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Philips SDV2210/17 UHF/VHF/FM/HDTV Indoor Antenna | 
 enlarge | Brand: Philips
Category: CE
List Price: $31.39
Buy New: $6.99
You Save: $24.40 (78%)
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Rating:  7 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 2.4 x 8.2 x 10.7
MPN: SDV2210/17
Model: SDV2210/17
UPC: 609585134928
EAN: 0609585134928
ASIN: B000UPA7CG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Channels 2-69 | | • | 34" VHF dipoles | | • | UHF element with 180 degree tilt radius | | • | Includes 75-300 ohm indoor transformer with attached 6' coaxial cable | | • | 12 Position fine tuning for a better defined signal |
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Product Description
The Philips SDV2210 receives channels 2 though 69. UHF/VHF, 12-position finetuning knob allows you to achieve best possible reception. The highly efficient UHF flat panel array offers improved reception over conventional loop antennas. Due to the flat design, the antenna concentrates the signal for better reception.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
Really improved my converter box reception November 6, 2008
Bought an HDTV converter for my bedroom TV,even tho I live in the Phila.metro area [Yeah Phillies!] reception not good with rabbit ears,so so reception on all channels and sub channels.Decided to try this antenna,WORKS GREAT.Get good reception on almost all now.Can't beat the price.
 The best of the bunch for me! November 1, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I will preface my remarks with something that probably does not need to be said. Indoor antennas perform differently in various locations, so my experience may mirror yours or not. Having said that, I feel I have earned the right to comment and the obligation to share my experience in attempting to find the best antenna.
General background: I have a 37" Toshiba LCD TV and I live on the 7th floor of a high rise apartment building in downtown Nashville. Nashville is in a basin surrounded by hills with TV towers in several locations in the metro area. I do not live far from any of them, probably less than 15 miles from the farthest. However, I do live in the middle of skyscrapers ... and of course those Middle Tennessee hills.
I recently decided that I couldn't totally trust Comcast to deliver programming since on the night of the final presidential debate of 2008 they, for reasons that are still not totally clear to me, decided to disconnect my service to connect someone else in the building. I'm sure it was all just a mistake; but during the last ten years, it has happened a couple of other times, so let's just say I was not happy that evening. I was forced to drink a six pack of Miller Lite in a bar a few blocks away with people that I am sure have many virtues but did not share my political opinions. BUT a guy has to do what he has to do to watch history in the making.
Comcast had my service restored early the next morning; but I had already decided to get an antenna for the next time one of their installers made a mistake. I ordered the following antennas from Amazon over a period of several days. (I hope my friends like my rejects as Christmas presents ... just kidding.)
1) Philips PHDTV1 Silver Sensor UHF/HDTV Digital Indoor TV Antenna
2) GE 24775 Quantum Indoor HDTV Antenna
3) Terk HDTVa Indoor Amplified High-Definition Antenna
4) Philips High Performance Amplified Indoor Uhf/Vhf/Fm/HDTV Antenna
5) Philips SDV2210/17 UHF/VHF/FM/HDTV Indoor Antenna
Here are my results:
1) The Phillips PHDTV1 Silver Sensor was not the antenna I needed; but that's my fault. It's a purely UHF antenna; and four of the stations I must have are VHF stations: ABC, NBC, CBS & PBS. It works fine for the others; but obviously I should not have ordered this one.
2) The GE 24775 Quantum worked well actually. I would have settled on this one because it picked up all stations well (except the ABC station sometimes). However, it requires electricity and has the brightest little blue light on it's front that I've ever seen in my life. BUT it works well; and it is stylish. I kept looking.
3) The Terk was a monster. It did not work well; and it looked like a rooftop antenna sitting in my living room. HORRIBLE.
4) The Phillips amplified antenna didn't perform well either ... not half as well as the GE Quantum.
5) Imagine my shock when I found that the Philips SDV2210/17 was the best of the bunch! Not only does it pick up every single station with the best signal of any of them, it is also the cheapest and requires no electricity. It has a low profile, so even though it does look like exactly what it is, it's not obtrusive at all. The price has gone up a little since I got mine earlier this week; but THIS IS THE BEST ... at least for me. Considering that it is half or less of some of the others, it's definitely worth a try.
 didn't work for me October 23, 2008
I have the Terk TV1 and it works fantastically (the nearest stations to me are 22-39 mi away), but only for VHF. So I tried this (since it gets both VHF & UHF), however, big disappointment. It didn't get ANYTHING.
Excellent HDTV reception October 20, 2008
I have an HDTV and Directv setup. Directv doesn't supply all the local channels in HDTV...only 3 out of over 6 available. I also receive another 14 channels that are in DTV that Directv doesn't supply. The picture is just as perfect as the satellite since both are "air" signals. I am about 15 miles from transmitters and if you are this close and don't get good DTV reception, you don't know what you're doing!
Smiling September 22, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
First off I borrowed RCA's cheapest model ant. (with the round hoop for UHF) from a friend and used it for about 1 week hooked up to my new HDTV.It worked fairly well but I sometimes had to make slight adjustments for different channels because of dropouts.
I purchased the Philips SDV2210/17 and placed it in the same spot and position as I had the RCA ant. and I got up 1 time to click the switch 1 position to the right and I have not had to touch it since to get all my favorite channels.I am about 25 miles from most of the ant. sites with lot of obstuctions in the way I am very pleased with this ant.performance.
There does indeed to be something to this flat UHF ant.design and for 9 bucks and change I am smiling with this antennaes performance.
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