Got my free HD OTA Antenna today

[MitchDeerfield]

Dish sent it to me overnight delivery which was nice. For people who are wondering what model they are shipping, it is an RCA 1450 BFW, and sells for $21 on Amazon.

Amazon product ASIN B001GE6T9A
How does it work for an amped indoor antenna? As well as can be expected I suppose. I do get the Tribune channel that has been blacked out, WSFL in Miami, and about 8 other channels, most with 3 or 4 subchannels, with Bounce, Grit, JustTV, MeTV, Antenna TV, many others I had never heard of before. I put it on a TV in a spare bedroom that doesn't get any Dish service at all, just Roku and my Netflix, Hulu, etc.

 

[SamH@DISH]

Dish sent it to me overnight delivery which was nice. For people who are wondering what model they are shipping, it is an RCA 1450 BFW, and sells for $21 on Amazon.

Amazon product ASIN B001GE6T9A
How does it work for an amped indoor antenna? As well as can be expected I suppose. I do get the Tribune channel that has been blacked out, WSFL in Miami, and about 8 other channels, most with 3 or 4 subchannels, with Bounce, Grit, JustTV, MeTV, Antenna TV, many others I had never heard of before. I put it on a TV in a spare bedroom that doesn't get any Dish service at all, just Roku and my Netflix, Hulu, etc.

Glad that worked for you and you're able to watch your shows. Let us know if we can do anything else for you.

 

[SamH@DISH]

Glad that worked for you and you're able to watch your shows. Let us know if we can do anything else for you.

 

[reddice]

Does it have high VHF?

 

[Peter Parker]

I know someone that received a low powered VHF Lo number eith one. They are not bad. Not as good as a decent outdoor antenna but not bad.

 

[Claude Greiner]

I remember the days when they would send out a tech to install an outside antenna

 

[ltownsend]

I remember the days when they would send out a tech to install an outside antenna

received the antenna today and scanned for ota stations....low and behold .... does not bring up the channels that are blocked! Re-scanned many times - to no avail. Tech coming on Sat. So bummed....

 

[MitchDeerfield]

Did you check your address on this? http://www.antennaweb.org/Address


You should get everything within 22 miles or you may not be positioning the antenna right.

What is the tech going to do on his visit?

 

[niceguypmp3]

I would like to know what the tech is going to do too. We live 65 miles or so from the towers and I got the little flimsy winegard indoor antenna yesterday. only thing it will pick up from this distance is Fox, but the local NBC is the one that is blacked out. I tell ya, it wasn't much fun having to watch AGT last night online instead of live on our big screen!

 

[Deadlocked]

I would like to know what the tech is going to do too. We live 65 miles or so from the towers and I got the little flimsy winegard indoor antenna yesterday. only thing it will pick up from this distance is Fox, but the local NBC is the one that is blacked out. I tell ya, it wasn't much fun having to watch AGT last night online instead of live on our big screen!

No smart tv or roku/Apple TV?


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[niceguypmp3]

We have a smart tv but only have 1.5mb/sec dsl connection.

 

[knotle]

I would like to know what the tech is going to do too. We live 65 miles or so from the towers and I got the little flimsy winegard indoor antenna yesterday. only thing it will pick up from this distance is Fox, but the local NBC is the one that is blacked out. I tell ya, it wasn't much fun having to watch AGT last night online instead of live on our big screen!

My ota channels are about 60-70 miles away. I have to use outside fringe antenna with a pre-amp.

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[Miner]

I received mine a couple of days ago. It adds no value for me. My Hopper does not have an OTA adapter! Even if it worked with my TVs tuner, there is no way my wife would ever be able to figure out how to switch between tuner and video mode; nor should she.
I want to send mine back

 

[fbara]

I have to agree with Miner, without the OTA adapter it's very difficult to make good use of the antenna. I'm happy that Dish handed these out and I'm not complaining about something I received for free, it's just that it ended up having no value to me.

 

[Deadlocked]

I received mine a couple of days ago. It adds no value for me. My Hopper does not have an OTA adapter! Even if it worked with my TVs tuner, there is no way my wife would ever be able to figure out how to switch between tuner and video mode; nor should she.
I want to send mine back

Start up a chat and say you don't have the adaptor and angle to get the dongle for free.


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[Keystone7]

Talking about the ota dongle, I use three (Wallys) which are fairly new and I have a ota dongle on just one of them. There seems to be a problem using the dongle with the wally! The wally seems to want to reboot several times. When it is not hooked up it works just fine. My wife said, I need to take it off or call Dish. Wondering if there is and upgraded ota dongle I should be using with (Wally)?

Maybe DIRT on here can help or check for me?

 

[Catman51]

One thing I found out, I hooked it up with the plug in amplifier. It works better without.

 

[MitchDeerfield]

I ended up buying a better

I have to agree with Miner, without the OTA adapter it's very difficult to make good use of the antenna. I'm happy that Dish handed these out and I'm not complaining about something I received for free, it's just that it ended up having no value to me.

If you use a Harmony remote (less than $35) to switch inputs, it is done with a simple press of a button. Of course you still need the adapter if you want to record the shows.

 

[navychop]

...there is no way my wife would ever be able to figure out how to switch between tuner and video mode; nor should she.
I want to send mine back

There is no switching between tuner and video mode. The OTA channels show up in the guide just like all the other channels. The STB automatically uses the correct tuner.

 

[Miner]

Start up a chat and say you don't have the adaptor and angle to get the dongle for free.


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That would be great, but I'm fairly sur

There is no switching between tuner and video mode. The OTA channels show up in the guide just like all the other channels. The STB automatically uses the correct tuner.

Therein lies the problem. I don't have the dongle tuner so my only choice would be my TVs built in tuner.