TV antenna Indoor reviews

I always suspected this one regarding the major barriers for would-be cable-cutters may be the antenna. If you wish to supplement your streaming video quite happy with standard real time television, free over-the-air television is the strategy to use, but the set up hassle and eyesore of an antenna is certainly one step too much for all.

The Winegard FlatWave FL-5000 indoor antenna ($37 street price) is the greatest effort however to make an antenna more palatable, short of registration service. Looking a lot more like a window decal than an antenna, its ultrathin design is significantly less invasive than a traditional antenna, and yes it can be more easily put in unconventional areas to increase television reception. May possibly not have the desired effect if you should be definately not neighborhood television transmission tower, but for many in cities near to their particular TV indicators, it is a great way to ensure you get your free over-the-air TV without worrying all about an ugly antenna.

The real real question is whether you should get the FlatWave FL-5000 or the almost identical Mohu Leaf ($35 street cost). They may be very similar items, except the has a white cable that will probably look better within family area, but is just 6 feet very long, as the FL-500 is sold with a 15-foot cable. Which antenna is much better available depends on just how your family room is configured, but both antennas tend to be a better choice for potential cable-cutters who desire some free real time television without a huge metal antenna inside their home.

Design
The FlatWave appears like no other television antenna you've seen prior to. It's essentially a paper-thin square of synthetic and it is sold with plastic, Velcro-like glues making it simple to stay glued to a window. It's has actually a radically various appearance than my current, more traditional, TV antenna, the classic gold Sensor, which does not look great and uses up a lot more area.

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The FL-5000 is white on one side and black on the other side and certainly will be positioned in either case, to have either part facing inside whether or not it's attached to a screen. It really is a good choice and a good design, since obtaining the white side dealing with into my apartment looks a lot better than the opposite. Winegard's marketing materials show the FL-5000 positioned in a variety of other ways, including in the wall behind the TV or flat on television pantry. It surely appears convenient, but some several years of finagling antennas to pull in digital indicators made me personally skeptical on how efficient those arrangements is; more on that later on.