Just ran across their ad and it's intriguing. "Too good to be true" comes immediately to mind, and I've never heard of it, but don't think it's brand new…?

Here's their link

I don't get it? It's an antenna for TV....just like any other antenna for TV. I have an antenna in my attic and pick up over 100+ channels in the DFW area. The thing they don't mention is only about 8 or 9 of them are channels you would ever really watch. I set mine up so that I can always have my local channels in HD even if the internet is out. Also allows me to switch TV streaming services without care of local coverage.


Here are the channels I get over the air, pretty much nothing revolutionary out there:

BoerneGator said:

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Just ran across their ad and it's intriguing. "Too good to be true" comes immediately to mind, and I've never heard of it, but don't think it's brand new…?

Here's their link

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Their website seems pretty misleading/sketchy to me. They do rather vaguely briefly mention "over the air" channels, which I'm sure this is designed for. At one point it implies "up to 290 miles range", which I highly doubt. But what really gets it for me is they seem to imply that you will be getting some premium cable channels like CNN, ESPN, TBS, TNT, Food Network, Comedy Central, and so on. Those are not free over the air networks. So, yeah, this just screams "Too good to be true". It might still be a decent antenna if you have good signals nearby.

Rebranded AliBaba junk. Also went by the name WaveMax. Sold on Amazon under a few different names

Yeah, it's just a type of indoor antenna for OTA (over-the-air) programming, i.e. local broadcast channels. There's nothing new or special about it. Likely it won't perform any better than a pair of rabbit ears, and likely worse. The one thing it has going for it is the small size.

Read this article for information about indoor vs outdoor TV antennas:

https://satmaximum.com/what-is-the-real-tv-antenna-range-and-other-facts.html#:~:text=First%20let's%20set%20the%20record,to%2070%2D100%20miles%20away.

When we got our first HDTV in 2003 (57 inch, rear projection, $2500), we were on DirecTV which had HD programming, but not for local channels. But the nox had an antenna input and would integrate OTA programming with the satellite programming. So I bought the biggest outdoor antenna Radio Shack sold and put it on a pole about 30 feet in the air. We were in East Montgomery County and the TV stations were mostly in SW Harris County. I went on antennaweb.org to look up the best directional orientation for our location. Then I used a compass to line up the antenna elements. We got great results. The HD picture quality just blew me away.

You're not getting those kind of results with an indoor antenna unless you are reasonably close to the broadcast towers.

We cancelled Directv a few years back. I bought an antenna, removed the dish, and fastened the antenna to the base of the dish. I hooked the antenna into the existing coax and had local channels throughout the house. Thanks for running all that coax years ago, Directv.

I was surprised by the number of channels, many of them decent. Better than the 3 or 4 I had as a kid.

Part of this reminds me of the claims in the 1970's of the guy who had invented a 100 mpg carburetor and the large oil companies bought his rights and buried the project. But, for a price, you could purchase this 'secret' technology.

Here's the part in the Rewave ad that seems to imply one can receive cable-only signals (e.g. Fox News, ESPN, HGTV, CNN) with only an over-the-air antenna that is tuned to receive 'special' very low-frequency signals:

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The truth is, they don't really have a say in the matter. You see, all cable networks are bound by law to broadcast an additional "over-the-air signal" in addition to what they send to your receivers and antennas.

This law ensures that the proper authorities can monitor their operations. To keep regular folks like us from accessing free TV, the cable companies make their signals very low-frequency.

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I've never heard of such a thing. If it's true, I'm ready to be educated.

FWIW, I'm 100 miles from the DFW metroplex but have a high-gain large antenna in my attic with a low-noise preamplifier and get over 80 channels. As mentioned here, most contain stuff you'll never watch, but there are a few keepers in there.

To get any of the so-called 'cable' networks I've got to stream them via the internet. So, color me skeptical.