Hands on with the Winegard HD6055P FM Antenna, part 2: The challenge
You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes… you know the rest of the words. I wanted to be able to review the HD6055P antenna, and I wanted to see if I…
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Hands on with the Winegard HD6055P FM Antenna, part 1: The problem
Nothing wrong with kicking back with a few tunes while you’re working. I generally use internet radio. I’m not one of those alt-rock types, it’s just that… my home AV system has a bit of a…
Geezer vs. Weakling: Antenna Showdown, Part 2
In part one of this series, we looked at a 44-year-old antenna that’s still going strong after all these years. Now we’re looking at the Winegard HD1080 kit from Solid Signal. This is one of Solid…
Geezer vs. Weakling: Antenna Showdown, Part 1
Can an antenna made in the Summer of Love beat one of our least expensive outdoor antennas? The year is 1968. A young family moves into a brand new upscale subdivision. As soon as the…
WHITE PAPER: A guide to grounding
Grounding is incredibly important. Often times, an antenna or dish is the highest point in your house and is very attractive to lightning. In a best-case scenario, a lightning strike will destroy all your cool toys. In…
Diplexer? Splitter? Combiner? What are these things?
If you think that the two images above look like the same thing, you’re not alone. It’s very confusing to know the difference between a splitter, a combiner, a tap, and a diplexer. To make…
Choosing the Right Amplifier for Your TV Antenna
Before you pick out the proper amplifier, it should be known that the job of the amplifier is to make up for signal loss from cable runs and splitters. The idea here is to choose an amplifier that…
How to properly install a pre-amplifier
This has to be one of the most commonly asked question we get about off-air TV Antennas. When the slightest drop in signal level can cause a digital signal to drop out, a pre-amp is…
Terk Antenna Vase
Solid Signal TV takes a look at the Terk Antenna Vase at CES 2010. The Terk Antenna Vase is an HD antenna disguised as a vase,It can even hold water! Stay tuned for more CES…
Winegard FreeVision HD Antenna
The Winegard FreeVision™ is a revolutionary outdoor, indoor TV antenna that receives both UHF and High-Band VHF
How do I rescan for new digital channels?
Many stations have changed their frequency or broadcast channel on February 12th. This will cause a lot of converter boxes to say no signal, a quick channel scan will clue your converter box in on…
Your Rabbit Ears Might Not Catch All Digital TV Signals
If you use rabbit ears to watch Lost, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, NBA basketball, or Dancing with the Stars, you might soon find yourself staring at a black screen with a NO SIGNAL box. That’s…
Five Reasons to Use an HDTV Antenna
It seems like we’ve been hearing the debate about Satellite vs. Cable for years. What a lot of people don’t realize is that you can also use an antenna to get your HD programming. And antennas provide the…
TV Rabbit Ears Are Back: In High-Def
The antenna, that relic of the pre-cable age, gets an afterlife thanks to high-definition TV. By Johnnie L. Roberts Newsweek Feb. 19, 2007 issue – When cable TV arrived in the ’70s, rabbit ears seemed…