Customer Ratings & Reviews

It is not very good. You have to angle it just right to have it work properly. I would recommend getting a different one.

Garbage reception/signal. The power wire is short and although it says indoor use the antenna needs to be close to a window to get service so the short power cord becomes a issue if your tv is further then 5 foot away from a window.

If you are a cord cutter, or someone who wants a backup to their cable/sat subscription, an antenna is wise option, and the RCA Indoor Amplified Antenna should fit the bill well. The antenna is easy to get going. RCA provides a Signal Finder app (I used Android, find it in the Play Store under RCA Signal Finder) to help you know what stations should be available, and how to orient your antenna. It worked well, and as you move your phone, the map adjusts to show which direction the station is. For me, this wasn't quite as useful, since I live close to 3 of the 4 stations and already knew where their towers were. But someone who doesn't, the app is a handy addition! Physical set up is simple. As it's an amplified antenna, it does have a very tiny AC adapter to plug in. Connect the cable to the antenna and TV, plug it in, and extend the dipoles, and you're pretty much set. The instructions recommend avoiding metal, and placing near a window when possible, which I did. Afterwards, I ran my TV's channel scan again, and picked up all the stations I expected--the four broadcast networks, and their subchannels (a total of 20). Video quality over broadcast can be excellent, as it's typically very lightly compressed compared to cable/sat providers, so if you've never seen broadcast HDTV, you might be in for a pleasant surprise--at its best, it's near Blu-Ray sharp. For the cord cutter, this is a good product, as some of the streaming services that mimic cable packages do not always include local channels. That gives you flexibility to save some money possibly with a provider that doesn't, while you retain your access to broadcast via the antenna. And of course, even if you do use one that includes it, or have traditional cable or satellite service, this serves as a nice backup for any outages. Recommended.

Easy to set up, and I am able to get all the local channels I wanted.

I picked up the RCA ANT1268E indoor antenna in hopes that it might be a bit better than a similarly priced, window-mounted flat antenna I had previously purchased. I also wanted to try the accompanying RCA Signal Finder app. In particular, I was hoping the RCA antenna would receive signals from a tower 33 miles away that broadcasts CBS, ABC and FOX. The RCA antenna box advertises a range of 45 miles. The app did indicate a signal from the CBS-ABC-FOX tower, but try as I might, the RCA antenna did not receive it. Consequently, I found that this antenna received exactly the same channels as the flat antenna pressed against the window: NBC and PBS from towers 5 miles away and a local religious station from a tower 10 miles away. The RCA antenna had one small advantage over the flat antenna pressed to the window with adhesive. The adhesive on the window-mounted antenna has periodically come loose, requiring remounting. In contrast, the RCA antenna sits elegantly on a horizontal surface and looks much more attractive. However, in terms of signal reception, the antennas are on par, receiving exactly the same channels. Neither received the signal from the CBS-ABC-FOX tower 33 miles away, despite the RCA app indicating that it should be reachable. I should also note that extension and orientation of the rabbit ears on the RCA antenna is important. I found that it did not pick up the small religious station until the rabbit ears were extended to a full horizontal orientation. In contrast to the RCA indoor antenna, an antenna I have mounted in my attic is able to pick up signals from the CBS-ABC-FOX tower. So, while the RCA ANT1268E is fine for an indoor antenna, realistically one shouldn't expect it to perform like an outdoor antenna.

I always recommend keeping a tv antenna around. You never know when the weather or another event could knock out tv, internet and everything else. This RCA antenna is amplified which is needed in most locations. This antenna also has what they call "SMARTBOOST" so it wont interfere with cell phone signals (up to 5G). Please note this does need a power supply to amplifiy your antenna. The power supply is not needed but you may not pick up as many channels depending on your location. I have a very large power bank that can handle powering my tv and amplified tv antenna during times of need. The antenna also recommends an RCA app which I have used prior. It helps you identify which local channels you should be able to pick up based on your location. Easy to use and helps take the guessing work out of which way to point your antenna. I highly recommend RCA TV antennas and specifically this model. I gave it 5 stars as it is compact but still able to pick up a 45 mile range. I was able to pick up tons of channels depending on the location of the antenna.

Total crap. Utterly worthless. …and if you can’t make it back to Best Buy quickly enough you’re stuck with this thing. Mine literally went in the trash.

We all know over the air digital antenna's come in many options on the market, but this RCA amplified antenna is definitely the one that has done the best job out of any amplified antenna I have ever used. It is sleek and stylish with a black antenna panel that is slim and does not take up a lot of room. Every situation is different, but my RCA antenna was able to pick up around 15 HD channels through heavy tree line and being in the middle of the room. It also includes two retractable antennas (Rabbit Ears) for strong signal pick up if you are not able to be plugged in to a power outlet or want to take your antenna easily on the go. It only comes with about a 4ft coax cable which may make it a little tricky to connect to some tv's, so you may need to buy longer coax cable. Overall this antenna is great for what it does and is well worth the buy.

First off, I have been using "rabbit ear" antennas since I was a small child. I have gone through many years using cable and satellite, but for a little over a year now I have gone completely over the air and streaming. I Have quite a few antennas in my house and have tested at least a half dozen. This RCA antenna outperformed most that I have in my home. This one is pretty traditional with a main unit and the 2 retractable antennas that are actually pretty long. You plug it in to the TV and also to a power source and away you go. So I tried this out in my basement office where I watch the morning news while I am working from home. My current antenna is one of those flat antennas mounted in the ideal spot after several hours of calibrating. I had a whopping 14 total channels. I set up this RCA in almost the same spot and ran the channel search. It found 30 total channels...30! I was ecstatic. The old channels I did get were also dicey and now those tried and true channels came in perfect. I could not be happier but the instructions recommend an app. There is an RCA app that helps you find the best position based on where the network towers are located. I am in a far north Chicago suburb and the app literally showed Chicago on a map and Milwaukee on a map. It was kind of funny as I could have just pointed the antenna towards Chicago or Milwaukee at any time. So I did and ran the channel search again. This time it found only 25. I found this even more funny. So I now have little faith in the concept of simply aiming the antenna towards the big city's towers. I then positioned it back in my original ideal spot and ran the channel search again and this time it found 35! I was perplexed as to how if found 5 more channels back in it's original spot. But I was not complaining as I now have several shop from home channels that I always find somewhat hypnotic. Overall I have extremely pleased with this antenna as it has given more channels to entertain me in the background while I am hard at work in my home office. Take the app for what it's worth, but I uninstalled it right after the first attempt using it. I think this is a 5 star antenna all day.

I substituted my old antenna, which scanned 48 channels, and am happy to say it was able to pick up an additional 3 channels. The HD picture is as good as when I used my old one. The very ne t day there was a snow storm, and of course being terrestrial, the reception did suffer from 5 bars down to 4 and became a little Pixelated. Moving the "rabbit ears" around did help. And the amplification really does bring in clearer, crisper channels. Nice, if you are a cord cutter, this should make you pretty happy.

The RCA amplified indoor HDTV antenna combined with the RCA signal finder app is a great resource in today's world. When testing, I considered why we would need an HDTV antenna in today's world. My first thought was for a gentleman like my father-in-law who is older and refuses to spend money on cable. Whereas, he currently has a HDTV antenna he would love the app. He does have a smart phone of all things and the app is simple enough for him to use successfully as a way to know right where to point the antenna to get the best picture for the programming he is currently watching. Next, I considered myself and why I actually wanted this unit. We stream most things and we do not have cable boxes on every TV in the house. In my office for instance, I have a smart TV, but I do not have a cable box since we primarily us it for streaming movies and playing games. I like any one though, do really enjoy having the news on in the background while working and this device allows me to access local news without cable and without having to run a cable through my wall to an outside antenna. The unit is super light but feels well-made and it has a pretty blue light. It also comes with a coaxial cable but is it only about 4 feet in length. I ran the cable search on my TV prior to connecting the antenna and my TV was only able to find 1 channel. After connect the antenna, I now have 33 channels that will come perfectly depending on which Tower I point the antenna towards. I would very much recommend this device and or the RCA single finder app.

The RCA Amplified Indoor HDTV Antenna is a perfectly fine indoor antenna. It features two adjustable dipoles, Smart Boost amplification and a sculptural design. Also offered with the antenna is RCA's free Signal Finder smartphone app. I find the sculptural design to be the best feature of this antenna. To get a good signal with your antenna it needs to be out in the open. Hiding it behind the tv or decor greatly reduces its ability to receive a clear signal. This particular antenna has a sleek design that won't look too out of place on a bookshelf or side table, so long as you don't have to extend the dipoles.  Aside from its design, this antenna seems to be like any other indoor antenna. Turning on the Smart Boost amplifier made no difference in signal strength for me. I got just as many channels with the feature turned off as I did with it on. Turning this feature on also lights up a very bright blue light that I find distracting. Unfortunately, I actually got fewer channels with this antenna than the leaf style one I wanted to replace.  Fidgeting with the dipoles didn't offer much more help for me than Smart Boost did. Extending them also defeats the purpose of the sculptural design if you'd rather your antenna not be seen. The Signal Finder smartphone app is a nice feature. It is available for free, whether you purchased this product or not. It's a very bare bones app that shows you where your region's broadcast signals are coming from. This way you can point your antenna directly at those towers for the most direct signal.  I've found that indoor antennas are hit or miss. No matter what proprietary terms a brand uses to describe their product, they're all pretty much the same. It really all depends on how far you are from broadcast towers and how obstructed the signals are between those towers and your tv. If you're just a few miles from the towers and there are no trees around, you'll get a nice strong signal. If you're 50 miles from the towers and you're surrounded by trees, you'll be lucky to get any channels at all. Unfortunately, that is just the nature of radio waves. The further you are from the towers, the more interference you'll have, no matter which brand of indoor antenna you buy. So, I would say that this particular antenna is for the person that has trouble getting reception when trying to hide their antenna. I've always tried to hide mine behind the tv, but that can not only block signals but also cause electronic interference. Because this particular model has a more sculptural design, I believe it would not look out of place out in the open. Just beware that you may need to extend the poles for better reception, which negates the aesthetic design. Also, if you use the amplification then it will constantly emit a bright blue light. 

I got this to try on my basement tv. My old antenna's reception would break up a lot and my basement is the toughest location in my house so I thought it would be a good test for the new antenna. Simple to connect; you can use it with or without the amplifier. I live about 18 miles from the nearest towers. I ran a channel search and my tv found 52 channels without moving the antenna. That's about six channels more than my tv upstairs. Your results may vary depending on where you live and distance from the broadcast towers. Mainly for local stations but I can sometimes also pick up stations from other cities nearby. The phone app is nice too as it shows the location of towers in your area and where to "aim" the antenna for better reception. Useful especially if you're new to using an antenna for tv. I've been using various tv antennas for many years. It's free once you buy the antenna. I've also had cable tv a few times but got tired of paying the always rising monthly bills for it. Free broadcast channels do show a lot of commercials though so be prepared for that (except for PBS). Not really a problem for me as it gives me a chance to do other things (like going to the bathroom, etc.) while watching. If you're new to broadcast tv the digital stations usually also have substations broadcast from the same tower which is why there are so many channels. Get one now. It's good.

I'm a cord cutter and this RCA Indoor antenna is just what I needed. I don't have live TV of any kind and really only miss football on the weekends during football season. This antenna fills that void. Set up was very easy. Definitely download the RCA Signal Finder app. You simply connect the antenna and plug it in, and then the app helps you determine the direction that the signals come from by using your address. I definitely recommend using this near a window. I got nothing until I moved the surge protector a little so that I could put it closer to the window. Also, move it around around and rotate it and see if you can get better signals and more channels. It recommended to in the instructions and it really did helps. The first scan that got channels found 9 I repositioned the dipoles and tried again, and only got 8 channels. I rotated the antenna itself and repositioned the dipoles, and was able to scoot it about 6 inches closed to the window by moving the surge protector again, and Bam! 20 channels. Importantly, all the local channels that I would need for football and a bunch that I never expected. And some of them are pretty good. Ones that play movies, an HGTV type channel, a crime channel and a sports channel. The antenna is definitely worth it and I would recommend it to anyone.

I have been a "cord-cutter" for longer than there was an actual term for it. I've tried several different kind of OTA antenna - ranging from flat ones to far more expensive and larger outside ones. This one is exceptional for the money. I followed the instructions and used the app recommended for its placement and replaced an existing large antenna with this one and the results were simply amazing. The large one was sometimes losing channels on bad weather days; this one did just as well as the large on even when it was inside. To make the comparison fair, I left all the channels that were pulled in with the large one (in my area that was over 40 different channels) and the smaller and less expensive one pulled all but four channels (those four were from a more remote location but were shopping channels that I already could receive - redundant). The clarity of the picture was superb and better than the larger antenna. For the money you'd be hard pressed finding something that is this good.

Picks up the following channels ok: 2.1, 2.2.2.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.5, 9.1, 9.4, 9.5, 11.1, 11.4, 13.1. 13.2, 54.1, 58.3 during the day, but has trouble supplying all of the above at night, when they are most desired. It has big trouble supplying channel 7 at any time. To a friend, we would suggest they continue to shop around and come back the this one if they can't find a satisfactory unit.

It is working really well. Occasionally we have interference, depending on which channel in particular ABC. However overall it beats the cable price we were paying and we had the same issue.

The antenna works well and I can receive several channels.

This antenna produced much better results than I expected. I live in a mobile home in Cheyenne, WY and near-window placement was impossible. Nonetheless, I am able to receive all major networks + some oddball stuff. Hint. The finder app that is offered as a download to tablet or phone is useless. If I had believed the results from that, I would have returned the phone. But I tried the antenna anyway and wala- excellent results.

I actually had an older antenna from RCA, and this one is so much better. Higher quality, and better reception. I live in the counry, and getting over the air stations is usually hit or miss. With this antenna, that has changed. Just in time for the Super Bowl!