Is A Mast Needed When Your Roof Line Is 25 Feet In The Air?
Question: I have received advice to mount the antenna 4 feet above the roof. My roof is already 25 feet off the ground. The ClearStream 2 mount is not 4 feet. Is it really necessary to have it that high? How would I do that? Thanks, Jackie
Hi Jackie,
As long as your roof is not [...]
What Is The Difference Between New And Refurbished Antennas ?
Question: What is the difference between new and refurbished? What makes a unit refurbished? Does being refurbished impact the signal quality whatsoever? Thanks, Jake
Hello Jake,
The refurbished antennas we sell, for the most part, are returns from previous customer purchases. Perhaps the antenna was not the right strength for the area that they live in [...]
Is It Necessary To Have An HD Antenna To Receive HD Channels Over The Air
Is it necessary to have a HD antenna to receive HD channels over the air? I have two fairly old/new TV’s that can’t receive WOI, CBS or NBC at all. My atenna is 5 plus years old. Do I need a HD antenna.
Hi Jeremy,
The first thing you need to figure out is if your TV [...]
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Sandy M. Fernandez’s article in Ladies Home Journal found her self-making a list of financial changes that were long in coming. Of the 7 things on her to-do list, getting rid of Cable TV was number six. Sandy cut the cord and recommended Antennas Direct for your HDTV antenna needs.
Read her full article here: 
BEAVERCREEK — Lt. Daniel DeVirgilio is being charged more than $1 million per team to watch the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, according to a letter he received Wednesday from Time Warner Cable.
The Beavercreek resident was informed that his credit card payment to Time Warner had been rejected for non-sufficient funds. The payment amount was $16,409,107.
“Had I known this I would have bought Showtime,” said DeVirgilio, an engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. “Five bucks more for Showtime is a bit much, but heck — $16,409,112. Who cares?”
Time Warner Cable Southwest Ohio officials on Thursday attributed the $16.4 million figure to human error. An employee typed in the wrong number for the amount owed, which caused the company’s automated system to generate the letter.
DeVirgilio didn’t receive a bill for $16.4 million, and that amount wasn’t charged to his credit card, a Time Warner spokesman said.
“We apologize for the inconvenience that it caused,” the spokesman said. “We are going to work with the customer to get this resolved.”
Time Warner Cable has 650,000 cable television subscribers in southwest Ohio, according to company officials.
DeVirgilio, 26, calculated that he would have to order an on-demand movie 1.6 million times or a pay-per-view fight 400,000 times to run up a $16.4 million monthly bill. His usual monthly automatic payment is about $80, he said.
DeVirgilio said he spent more than 40 minutes Wednesday on the phone with a Time Warner customer service representative who was “flummoxed” by the problem. He said he was optimistic that the issue would be resolved, but was concerned that it would affect his credit rating or cause his cable service to be disrupted.
“All I want to do is watch March Madness,” DeVirgilio said. “I didn’t really expect to pay $16 million to watch the Sweet 16.”
President of Antennas Direct, Richard Schneider is interviewed on attending SXSW and marketing his HD antennas to the tech savvy spectators there.
For the die hard sports fan, life without cable could be down right unbearable. Almost as unbearable as having to pay for the cable bill. But now, Apple TV is able to stream MLB.tv and NBA League Pass. Casey Chan of Gizmodo is cutting his cable subscription and going to get an Apple TV ASAP.
Read his article on how he set up an antenna to grab free local HD NFL games over the air every Sunday, streams in the rest with his Apple TV and said good bye to paying his $100 cable bill every month.
Read how a Rachel Cericola adds her local HDTV Channels to her current DISH Network for free using Antennas Direct ClearStream 4. Her story is very informative from installing the ClearStream 4 to setting up her tuner. Her bottom line is that she is getting local HDTV channels for free!
Question: I have received advice to mount the antenna 4 feet above the roof. My roof is already 25 feet off the ground. The ClearStream 2 mount is not 4 feet. Is it really necessary to have it that high? How would I do that? Thanks, Jackie
Hi Jackie,
As long as your roof is not made of metal, you will not need to use a mast to elevate your antenna. One of our J-Mounts would be perfect for the installation of your ClearStream 2 to your roof.
Great question! Thanks!
Watch how this real life cord cutter in Ephrata, PA leaves behind his cable provider, Blue Ridge Communications, and shares how he installed his new free “Over The Air” television receptions using an Antennas Direct Clearstream 4 HDTV antenna in addition to how he streams content from the Internet. He saves at least $80.00 a month now. Nice job!
Mayor Monio of Boston is telling his fellow 15,000 to 20,000 Bostonians, which subscribe to Comcast’s basic cable package, that there is an alternative to the cable giant’s recent double-digit increase on that plan. OTA antennas.
Read how the Mayor is informing the poor and elderly, who mainly receive basic cable, about antennas as an option to rising rates.
Can over a half million ex- cable subscribers be wrong? I don’t think so. Numbers are the proof. And that number is staggering.
Cable subscribers are walking away from the exorbitant pricing of cable companies.
GigaOm’s Ryan Lawler tells the full story here: 
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