A few months back, Vero told me that she would appreciate some cable TV in the house so she could have it on in the background when taking care of the baby. This was an interesting suggestion considering we haven’t had cable TV in years and resort to Netflix and other methods.
I did some research on antennas and over-the-air signals. Mike had a setup similar to this a few years back so there must have been something to it.
I bought an $8 directional antenna which is reminiscent of the old rabbit ears that were used years ago. I played for a day to find a tower and a signal with two channels on it. It was pretty amazing when I ended up finding two channels in high definition. IMAGINE THAT.
The only issue is that every time you would breathe in the same room as this antenna, it would move and I would have to readjust. So I decided to buy an omnidirectional Antenna which would eliminate the need for any direction.
Off to Factory Direct we went. As you can see, Sierra was excited to enter the Dollar store to look for chalk.
I was eyeing up a giant $100 antenna but the guy at the store said he has never heard complaints about this Kross omnidirectional antenna which comes with an amplifier for $40. Dad and I decided to give it a try.
We got home, went up into the garage attic, ran a cable down to the TV in the living room and lo and behold, we had 12 glorious high definition channels appearing on the TV. All for free! No need to pay for a cable bill! As Mom put it, it was the easiest job Dad and I ever got into because we usually end up spending triple the amount of time working on a project. We even ended up running a cable down to the TV downstairs in case visitors want to watch something down there as well.
I can definitely say I am impressed with this little device for $40 and highly recommend it to people who want to cut their cable bill back, but at the same time, want a few channels that they can have on to watch the news. Off the top of my head, we get CityTV, TVOntario, CBC, CHRC and a bunch of French channels as well.
One reply on “Review: Kross Omnidirectional HDTV Antenna”
Glad you’ve finally joined the world of antenna tv! It’s great isn’t it!?! 🙂 once Marc and I are over our colds we will pop by for a visit and see you guys! Glad to see everyone is doing well!!