Clear TV Reviews

This is truly a piece of crap. It freezes up every time I try to turn it on, so I went to Dollarland and purchased a cheaper digital antenna. Folks, I should have gone there first. The dollar version, which is very cheap, works 20 times better. Don't buy this, you'll do better acquiring something else.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

It is total rubbish. I tried everything, and I did not get a clear picture. I put it in a different room, restarted it again and again (until my hands fell off), but it did not even once give me a clear picture.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

My Clear TV works really well. I catch over 26 channels, and if I scan the channels on my TV, I catch more. There is nothing wrong with my Clear TV antenna, and I have an older TV in my room with a boost box, so I catch more channels.

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I hope I can stop at least one person from getting ripped off, which would be great, but 10,000 or more would really be the best!

I am a professional Industrial Electrician with a background in broadcast engineering. First off, don't let anyone tell you that you need a residential digital TV antenna because there is no such animal! Do not let anyone or any advertisement tell you that their antenna will receive up to 200 miles; it is not true. Maybe with an absolutely clear line of site and no radio-frequency interference, maybe, but it's very very doubtful.

So my location is fairly rural and is on the side of a mountain with a couple of hard rock quarries surrounding us. To say that my location for good TV reception is terrible is an absolute understatement. My parents bought us one of these antennas a few years back, and I graciously said "thank you" and took it home. We hooked it up to the TV in my daughter's room, scanned for channels and got nothing. I even went as far as taking the TV outside and tried it, and surprise surprise, I got nothing again.

Two years ago we cut our basic cable waste of $110.00 a month, and I bought a roof top antenna just like the ones from the 1960s (which are still being manufacture today). This antenna is the old school VHF and UHF kind. We also purchased a tripod, 10' 1" 1/4 ridged conduit, antenna rotator, control box, pre amplifier and amplifier. All of these materials cost about $250.00 (give or take). After it was installed we scanned channels and low and behold, we got 26 stations and sub-channels. We were ecstatic!

Over the years we have periodically re-scanned and picked up more stations and sub-channels, and we are up to 48 now. Along with our Roku and Apple TV boxes for approximately $70.00 a month, we have well over 500 stations to choose from, which is far better than we ever thought we would receive.

So in the end, if you live in an urban area, chances are that Clear TV and their competitors should work, but so will old-school rabbit ears and some other small compact antennas, which are slightly more expensive than Clear TV. If it's too good to be true, then it is. If you have ever installed or even helped install an old-school rooftop, well, you are well on your way to being able to receive beautiful and clear digital TV. Save yourself the hassle, expense, and disappointment of purchasing Clear TV and their competitor's products. The will work, maybe, in ideal locations with ideal environmental conditions.

Thank you for reading my review. I hope it helps someone who could use the info and save their money. If on the off chance you still want to throw away your hard-earned cash send it to me, I could always use the extra money, and you will get the same results as if you actually bought this piece of junk!

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I bought one and hooked it up. I moved it around, scanned, moved again, then moved to another room, and the most I could get was eight channels. I hooked up the coax to the TV and then shoved a new, ordinary pencil in the other end after removing the eraser. After pushing the pencil in with the lead and contacting the copper wire, I hung it in a window and now receive 28 channels. Don't waste your money; try the pencil.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

The Clear TV doesn't work at all, and I was supposed to get 19 channels in my area.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

This antenna works so much better than I was expecting that it was going to. It picks up 36 channels for me. Sure, only about 25 stations actually work, but the ones that don't work are only infomercials and religious stations, so I could careless. Oh and surprisingly it picks up ION TV, well at least in my area. So yeah, overall I think this cheap, flimsy antenna works pretty well, and for around $15 from Sears, you can't really beat that for what you get.

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I purchased the Clear TV Black Box and what a joke. Don't waste your $75.00 for two pieces of junk. I hooked it up, and I was like a turnstile trying to get a clear picture. I sent both of them back, went to Best Buy and purchases a $ 29.99 RCA amplified antenna, and my reception is incredible. I get 30 channels, HD and regular, and they are perfect quality.

Clear TV my butt, more like No Signal TV, unless you have a broadcast station in your backyard.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

What a disappointment. I don't even get the channels I could get with rabbit ears on the downstairs TV, and I got zero channels on our upstairs TV with the Clear TV Key.

It is a total scam. We are out $15.98 for shipping, plus we have to pay to ship the worthless things back. Will we get our $19.99 back?

I wish I would have read the reviews. Don't buy them, they are worthless!

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I purchased four antennas and four amplifiers, hooked it up to my TV, and got nothing. Then I hooked it up at my mom's and got nothing. I then hooked it up on a friend's TV in another state, and got nothing again. I contacted customer support and was given instructions on how to return their products. I did so, and have never received my money back.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I bought the "buy one get one free" at $19.99 and was disappointed that there was a $7.99 shipping charge on each. When I finally received them, neither one worked.

Rochester is about 35 miles north of Detroit. I called customer service, and the rep told me I needed an amplifier with another $7.99 shipping charge. I agreed, but what I got was a different antenna, and only one. So I called customer service, they told me that the original antennas I received didn't work with the amplifier. I asked then, "why did you only send me one?" I bought two.

I'm not impressed, and I would not recommend this product to anybody.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend