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- #74 in TV Antennas
David Jordan
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2025
I have a Tablo tv and I could never watch much without very bad reception. This device changed my Tablo, now I can watch all channels and even the recording are perfect. So worth every penny. Tablo should sell this. I use it with an indoor antenna.
K. DuCharme
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2025
I have a few Over the Air (OTA) channels that have a great picture when the signal is clear, but the signal quality on the channels were erratic making for a bad viewing experience. Before installing the filter, I tuned my TV to a channel that only got 59% signal strength with a signal quality that fluctuated wildly between 59% and 88%. After installing the filter, the signal strength remained the same but the signal quality stabilized dramatically between 80% and 88%. The change has made it possible to actually enjoy watching OTA channels.
cibigay
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2025
This thing DELIVERS. It has been tested in two snow blizzards - and passed with flying colors. It does not add more channels, but protects what you have. I currently get 56 channels. 30mph winds, 0ver 3" inches of snow. No bother. Maybe you will better results. Good buy. Good luck!
K.E.E.
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2024
Well I gave this a shot to see if it would fix some of the pixelation. I installed and didn't find it fixed any of it. But the picture seemed a bit better. I do have to mention that the model I got was not the 5g but the LTE must have been sort of mixed up. But I will hopefully try that next. But everyone's set up is different and experience with OTA and their area so. Give this a shot.
Thomas Leibold
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2024
For those who don't know what this product is about, a quick (simplified) summary of major changes to Over-the-Air Television in the United States.UHF TV reception in the US originally consisted of channels 14 to 83 (460 to 890 MHz) introduced through FCC regulation in 4/11/1952. The 800 MHz portion (channels 70 to 83) of the UHF TV band were reallocated already back in 1983 for other services (including but not exclusively to mobile telephone service).Effective 6/12/2010 (immediately following the Analog to Digital TV conversion) the 700 MHz portion of the UHF TV band (channels 52 to 69) were auctioned off by the FCC of which AT&T (band 12, 699 to 746 MHz) and Verizon (band 13, 746 to 787 MHz) were the major winners.Since then the FCC conducted a "repack" requiring TV broadcasters to move from upper UHF channels to lower UHF channels or back to VHF (were many stations were broadcasting prior to the Analog to Digital TV conversion), including to the low-VHF band that was originally deemed unsuitable for digital television. In 2017 the FCC then auctioned off the 600 MHz portion of the UHF TV band (channels 38 to 51) of which T-Mobile was a significant winner (band n71, 617 to 698 MHz). TV broadcasters had until June 2020 to complete their relocation and to free up the 600 MHz spectrum. TV channel 37 has been and continues to be a reserved channel for radio astronomy which means that the usable UHF TV band has shrunk to channels 14 to 36 (460 to 608 MHz).All of the above refers to the actual RF channels on which your local stations really transmit (which has absolutely nothing to do with the channel numbers your TV will display).Depending on how old your TV tuner is, it will be designed to receive signals from the 600, 700 and possibly (so less likely) 800 MHz ranges which no longer contain any TV programming. The mostly mobile phone transmissions on those bands can interfere with the TV programming you are actually interested in. To prevent nearby cell towers and even your own cellphones from interfering with your TV reception, a number of companies make filters to block the unwanted signals from getting into your TV.This product (ChannelMaster CM-3201) is one of those products. It was twice as expensive as a similar product sold under the Philips brand name (SDM1520/27 also here at Amazon) which I also purchased. Needless to say, I was curious whether or not the higher price of the CM-3201 was worth it and I wanted to rely on science instead of subjective testing (e.g. how many times a particular channel pixelates within an hour).I therefore used a NanoVNA-H4 to measure the filter characteristics. I'll state upfront that using test equipment for 50 Ohm impedance with 75 Ohm impedance filters does introduce some errors into the measurements, however since this is the same impedance mismatch in both cases it still results in a valid comparison.An ideal (impossible) filter would have no attenuation below the cut-off frequency and infinity attenuation for any frequency above it (meaning that there would be no transition band at all). Real filters reveal their quality by how much they attenuate unwanted signals and how wide the transition range is (the frequencies between start of attenuation and full attenuation).Both filters showed a start of attenuation at 606 MHz (first visible sign of attenuation in the LogMag trace, not the 3dB attenuation commonly used to characterize filters) which is still within the frequency range for TV channel 36 (I subsequently tested the filters on a local station that uses RF channel 36 and the reception was fine). Also both filters showed reasonably low figures for insertion loss (the attenuation of a good signal just because the filter is being added).The CM-3201 (this product) showed a transition band of 36 MHz (less is better) and attenuation of almost 60dB (more is better, but 60dB is already excellent).The SDM1520/27 showed a transition band of 72 MHz (a bit disappointing that it is so wide) and attenuation of about 30dB (good, but higher would be better).In-line filters are often symmetrical and can be used in either direction. Both the CM-3201 and the SDM1520/27 have explicit input and output markings but I did not test whether the filters behave any different when used backwards.The ChannelMaster CM-3201 is significantly larger in diameter which may be a problem on some TVs with recessed antenna connectors (it wasn't a problem for me, I connected it to the input of the antenna amplifier which is the recommended place).Bottom line, this filter does work and it is much better than the half price competition.Not everybody may need these filters and of those who do, some may get satisfactory results from the cheaper filter. That said, why settle for less when the better product is still affordably priced ?However beware of any filters that are still sold which are based on the 2010 elimination of the 700 MHz band since those are not blocking cell transmissions in the 600 MHz range (those older filters are useless, regardless of price).
Jesse
Reviewed in Canada on September 7, 2023
This helped out my reception a lot
le chasseur
Reviewed in France on April 3, 2023
diminution du signal antenne, de plus pour renvoyer cet article pas évident j'ai perdu 49€
Glen M Taylor
Reviewed in Canada on March 24, 2022
More TV channels now that FM radio is being blocked from the antenna and tuner.
Jerry H.
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2021
Well, a short introduction is in order. I used to faithfully review every purchase I made with Amazon, and that number is ample, but after I gave one unnamed product a negative review because it was a total piece of junk, that review was removed by Amazon. There was no swearing or bad language in my review and I did not violate any of Amazon's rules with that review, but it was still removed, which, in my mind, it was removed because it was a negative review of a product sold by Amazon. Thus, no more reviews on any products were written by me. Why should I waste my time giving any reviews if the negative ones would be potentially deleted.I purchased this Channel Master LTE Filter and it's operation was so successful, my wife talked me into giving it a review.I have an old outside antenna on my roof that worked to receive all my local channels until a heavy wet snow storm damaged some of the wings on that antenna. A repair was made and reception was restored. I might add, getting to this roof antenna was a really big pain and very dangerous because it is mounted 32' above the ground and hanging out over the edge of the roof line. Any fall from this height would be life changing if not result in death. I do not wish to ever get back up on the roof to work on this antenna again.One local channel stated to be troublesome and eventually was impossible to view because of interruption of the 'over the air' signal. All other local channels were not interrupted. After trying an inline signal booster with no improvement, I reluctantly decided to buy a very expensive CM roof antenna. During my search for a replacement antenna, I came across this Channel Master (CM) LTE Filter and decided to give it a try before purchasing a new antenna and having to go through the major trouble of installing it onto my very high and dangerous roof.Amazon shipped my order which I received in a few days. The install took less than three minutes and that included reading the directions. To my surprise, all my local channels were perfectly clear, including the favorite channel that previous to the install of this device, I could no longer view.This filter is a 'magic' little device which solved my reception problems. I recommend the purchase of this filter if you are receiving intermittent signal over your roof antenna. Great product from a good company.Hopefully this review, in its entirety, will be posted.Sincerely, a happy customer.
Kevin
Reviewed in Canada on April 23, 2021
My OTA reception had been degrading over the last few years - tiling, frozen screens, dropped channels - and I was beginning to wonder:- was the coax input on my TV faulty?- was the coax cable faulty?- was the antenna faulty?After doing considerable research I found this filter, the ad for which described my symptoms to a "T". I decided to take a chance and bought the filter. Installation was easy but for the fact that the chassis of my TV interfered with the filter body, which I remedied by adding a short piece of coax to the filter which I then attached to the TV. Immediate success, almost total correction of the issues. No new TV, cable, or antenna required!
PussyCa┬
Reviewed in Mexico on September 28, 2019
Superó mis expectativas de hecho le dábamos poca credibilidad y vaya que demostró mejorar la calidad con que se recibe la señal 📶 ayudado del amplificador de TV 📺 ha dado un resultado que captamos más canales y con mayor intensidad y mejor respuesta al sintonizar los es un hecho que la imagen se ve mucho mejor gracias 👏
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