Outdoor TV Antenna Review: Antop AT-800SBS for VHF and UHF TV
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- The latest outdoor TV I have tested out is the Antop AT-800SBS. After spending more than a month re-positioning this multi-directional TV antenna from my roof, I was able to get UHF and VHF channels outside of the Boston TV market.
I’m covering this antenna’s design, how I set it up for this review, and some of its unique features.
In this video, I cover the TV antenna’s performance and some results from separate tests of a similar Antop “Big Boy” outdoor TV antenna performed in southern Maine, and at my brother’s place in Los Angeles.
0:00 INTRO
1:41 Design of Antop 800SBS
2:51 Antop AT-800SBS vs Antop 400BV "Big Boy"
4:03 Disclaimer
4:30 Installation & Setup options
6:12 Testing reception with OTA DVRs vs TV
7:44 Using rabbitears antenna map
8:14 Boston, Massachusetts antenna reception
10:54 Los Angeles, California antenna reception
13:07 Southern Maine antenna reception
13:40 Conclusion
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“I’m not a roof professional” and some of those sudden roof views were definite jump-scares! Be careful! Interesting to see the broad variety of channels that can indeed be picked up. Gets confusing with items that overclaim their range as you mentioned. Thanks, great and scary video.
I have been using the Clearstream TV antenna with an amplifier, which works fine. It does the job.
I’m in Southern NH on the Haverhill border. We used to pull Boston,RI , and Maine with a rotor and nice elevation .
Great video
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Vince. Appreciate you watching.
Antop is the only big brand of antenna that I have not tested. They are pretty expensive, but have a good reputation. I'm about 30 miles from the towers in South Atlanta. I live down a hill and behind a bunch of trees. It took me a while to get my antenna setup. I'm currently running an RCA ANT705E right off the shelf from Walmart, paired with a Televes pre-amp (latest model). I get pretty good signal quality on all the major networks, and the ATSC 3.0 channels come in on my HDHomerun at 100% across the board.
If u switch that amp to the ge 4 port powered you'll get more channels and more stable also. I have that televes amp hooked to 1 of the ports. Idk but it totally has 10db gain that way.
Thanks for sharing. I used to have a clearstream 2Max on a J pole 15' up, but was getting the same strength and channels as placing a mohu leaf on a high window.
The 800 series might work for me since I have a picket fence of towers around my location. I will double check with rabbit ears.
You really need a multi-panel antenna for a metro area the size of Boston. A four panel might be enough to snag those towers off the axis of the predominate towers that service your area. However, for most people under say 35 miles this antenna will be fine. You might also suggest an attic mounting which would be safer and easier for some people, so for anyone under 25 miles from their antenna towers this should be good. Of course, this all depends on the type of obstructions in the direct line of the signal path.
It looks like it’s a pretty good antenna
Which Antop is better? I live in the state of Mississippi plan on cutting the cord. I plan on using Tablo - 4th Gen, 4-Tuner
If you think you might need the amplifier, then I would go for the 800SBS. But the 400-BV is an excellent model and pretty much the same unit with a few minor differences. Hope that helps.
Thanks
Really nice. How would I go about finding someone to install an antenna for me?
I get channels around 45 miles away with a clear stream.....around 85 miles away there is alot more channels any antennas reach it? Clear flat ground...
I live in the suburbs on the other side of a moutain about 50 miles away. All bad except some Po' dunk stations
I get 130 channels between Tampa and Orlando. I am about 50 miles from all transmitters.
And they are stable channels, like the picture doesn't break up. My ge pro is starting to piss me off. I'm in Ocala and get about 27 channels, 21 are stable.
@@dmo848 Most of them are very stable. I'm in Lake Wales.
Hello, My name is David and I live in NYC. My father's name is Emil and he lives in So Cal. He is 80 years old. He's never used a computer nor does he know how to use a smart phone. His old DVD player broke and he needs my help. He needs another DVD player but he said he would like to be able to record shows too. He doesn't have cable, WIFI, or the internet. He uses an antenna on his roof to watch TV shows. It's easy to find DVD players with remote controls but what's not easy is to find built-in recorders too. Perhaps having a 2 boxes, a DVD recorder and DVR is the best solution? My father mentioned to me he would like to record, if possible to the DVD itself. I need an easy-to-use solution too. If the solution is too complicated he won't use it. Please, your help would greatly be appreciated. Thank you.
when are they going to adapt a motor to remotely rotate it …..
Rotors break down too easily. For most people, an investment in a 2nd antenna is about the same cost and works better.
85 miles is a very unlikely range. The real limit will always be somewhere between 50 and 75 miles on "flat ground". The curve of the earth means that as you pass 50 miles or so, "line of sight" stops being a real thing.
Also this antenna's VHF performance is not going to be very good. You only have one long element for getting VHF signals.
Low VHF will be extra bad because that one element is shorter than needed. Low VHF needs about a 6 foot wide antenna.
Scandle lol
Didn’t learn anything, is it good or bad, to much talking and not enough talking about the product