Antennas Direct ClearStream 4V Indoor Outdoor TV Antenna, UHF VHF, Multi-Directional, 70+ Mile Range, 4K 8K UHD, NEXTGEN TV – w/ 20-inch Mast (Black)

This antenna worked great for my location, and I was able to pick up 70 channels. I was able to mount in my attic and pick up the expected stations. In my area, the UHF channels are primarily in single direction, while the VHF stations are spread out. I was also lucky that the stations are located so I can point out the side of my house instead of through the roof. Rather than mounting the VHF antenna on the grid, I used some spare PVC pipe and zip ties to point it in a direction that worked best for the VHF stations. As you can see in the photo, I mounted the antenna upside down to get the more length out of the included coax between the the UHF and VHF antennas (I would not do this outside). All that said, this may not work in your situation. First check on the rabbitears.info website to see what stations and what power levels you have at your location. As noted, most of the UHF transmitters are in the same direction about 35 miles away, so it worked really well for me. The major stations have very strong signal strength/quality according to my TV tuner, and I do not see any drop outs. The website tells you the signal margin for the stations -- the lower the number, the less likely you are to pick it up. The lowest power station I picked up was 5dB signal margin, with the antenna pointed at it. There was another station listed in the same direction with the same signal margin, but I could not pick it up -- the rabbitears site, may be slightly out of date (but not as bad as TVfool). I may have been able to do better with a roof mount. If your area has poor signal margin and stations spread out in multiple directions, this may not be for you. If the signal margin is good, then you can use the direction on the website to help point the antenna towards the transmitters. (Note: I was looking at TVFool, but as of Sept 2022, the information in my area is out of date, with many stations listed on the wrong RF channel). With the stations, you'll want to note the difference between VHF (RF channel 2-13) and UHF (RF channel 14+), and the difference between RF channel (what the frequency the channel actually on) and display channel (what shows up on your TV). Your local NBC 8, might really be transmitting on RF channel 25. This is important for pointing your antennas and figuring out if this will work for you. The UHF channels use the round antennas with the grid, and the VHF antenna is the separate part with two horizontal elements. You can attach the VHF antenna to the grid behind the UHF antennas, or you can mount in separately. The VHF antenna will give the best reception perpendicular to the elements (both in front and out back). Depending on your location, you may need to point it between two transmitters to pick up both, or you may only be able to pick up one or the other. As far as stations go, you'll see a lot of reviews of people who get dozens of channels -- I picked up 70. However, you'll want to be realistic about what you are really getting. The major networks will typically transmit in HD and may look even better than the compressed version you get on cable. They will also have some extra sub-channels that are in standard definition. These can be hit or miss. Some of them look pretty good/sharp, while others are overly compressed and look like a blurry old VHS tape. This is on the TV station, not the transmitter -- with digital TV you either pick up the station or you don't (with a small part in between where it is blocky/jumpy). Beyond quality, there is content. Out of the 70 stations I pick up, many of them don't interest me personally -- I don't watch the 5 shopping channels I pick up. I also have several duplicate sub-channels, so those don't really count. So if you are thinking about cutting the cable cord, take a look through the websites of the channels you are likely to pick up and see if they are really of interest. You might really be left with PBS (plus a couple of subchannels), the major networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX), then a bunch of things you may or may not watch depending on interest (ION, CW, ME-TV, GRIT, Bounce, Defy, COMET, LAFF, QVC, HSN).

I installed this outdoor antenna with amazing results! Assembly of the antenna was easy, but of course it is dependent on your handiness. Before with inside antennas of every possible type and configuration, I could detect only 20 channels and probably watch 4 (at most) without constant major pixelation. Watching sports became frustrating, and was the last straw to motivate me to get the best outdoor antenna I could find. I have heavy tree cover, and reception is better in the winter when the leaves are off the trees. I live about 35 miles from the TV transmitters too. After installation on the roof pointed to the right direction, I got 60 channels and all of the channels came in clearly! There are still tree tops in the way, but I can now watch football, baseball, and hockey from the local stations (when they are broadcast), with no freezes or pixelation at all! Some Notes: 1. It was important to use the "Antennas Direct transmitter locator" website to get the direction of the transmitters, and then line it up exactly with the digital compass on iPhone (bluetooth must be on to get the highest accuracy). 2. I also learned a lot about antennas and installation. Watching some YouTube videos, it was recommended to use conductive grease for all of the outdoor coax cable connections, to prevent moisture and provide longer life at the connections. This tube of conductive grease was less than $5, so it was well worth applying it to every connection outside. 3. The cheap cable splitters significantly reduce antenna signal strength and just don't work for antennas! When I placed the antenna, I went through a door to directly connect the cable to the TV to get 60 channels. After confirming direction and that the antenna worked as advertised, I connected to the inside of the house using the existing coax cables and splitters that were already installed. I lost significant antenna signal from even just one two-way splitter. Wow, this was a revelation to me, but then realized that these cheap cable splitters work better for cable TV than for antennas! I went from 60 channels down to 30, and the two stations I really wanted disappeared again. So if this antenna is going to multiple televisions or the coax cable to the TV is longer than 50 feet (mine was 125 feet), it is highly recommended to get the Channel Master amplified signal splitter (2-, 4-, or 8-way amplified splitter). I researched this too, and found that Channel Master had high ratings and good customer service. 4. I got the antenna with both the UHF and VHF antenna. The VHF antenna is the bar across the top, and for $50 less you can just get the UHF antenna. I'm not sure which stations get picked up by the VHF antenna (however I do have some just audio radio stations on TV now) but if the model number has the "V" in it, it probably has the VHF antenna (just look for the dark bar across the top of the figure "8" antennas). If the "V" is missing from the model number, it probably does not have the VHF antenna. That's why you may see some of these antennas that are $50 less expensive than others. This took some research to find this answer too, but I've documented it here to make it easier for others. It's clear viewing now on every channel! I'm really happy with this antenna, and after the initial investment, I'll save at least $100+ per month from cable TV. I can't say you'll get as good of results as I did, but it has greatly improved my viewing pleasure!

First a quick background. I cut the cord (cable & satellite) 10 years ago. At my old house, I put up a Winegard "Bat wing" antenna that you find on the roof of older RVs. It worked well and had a build in pre-amplifier & FM trap. It worked excellent at my old house mounted on my chimney in the open air about 30 feet up.. We moved 5 years ago and I purchased the same antenna because it worked so well and we moved only 4 miles away to our new house and I knew I could mount it higher up as well as the house has a higher elevation than my old house, so I figured I would have no problem at all. The Bat Wing Antenna didn't pull in my local NBC, CBS, or ABC. I know my local CBS is unique as it is broadcasting in the high band VHF band and they cannot transmit with much power due to the FCC not wanting them to bleed into the Detroit or Chicago markets where there is also a high VHF transmitter broadcasting on the same channel. I was OK to live without that channel, but to not get the ABC or NBC was not going to work for us. I purchased a Xtreme Signal HDB8X-NI 8-Bay VHF/UHF HDTV Bowtie Antenna. I put it on my roof and this antenna worked well and it would pull in all channels including my hard to get CBS if the conditions were right. I was fine living without that hard to pull in signal. I installed this antenna on my roof so it was nice and high up (about 35 feet) and in the open air. After a couple of wind storms I got frustrated because the wind would move the antenna around on the mast no matter how tight I tightened it down so it would get totally re-positioned and I would have to get on the roof and reposition the antenna. I ultimately wanted to get an antenna that I could put in my garage attic as I had easy access to it so it would not be exposed to the rough Michigan weather, and it would not be visible on the house (per wife's preference). I knew this would mean it would lose some signal because it would no longer be in the open air, and it would also be about 7 feet lower. I researched a bunch of antennas and decided to roll the dice on this Clear Stream 4V as it had great reviews from an antenna professional that has a YouTube channel. I already had a Channel Master CM-7778 Pre-amplifier which includes an FM Trap. I mounted the antenna in the attic, put the channel master pre-amp in line and mounted it on the mast as well. Lastly, I and ran new RG6 coax to my utility room from the antenna where the coax to the televisions run. Once I did a channel scan on my two televisions, wow! I was able to get all channels except that pesky CBS station by me that is notoriously hard for most folks to pull in unless you live within 20 miles from the broadcast tower. But... it was coming in slightly which was an improvement. I checked the signal meter on all the other channels and it improved greatly over my other antennas. A simple reposition of the antenna more towards the CBS broadcast tower brought the signal up to a stable signal. So, the bottom line is that this antenna is no joke! I had two other antennas mounted in the open air on my roof, and this Clear Stream antenna pulled in more channels while being mounted in my attic about 7 feet lower than my roof mounted antennas. I live about 40 miles from the farthest broadcast tower and most are within 35 miles, but again, my local CBS transmits at a lower power than what is normal so its hard to pull that in for anyone in my area and I am able to pull that in! When I say do your homework, go to antennaweb.org and understand your local area. This website will tell you how far you are from your local broadcast towers as what stations are broadcasting on UHF and VHF bands. This will help you to understand what antenna to get, and what direction to point it in. I can't recommend a pre-amplifier enough. I live less than a mile from a FM radio stations broadcast tower and FM broadcasts interfere with VHF signals, so I had to make sure to get a pre-amp with an FM trap. The FM trap filters out those FM signals in the pre-amplifier. Also, make sure to use good Coax. A lot of folks use cheap Coax which is not shielded well. Use RG6 coax for all your coax runs from the antenna to the Televisions in your house. This will make sure the signal is shielded well in the coax so it can be carried the distance it needs from the antenna to the splitter and to your television. Speaking of splitter, I have two televisions in my house so only need a two way splitter. Splitters weaken the signal a little for each split. Do your home work on signal loss in these cases. If you have more than two televisions you could need another amplifier to make sure the signal can make it to your telvisions.

Only assembled this yesterday evening so will update this review if anything changes. So far the antenna has worked well. Picked up all local stations, even weaker ones my RCA yagi did not. I'm using it indoors on the second floor in the house and while I would have liked it to pick up the stations out of Detroit, which is about 50 miles away, I didn't expect it to since it's indoors. So far I haven't had a problem with pixelation like I did with my yagi & the reason I bought this one. It hasn't been windy yet though. A couple of negatives: The picture quality isn't quite as good as with my RCA yagi in the same location, however I haven't experimented yet with moving it around the room. The sound quality is inferior, not quite sure why. An issue I had during assembly was the VHF kit would not allow the wire on the reflector to slide into place so the kit could snap into place. There is an alternate way of attaching the VHF kit, by attaching it to the mast with the included zip ties. As I said I'll update this as necessary. One last thing, the price is way too high for this. Should and could be sold for a third of the price. I paid $118.72 plus tax, and that was $30 off! Way too high. The quality of the build definitely does not call for such a high price, especially since they don't make these in the U.S. so they can build them more cheaply. Screw the American worker, screw the American consumer, the same people. Edit: Since my review we had a day with rain but no wind, followed by a day of wind with no rain. The rain didn't seem to interfere with reception but the wind caused minor issues. Winter will be the big test here in NW Ohio, as that is when my indoor antennas are affected most. I also need to move the antenna around to find the best spot in the room. *Ignore my previous comment regarding sound quality. The antenna had nothing to do with that and the picture is as good as the RCA yagi. One or two stations came in better with the RCA, but I pick up more channels with the Clearstream 4V. Upping my review to four stars from three. Still believe the price is way too high.

I've been playing with TV antennas for about 20 years and have always been skeptical of "new" designs. The physics of the broadcast haven't changed since Marconi figured it out 100 or so years ago. Even with the switch to ATSC from NTSC, the antenna physics are the same. That said, this antenna significantly changed my opinion on new vs old designs. We were using traditional styled antennas for years, but as the stations added more and more channels in the same frequency allotment, we started getting pixelation and stuttering. At first I thought it might be 5G interference since we had multiple new towners installed around us, but after playing with the 5G filters, the issues just kept showing up and getting worse as channels were added. I finally broke down and splurged on a Antennas Direct ClearStream 4V TV Antenna and mounted it on the exact same outside mast as our other antenna. Our problems immediately resolved. Our previous antenna was about $30 cheaper and it worked fine until they added five or six channels to each primary channel. Now we get them all rock solid. Even the lower power "off brand" local channels don't drop audio or pixelate anymore. In addition to the joy of more hours of mindless entertainment, I was thrilled to see how well the parts were made and finished. I've probably assembled and installed a few dozen different antennas for my own use and helping friends over the years. The overall quality and finish on this model are excellent. While my picture isn't super glamorous, you can tell the people who designed it had at least mounted a few antennas in their past. The open notch and longer slot on the brackets make assembling it on a ladder or hanging off a roof's ridge so much simpler. Really a nice touch. The elements mount with almost no effort and the combiners being rigid instead of sections of cable really make a slick and fast hookup. The wing nuts and bolts threaded without the normal twist and wiggle trying to get the initial bite on the threads. It was nice not to get junk hardware with a nice antenna. Great antenna at a reasonable price. I highly recommend it, especially if you are considering a slightly cheaper one. The quality and performance of this one are really top notch.

Any antenna advertising more than 75mi range is exaggerating since the curvature of the Earth prevents longer transmission without repeaters. Anyway, I originally planned to install this in the attic but decided to install in the top corner of my roof due to easier cable pathway and of course almost direct line of sight without obstructions. The install went smoothly and I also attached a 4G/LTE and 5G RF filter right at the antenna to reduce interference. A previous indoor window UHF antenna was only able to receive about 20 channels but this one got over 206 and gets both VHF and UHF. Of course most channels are useless but the ones I wanted come in super strong even after an 8-way splitter. The RG6 Coax cable from the antenna is 65ft long but did not seem to cause any issues. As I mentioned an 8-way splitter/filter was at the end of the 65ft run and from there I commented several 50-70ft RG6 cables that go to a couple of TV’s and two very short 3ft RG6 cables connecting two Gen4 TABLO units. The TV’s all get perfectly strong signal and over 200 channels along with the TABLO units. Sadly the TABLO units have a DHCP bug that causes the Ethernet to disconnect and the manufacturer refuses to acknowledge or fix, but even so that’s no impact to the antenna. If you need a well-built long-range antenna this one may work very well for you even if using long cables and will require no amplification.

I replace my old setup indoor use of Old Philips amp antenna mount 12 feet up in a vaulted ceiling that worked ok but not great with a new a AntennaDircert ClearStream 4V antenna that improved my reception a lot ( it like in the same location as the old Philps just another foot away from the wall is all), still less then 100% for signal strength most 80%~90% but they didn't breakup like before with storms like my old setup and that before adding a pre amp. It is very well made and goes to together easily. But I really wanted to improve the signal strength all the station that it got were solid I just like to have 100% signal strength if I can. I did some research and the Antenna Man on YouTube mention an antenna amplifier (Televes 2-Input TForce Mast Amplifier) that have separate amplified bands and filters for FM and 5G cell in it. I bought it and now all but 1 (the new one from over 60 miles that I never have been able to get before) station 100% signal strength and most are over 80% signal quality. So I have the antenna in doors in a vaulted ceiling that about 12 foot high, facing mostly south since most of the transmitters are that direction within 30 degrees of each other. What is really nice but at this time but not needed is the power unit for the amp has 2 outputs so it a powered splitter now sure what db it splits at but it works great. I am feeding this into to 8 way powered 5db distribution amp which feeds 3 TV, 1 hdhomerun, 4 PC internal ASTC tuners (1 with 1 ATSC tuner, 2 with 2 ATSC tuners and 1 with 4 ATSC tuners) in 2 PCs. Anyway, Great VHF/UHF Antenna just needed to match it with a GREAT amplifier. The only thing I would have realty liked is if the VHF could have been place to mount that wasn't like right behind and on top of the UHF loops on the reflector, I mount the VHF part about 6 inches above UHF antenna/reflector part using a small piece of wood I have laying around.

To preface my experience, i dont live in mountainous terrain, but i do live in a small valley, its a small town, this small town in a valley is centered in a much larger valley. As such, radio signals dont propogate well with the terrain. A friend suggested i get one of these specific models, bungee cord it to my chimney and point it north. Turns out its an exceptionally sensetive antenna and thats without any type of recieve amplifier! I pickup 20 useful channels on most days. Sometimes a couple less. Normally id get 3 or 4. Any tv station worth a darn is some 60 miles away so if that doesnt say soemthing about the quality of signal i dont know what does. Its a great unit, assembly is required so pay attention to directions. It is also directional so youre going to recieve anything in a 70 degree cone of the direction its pointed. i dont know anything about mounting in an attic but i would think it should be fine if you dont have a metal roof. Its pricey but works very well. I certainly dont regret buying it.

Small compact and very powerful antenna.To me best what you can buy today.Living in apartment i can install easy on my balcony even i do not have line of site the signal strength is 75% and the signal quality is 100%.From Toronto Canada i can get 28 station from Buffalo and all the Canadian network

Muy buena antena, en UHF es extremadamente buena, si que tiene muy buena recepcion, en VHF ahi si se le complica mas obetener estaciones mas lejanas, pero por el precio en que la compre valio la pena.

Works better than expected. Installed 30 KM north of Kingston Ontario and we get 10 crystal clear Digital channels and nearest tower is at least 60 KM away, most are over 100 KM, but we get mostly US channels. Have it outside on about a 30 ft. tower. For best results use a single cable directly to TV, don't try splitting to other TV's. Its been up about 6 months now and survived some pretty strong winds.

I was a bit disappointed that the Antennas Direct Clearstream 4V antenna didn't recieve any more channels than my older, much cheaper antenna. But I soon realized that the channels were far more stable and less affected by bad weather. The assembly instructions were much better than most until I got around to attaching the VHF antenna which doesn't "click" into place so I had to use some zip-ties to attach it. But it turns-out that the VHF antenna is of no use for receiving digital HD channels in Canada. So I bypassed it and connected the coaxial cable directly to the main UHF antenna feed and got an even stronger signal. Then I tried wiping some conductive get onto the coaxial terminals and the signal strength increased again. 30+ channels on Southern Vancouver Island, 24 worth watching. I bought this item as an Amazon Warehouse Deal. It was listed as "used" and "repackaged". It was obvious that the antenna had never been assembled and that all of the parts were included and in their original plastic bags. Only the cardboard box was not original. So I got it for less than half-price through buying it as a Warehouse Deal. Overall, a very good buy. There is a less expensive version of this antenna, the Clearstream 4 without the V, that doesn't include the useless VHF assembly. There's also a newer version, the Clearstream 4Max, that has no reflector but it's much more expensive and I have no idea if it would recieve any more channels than the Clearstream 4V.

We're in Montreal and we're picking up stations from Burlington Vermont. We installed it on the roof of our three story building. It was pretty easy to assemble and install. It's sturdy and we're getting crystal clear signals, both from the nearby VHF and the distant UHF. We went from about 7 channels with 1 or 2 intermittent ones, to a whopping 29 channels (that's including the "sub-channels"). Very happy with the purchase so far. Looking forward to seeing how it holds up in the Montreal winter.