Quoted from mbwalker:I'm a RF engineer (retired not long ago). I didn't design antennas, but I designed high power transmitters and some parts of receivers (the front-end/low noise amps) - so I've dealt with the antenna designers fairly often since I was the person who's module connected to their antenna.
There's no wiz-bang magic in the 'new fangled' antennas that seem to cost an arm and a leg nowadays. The ClearStream appears to just be a glorified UHF loop. Basically the same thing as below (which at $7.95 is even outrageous...it's just a piece of wire.). I don't think the ClearStream even has an LNA (low noise amp) in it.
One advantage with the ClearStream is it's an outside antenna. Just getting outside instead of inside is a plus on weak signals, but that holds true for any antenna.
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Clear stream is total BS. you only need to see their T.V. ads.
They claim that you can receive 1080P broadcasts (I've yet to find any station that broadcasts in 1080P. Their are some that transmit in 1080I.).
the take one of their Weingard wannabe antennas on a boat about 50 feet from the shore and talk about getting DTV reception off the coast like you're in Bermuda or something.
Quoted from Irishbastard:I went to two Lowe's, no antennas at one, other had a few marked down, nothing good like you had though (one box was an obvious return, with many missing parts and somebody's Gerber multi tool). Only thing I got was the $9 RCA amp, which made things worse (Read about faulty power supplies, so going to check the voltage output on mine and see if that was the issue).
Check out the Weingard FlatWave antennas:
https://www.amazon.com/Winegard-FlatWave-FL5500A-Amplified-Ultra-Thin/dp/B00BN5Z2WM/ref=sr_1_3
They start at about $28.