2V was an Amazon Warehouse deal and showed minimal signs of having been previously installed and uninstalled. All the parts were included. It works well in the UHF and high VHF frequencies. It is mounted outside on the J mount where my satellite dish used to sit and uses the coax cable the satellite dish used to use. I roughly pointed it in the direction of the local transmission towers, which are only 12 km away. Success on the first try.

Agarra muchos mas canales y no hay interferencia a comparacion de mi antena que es una antena de poste afuera en intemperie en una casa de dos pisos, esta la puse adentro junto al televisor y no tuve ningun problema ni en instalar ni en usarla, que completamente contento con esta antena. Los canales se ven casi como si los estuviera haciendo stream desde internet. Imagino si la hubiera puesto afuera seria mucho mejor, pero como ya tengo experiencia con antenas de fuera que se dañan por los elementos pues decidi dejarla adentro

J’ai installé cette antenne sur mon toit au printemps. Sans aucun booster ni amplificateur de distribution, j’ai été en mesure de recevoir 12 chaînes, 9 chaînes de Montréal et 3 des USA. Elle est principalement orienté en direction de Montréal mais j’imagine que si elle était pointé un peu plus dans la direction des USA, je serais certainement en mesure de recevoir davantage de chaînes. L’installation est très facile si vous êtes moindrement débrouillard. Tout est dans la boîte pour l’installation à l’exception du câble coaxial RG6. Une belle alternative aux télé distributeurs, un petit investissement qui se paie très facilement.