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PowerQ POWERHD-100 Indoor Portable Pop-Up Digital HDTV Antenna - Get FREE TV Broadcasts! |  | Brand: PowerQ
Category: CE
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $29.99 (On sale from $69.99)
as of 9/4/2010 14:33 CDT details
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Seller: PowerQ Technologies, Inc.
Rating:  45 reviews
Color: Black
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 2.2 x 1.5
MPN: PowerHD-100
Model: POWERHD-100
UPC: 898948002008
EAN: 0898948002008
ASIN: B001PLH60K
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| Features:
| • | Portable indoor amplified digital HDTV antenna | | • | Watch off-the-air (OTA) TV for FREE! | | • | Ideal for laptop computers and USB TV tuner sticks. Watch TV on the road | | • | Receives digital TV signals (Channels 2-69) up to 1080i HDTV resolution | | • | ELIMINATE YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE SERVICE! |
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Product Description
The PowerHD-100 is the first truly portable digital TV antenna that enables you to receive free off air digital broadcast stations in your area. Receive both high definition (HDTV) and standard definition (SDTV) digital programming using your existing digital TV, analog TV with converter box, or USB/PC TV tuner and laptop computer. It is a unique product in its compactness (6.5 x 2.2 x1.5 inches) and pop- up element design. The internal low noise amplifier maximizes reception. The PowerHD-100 can be powered via batteries, USB power from a PC or laptop, or by AC adapter. The PowerHD-100 is the only practical portable solution for viewing digital television on your laptop. Current USB tuner sticks do not come with usable antennas as an accessory, so a separate antenna is required to receive the maximum number of stations possible. The PowerHD-100 is the ideal antenna solution for watching TV on travel. With the mandatory ending of broadcast analog TV on June 12th, 2009, there will be an increasing demand for antennas for home use. The PowerHD -100 is an ideal antenna for your home, as it can also be used with any plasma or LCD flat panel TV with an internal ATSC tuner. Hook up the PowerHD-100 to additional TVs in your house to avoid added fees for multiple cable boxes. Everything you need to receive free TV immediately is in the box. Simple hookup, installs in minutes.You Receive: Product and accessories in full retail package. Includes AC/DC adapter, F/F coax cable (to connect to your TV/Tuner), USB cable, (2) AA batteries, and User Guide. One year warranty. Glossary of Terms ATSC - This is the North American standard for receiving broadcast TV signals. HDTV - High Definition TV format, 720 and 1080 lines of resolution. USB Tuner Stick - This is a TV tuner device that plugs into your USB port. Made by ATI, Pinnacle, Hauppauge, etc.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 45
 It's All a Matter Where You Live July 27, 2010
Michael Unterman (Staten Island, NY)
I Live in Staten Island, New York.. Close to transmitters.. But This unit was totally useless.. Nothing...Nada
My Terk although clumsy pulls in 45 channels. Will stay with the ugly Terk.
 Great product! Does what it claims it will do. May 4, 2010
Philip Leaden
With the change over from analog to digital TV, there has been a rise in demand for digital portable TV's, because the old standby analog portable has become obsolete. People who were used to bringing one to the ballgame or the park picnic, now had to purchase an entirely new type of portable. Unfortunately, the majority of these new portables have very poor reception, & a lot of people have been doing a lot of justified complaining. It seems almost all (with the exception of a very few) brands of these TV's have supplied tall telescope antennas with their units that had also been used on the old analogue ones. The problem with this is most digital reception is UHF, & this requires a much shorter antenna to attain at least a chance of some kind of reception. A lot of these brands have then decided to include an extra "external" antenna; a magnetic-base one that when placed on magnetic surfaces is supposed to improve reception over the "attached to the unit" antenna. This does help somewhat, but there are still some bugs to work out with this new digital technology. Then along comes the Power Q!!! (Power HD-100). This is the only (as of this writing) portable AMPLIFIED digital antenna on the market! It runs on 2 AA batteries (included), but can also be powered by an AC cord, or a USB connection, both of which are also included! I must say, I was very impressed when I scanned my portable TV tuner after connecting the Power-Q to the co-axial port on the TV. I more than tripled the digital stations received! My portable unit has a signal meter, & the signal really jumps after connecting it to this small amplified little wonder! This company seems to be really ahead of the game (& the pack) with what they have come up with. Nobody else seems to have anything like it. I highly recommend this new product!!
 Overpriced Dissappointment. Rabbit Ears Are Better April 21, 2010
M. Grignon (Cleveland, OH)
Given the mixed reviews I really was hoping I'd be one of the pleasantly surprised people.
No such luck.
To be fair, the standard for OTA reception is a rooftop antenna, and this PowerHD-100PowerQ POWERHD-100 Indoor Portable Pop-Up Digital HDTV Antenna - Get FREE TV Broadcasts! will not come close to providing that type of reception for anyone. But my comparison of the PowerQ antenna performance is with my inexpensive GE model 24734 "Millenium" rabbit ears w/ uhf hoop that I had been previously using tested on my plasma HDTV. HDTV signals can be hit and miss to receive due to multi-path signal reflections and people who try to use this or any set-top type antenna for ground level reception can have problems, even in a metro area within 20 miles or so of the TV transmitters. I live in the lower level of a three story condo unit and my antenna can be placed near or at a large sliding patio window slightly off-axis to the TV transmitter tower signal direction. I tried the PowerQ antenna in various positions, using AC power, battery power, amp in off position. One of the main local VHF HD stations that I could receive with my rabbit ears would not tune in with the PowerQ. I extended a coax cable outside to the antenna cable connections and alternated between the PowerQ and rabbit ears. The previous unreceived station did tune in on the PowerQ but it did have occasional break-up while solid using the rabbit ears. Also, an additional UHF HD channel came in solid on the rabbit ear set but only with completely unwatchable break-up using the PowerQ with each extended outdoors.
In addition I took the PowerQ, my MacBook Pro and an Elgato TV tuner and I drove about a mile away to a park and set up the PowerQ to usb power and hooked in the TV tuner. I still had problems tuning that same UHF channel I couldn't receive at my home. Could have been the TV tuner's weak performance in this case.
Bottom line in the home tests- The cheap rabbit ears were better than this much more expensive powered antenna. Short usb cable length aside, It does have a nicer profile if I wanted to be content with just the channels it does pick up.
Big Hype April 18, 2010
Barbara J. Kaytor (Kingston Wa. USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wasn't happy with the big hype on this product it didn't perform like it said.No even close I'm lucky if it brought in 2 channels.
Worked better than a much larger antenna April 3, 2010
Vance L. Blosser (Winchester, VA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We live in a rural area and have DirectTV but like to have some local channels in the event of bad weather and for local news. When they switched to digital we ended up losing the station we liked best and picked up some others that weren't of much interest to us.
This antenna restored the missing station and works great. It took longer to unpack than to install it. It's a keeper!
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