Lava Omnipro HD-8008 Omni-Directional HDTV Antenna 360 Degree - Attic or Roof Mount TV Antenna with Mounting Pole for Clear Reception, 4K 1080P (HD8008-J_FBA)

The previous TV antenna that I had on the roof was a ClearStream 4 Indoor/Outdoor HDTV Antenna that was purchased several years ago at a local Best Buy. I bought it because it looked compact, and was made specifically for HD television reception vs. my old analog antenna. It did improve reception, and I wound up getting more channels in the Los Angeles metropolitan area (I’m in Orange County CA). The only problem that I had was with two channels. If the antenna was a little too far to the right I would get channel 7 KABC coming in fine, but then channel 4 KNBC would come in wonky/pixelated or not at all. The opposite would occur if I turned the antenna a little too far to the left. Channel 4 KNBC would come in fine, and then channel 7 KABC would be the problematic one. I could never find the sweet spot. Mount Wilson, which is located in Los Angeles County is where all of the television transmitters for the LA metro area are placed (excluding channel 24 KVCR). It is about 65 miles away. I thought, hey this is a pricey fancy HD antenna, with a 70 mile range, so I guess I’m screwed if even this antenna can’t get these two stations to come through at the same time. I even bought an amplifier and it didn’t really help.I was doing some work on the roof, so I decided to check if there were better antennas out there now. I wanted to purchase a new antenna with a more robust range than the ClearStream 4. I found the Lava Omnipro HD-8008 Omni-Directional HDTV Antenna. I researched the antenna online, and found that it is supposed to have a 125 mile range. I thought it would be nice to be able to set the antenna and forget it. I did just that. After installing the new antenna on the roof, and connecting the antenna to the included power inserter, and the power inserter to the TV, I did a rescan on the Phillips 47 inch TV in the living room, and was able to get more channels, and their sub-channels. Most of the new channels and sub-channels are foreign language such as Spanish, Vietnamese, and Korean. So, it’s definitely receiving the stations with transmitters on Mount Wilson. Thus it has a 65 mile range for sure.I now get channel 7 KABC and channel 4 KNBC at the same time without any pixelation problems. If your television has a really good tuner you will be able to pick up more channels with the antenna. I have a smaller Vizio model in one of the bedrooms, and it was able to pick up channel 6 KSFV-CD.The antenna was easy to install, but to be honest it feels cheap like if the wind were to knock it down it would break too easily. I would recommend installing it in a very overly secure manner if you are placing it outside vs in your attic. My old antenna pole was a bit wonky, so I purchased an extra clamp to make sure the wind would not tip it over.My main gripes about the Omnipro HD-8008 Omni-Directional HDTV Antenna are that it:A. Feels cheap like it will easily break.B. It’s a white color, and normally white plastic discolors, and turns into a burnt brown/yellow. It claims to have an anti-UV coating, but only time will tell. If it does turn brown/yellow quickly, I will definitely lower my rating. I would have preferred that the antenna be a black color.If you don’t have mountains or tall buildings blocking your line of site, I would recommend the Lava Omnipro HD-8008 Omni-Directional HDTV Antenna so that you can set it and forget vs. having to deal with another brand, which would require you to get back up on your roof and tweak the direction or having to deal with a switch near your TV that rotates the TV antenna for you, and then having to worry about moving parts breaking.PS. You may want to get some Rust-Oleum Never Wet Multi-Surface Spray to help minimize rain related interference.

After my cable provider doubled their cable box fee, raised their sports fee and broadcast fee, and took TCM and a western channel off my plan, it was time to cut the cord. The broadcast tower sites said I would get 16 channels. The antenna is 17 feet off the ground, and there are tall trees in the direction of some of the stations. The antenna gave me 29 stations, but 2 were duplicates, and 3 others didnt have a signal strong enough to view. Still 24 was much better than expected.Know that cable providers compress their TV signals, and for a lot of stations, the antenna picture is visibly better than the cable picture quality.I have this mounted on a 1 1/4 galvanized pipe. The top 6 ft is unsupported, but very sturdy. The antenna seems well built. The instructions are a bit lacking for 2 things. When you unscrew the bottom plates, there are locking tabs. I tried using a screwdriver to push them, but a video (not from the manufacturer) showed all you had to do was pry the plate from the end. Also, there is nothing mentioned about the rubber boot. The same video mentioned he had to cut the small end of the boot off, and cut the boot along its length, to get the end of the coax cable in it. The boot wont slide over the fittings on coax cable. During the video, the guy had trouble with the boot falling down. When I installed it, I wrapped electrical tape around the boot, and then put some plumbers putty around where the boot meets the antenna.One thing, where that boot fits into the slot on the bottom, that plastic boss makes it hard to tighten the coax fitting. The hex portion of the coax fitting doesnt stick out much further than that boss when near tight. With great care, I finished tightening with a needle nose plier.Another thing was the optional installation kit. The cable with that was rg59. RG6 is a better cable, and thought if I have a 4k UHD TV, I wanted an excellent cable. RG11 is the best, but can be hard to bend and work with. Consider looking at a coax cable site that lists the coax cable sizes, and their actual sizes , and uses before you decide what you want to do. My RG6, from another supplier, was delivered in the same box as my antenna.Lastly, the antenna has a low profile. It doesnt stick out like the old style antennas from the 60's, which looked like crab traps on your roof.So far, its perfect, and better than I hoped. And, in about 2 months, the savings from the cable company will pay for the antenna, coax and mast.

I normally don't write reviews unless it is something that really works, 1st of all I have tried to other types of antennas the 1st was a clear stream2 and the 2nd was an RCA 751 both were good antennas pulled in all of the stations within my area (in Connecticut) the problem I was having was with pixelation and also some of the stations in my area the towers were in opposite directions but the stations I wanted to watch the most continuously had pixelation problems so I saw this product on Amazon Omni Pro HD 8008 and read that it was a directional antenna and brand-new for 2014 I thought I would give it a try I may be jumping the gun because it only has been out for 2 days but I was so impressed as the description said set it and forget it no pointing no aiming and that's exactly what I did I get all the stations in my area without any pixelation at all hopefully this holds true but I thought it was worth writing review if you're like me and you don't want to pay for cable this antenna is worth a try so far it's working great for me, as always great job from Amazon, and seller of this product I will be writing review to them also to my surprise it was delivered to me on a Sunday and I didn't expect it until Monday or Tuesday what a great surprise shipping was so fast.Just wanted to add an update it's been a week now antenna has worked perfectly, also wanted to mention that I have my antenna mounted on the roof on a pole about 6 feet above the roof line.