I really wanted to like this antenna, after being so excited in hearing about all the reviews for it at the store and online, It was highly-recommended to me by the Best Buy sales guy, and it's amplified via AC current plug-in, so that made me anticipate using it after have ZERO success with the well-advertised non-AC model that is on TV infomercial that is on about 5 times a day on Cable TV. That well-known and well-advertised model is incredibly BAD at picking up TV signals, and less than HALF of the over-the-air TV stations can be picked up by that antenna, and the other half don't come in well at all. That being said, however, the reality is, this particular RCA antenna is just okay overall. While it is much better at picking up over-the-air TV signals than the well-advertised TV Infomercial model as seen on TV , it still has a hard time bringing them all in and consistently enough to justify a higher overall rating. Even when you have adjusted the Rabbit Ears to get a good enough reception of 3/4 of the available channels one minute, you lose the reception of other 1/4 of them at the same time, so you have to keep getting up to adjust the placement of the unit and the Rabbit Ears to get other channels. It's like playing Russian Roulette with the TV station reception with this model. It's not a bad Antenna, but there are other better models out there to choose from. The best models are indeed the ones that are AC-powered, but of those considered, the best ones are the models without Rabbit Ears.

First let me say that I have used this brand of digital antennas for my TV's for close to a year. The antennas have saved me a lot of money and I have grown accustomed to not having cable. When I went to buy mine I took the advise of the salesclerk and purchased the higher rated more expensive ones. Glad that I did. RARELY do I have any problems with mine (only with one channel when a bad storm moves in or heavy fog). This particular one that I am writing the review on , I bought online and had shipped to my daughters home. I was hesitant because of the price and the fact that it did not look as "updated" as mine. I bought the same brand as mine, but a less expensive antenna. She lives within 20 miles of all major television stations in her area and this does not pick up any of them. We scanned and scanned. Nothing. Believe me, we tried every wall in the room as far as moving the antenna to face windows. I live with approx. 50 miles from the local stations and can get all of them perfectly clear. My advise - the brand is fine as long as you go for a more advanced antenna. The ones in my home, I paid about $25 more per antenna than this one. Sometimes you get what you pay for and this was the case in my situation.

I'm not going to trash this product just because it didn't work for us. I helped my daughter set up her grad school apartment in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The apartment is on the first floor of a building, and this antenna just didn't pull in enough signal to get even the local stations, and the ones it did pick up pixelated and froze whenever a train went by. There isn't enough cord on the antenna for us to get it close to a window, which might have helped. We exchanged it for a 50 mile amplified antenna, and that worked much better. This antenna might work for you, depending on your location, your position within a building, and TV placement. I'm cheap by nature, so I bought this one to see if it would work for me. It didn't, so I exchanged for a slightly more expensive one that did. If you have the patience, that's what I would recommend. Also, understand that antenna placement (and moving the little rabbit ear like things) might make a difference, so you have to be willing to fiddle with it a bit.

Really hard to evaluate indoor antennas without buying several and testing them on different TVs throughout the house. This RCA ANT1275F Amplified Indoor HDTV Antenna did a fair job of pulling in over-the-air stations, but we sometimes had trouble getting both our local CBS and NBC stations which were in opposite directions and only 5-15 miles away. It doesn't do much better than a cheaper, non-amplified RCA antenna. Sounded like an omni-directional might work better for us. We finally replaced it with a TERK OMNITWR Amplified Multi-Directional HDTV Antenna for $50. The Terk works much better, but still not perfect. When I moved this RCA antenna to the kitchen TV, where we didn't need as many stations. Had it working great until I tried to coil the antenna power cable, then the signal degraded on several stations. I spent 20 minutes trying to find a location / method of dealing with long antenna power cable and only ended up with a fair result. (FYI: Had a similar problem with Terk's coax cable ... at final setup, I had to move it all around the TV cabinet to find the best location.)

Doing quite a bit of research into antennas, I found that your experience will vary considerably depending on many environmental factors. Ultimately, I returned this antenna. Using this antenna in the foothills of Los Angeles with direct line of sight of transmission towers, here is my experience. Note that "amplified" antennas can actually cause interference on high signal channels. PROS: -Well built and that's about it CONS: -Constant interference from walking by it, wifi router, and even from cables/electrical cords -Didn't seem to pick up channels from all directions simultaneously, and needed constant adjusting -This $30 "amplified" antenna performed no better than a $15 non-amplified antenna. -Unplugging the amplifier didn't help. After having to adjust the antenna daily, I decided to try the Mohu Leaf 30 (non-amplified) and was amazed that such a thin antenna could pick up 15 additional channels and previously glitchy channels come in perfectly. BOTTOM LINE: I can't recommend this antenna. If you live in a 20 mile radius of towers, stick with a NON-amplified antenna. The flat antennas may seem odd, but they work but they work way better.

We cut the cable about a year ago, haven't regretted it at all, we saved a lot of money just subscribing to Netflix, Hulu and HBO and streaming on demand. The only thing we wanted to watch but couldn't was the Olympics. Why NBC don't offer a streaming subscription like they do for the Tour de France is a mystery. Bought this antenna so that we could at least get the local NBC station and see some events. Easy to set up, worked reasonably well, although we had to move it around a bit to find good reception. NBC's coverage sucked, so ended up buying a VPN subscription and watching BBC coverage instead. Disconnected and in a storage drawer now, probably won't get a lot more use, but would probably work for someone who wants to watch the network channels and not have to pay any subscription. For a one time cost of $30 it is good value if you use it a lot.

I purchased the RCA INDOOR HDTV ANTENNA ant1275Z in March 2017. Reception poor. Rabbit ear broke. Antenna went totally dark after four months. Best Buy said I would have to ship this Unit back to RCA at my expense ($15.00) so they could determine if Unit was defective. If found defective, they would send me a new Antenna. I can purchase this same Antenna online for $15.00, the same price as shipping this Item back to RCA. If RCA finds this product not be defective, they will not send me a new Antenna. My total loss would then be $32.00 + $15 = $47.00. Small wonder the Big Box Stores are closing in record numbers. They do not understand you buy service, not a product. I purchased a Lap Top from Best Buy last month. If I knew this was their company policy, I would have certainly looked online first. Don't buy this Product. It is junk

This is an AMAZING antenna that does what the more expensive multi-directional ones can't. To start, you need to know something about the channels in your local area. Depending on the broadcaster, they may use low VHF, VHF, or UHF (most common). Many of the indoor multi-directional antennas can get great UHF signals, but can't pick up either form of VHF. I had purchased the multi-directional TERK antenna (model MTVGLS $79.99) and it couldn't pick up low VHF or VHF signals. This RCA antenna picked up more channels than the TERK at less than half the price. The secret are the extending rabbit ears. They allow it to pick up low VHF and VHF, while the panel picks up UHF. I now get all 4 major broadcast networks in my area so that I can watch college football :) Also, the channels are all in HD (1080p I think) so they look amazing on my 4k TV.