Reddit mentions of Mohu Leaf 50 TV Antenna Amplified 60 Mile Range MH-110584

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Free channels in America are only what you can get over the air through an antenna. If you don't live in or near a major city, you're lucky to get only a couple of channels, and likely at least half of them will be crazy religious programming or in Spanish. I live about 57 km from a major city (400,000 people), I get ABC, NBC, PBS, the CW. I'm missing FOX and CBS. That's with an amplified antenna and on the topmost floor of my apartment building.

Also, before the digital switch, I could get weak signals of FOX and CBS, but since digital signals are an all or nothing deal, a weak digital signal means that my television won't show it at all.

I'm on mobile so hopefully this will be formatted correctly. Since Thanksgiving is coming up this week, you'll probably need to go to Walmart or if you have Amazon Prime, you'll need to order it today. But what you need is an antenna that gets "over-the-air" stations. CBS is one of these stations. Here's a link to a good one on Amazon. Just do a bit of research to see if CBS is an over-the-air station in your area as well as your preference for an antenna! They're awesome, though! In addition, I would recommend PlayStation Vue rather than Sling. Sling was always super slow in my experience and with Vue, you're able to record shows! Anyway, good luck! Again, what you'll need is an HDTV antenna.

I have a Mohu Leaf indoor antenna, and I can pick up all the local channels (live in South Durham). Mohu (the company) is based in Raleigh

Go for The Leaf.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00APPDX86/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1456988592&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=leaf+antenna&dpPl=1&dpID=311vlJK6soL&ref=plSrch

I think that would work. I'm not familiar with that brand but it has good reviews. Mohu also makes good antennas but it's a bit more expensive. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00APPDX86/

We bought the amplified version of that antenna when we cut the cable. I don't really miss Cox cable at all.

Outdoor is your best bet, but after trying several indoor antennas, the one that finally worked for me was this one: https://www.amazon.com/Mohu-Paper-thin-Reversible-Performance-MH-110584/dp/B00APPDX86/ref=sr_1_2?

A few notes:

• I get better reception without connecting the amplifier (strange, but true)
  
• On my 2 story home, I have it thumbtacked to a southern facing wall on the 2nd floor and get all of the Denver Networks without any issue
  
  Other indoor antennas usually gave me a couple of channels, but never ABC. This one gets me everything.
  
  

I'm out in the boonies and a leaf antenna works perfectly for me. I don't even have the 50 mile range one and it works great. Takes a little patience finding just the right spot to put it on the wall to get all the channels, but well worth it.

I use the Mohu Leaf 50 Antenna and I get HD-quality KDKA (CBS), WPXI (NBC), and WPGH (FOX), as well as a bunch of PBS channels, the CW, ME.TV, and some other random channels. I can't get WTAE (ABC) to come in, but I've read that other people have the same problem.

You'll get all the Sunday Steelers games because they're always on either CBS or FOX. The only ones you'd miss would be Monday night ones on ESPN. If you know someone with cable, you can use their login to verify your Roku, and use the WatchESPN app for the Monday night games, and all other ESPN programming.

Baseball and hockey are a little more complicated, because the Pirates and Pens are blackedout on the MLB and NHL streaming services. I use Unblock.us with my Apple TV and was able to stream Pirates games perfectly with my MLB.TV subscription (~$130 for the season). Unblock.us is $5 a month. I'm sure this setup would work for the NHL streaming service as well, but I haven't tried it myself.

Alternatively, if you have a jailbroken iOS device or rooted Android device, you can download a location spoofing app, set your location somewhere outside the US and Canada, and watch the games on that device/stream them to a TV via a Chromecast. This is a little more cumbersome, but you'd save $5 a month not needing Unblock.us

I cut my cord a few months ago so this is pretty fresh for me.

I have a home theatre pc connected to the main tv in my house. Only running SSD and a minimal fan in the case so it is nearly silent. On the PC I run Netflix and have Amazon Prime video. I also use bittorrent to get stuff not available on those.

My cell phone plan is with Rogers so for that season it gets me access to NHL GameCenter. I use this along with a proxy to watch Oilers games.

Other sports have been a bit of an issue. I like to watch tennis and have to usually search around for a stream.

I also purchased an antenna. I can pull 5 channels. I should get another but I kind of have the antenna hidden out of site so I think that is messing with my signal. I don't use it often, but during things like the election I like to watch the news. Same with when there are a couple things on Global I want to see, like the Oscars or Grammys. The one I purchased is: https://www.amazon.ca/Mohu-Leaf-Indoor-HDTV-Antenna/dp/B00APPDX86.

On my secondary TV all I have is netflix through my xbox.

I have not tried out KODI yet but I hear it is pretty awesome

The Mohu Leaf 50. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00APPDX86/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I picked up a used one, figuring most people probably did what I did with the first antenna I got: "Well it works but doesn't get this one channel right, so lemme return this and upgrade."

It is absolutely hideous. I wouldn't be using it if it wasn't out of site. For a very long time, I simply had an antenna sitting in my front window and it worked very well. I had a Radio Shack version of this one, and my closest towers were 25mi+ away from me and I picked up about 30+ channels. http://www.amazon.com/GE-24769-Outdoor-Electric-Antenna/dp/B0026SSAOM/ref=pd_sim_23_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=31zRDYvxOYL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=1NQ7FCVY3GJNYNS65TF6

For the antenna, since you are in an apartment, start small and upgrade if you need/want to. going bigger gets you a stronger signal, and can potentially pick up more stations, but you may not need to. My brother has the Phillips version of this antenna and he is very happy with it.

I haven't used a Mohu, but they are really low profile, and may work great for you. http://www.amazon.com/Mohu-Leaf-Amplified-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B00APPDX86/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1453298303&sr=1-1&keywords=mohu

Mohu Leaf’s amplified flat antenna.

https://www.amazon.com/Mohu-Antenna-Amplified-Range-MH-110584/dp/B00APPDX86?th=1&psc=1

Certified refurbs go for $30

I have the Winegard FlatWave, also purchased from Amazon, and I'm happy with it. Depending on where you're located, don't expect even the most basic of channels to come through all the time; depending on the weather (and it doesn't always make sense), something may come in one day and may not another. I also spent an entire afternoon finding out the best places to put the antenna depending on which channel I want to receive, since the antenna must point different directions for different channels.

I've also heard great things about the Mohu Leaf from people who own it.

https://www.amazon.ca/Mohu-Leaf-Indoor-HDTV-Antenna/dp/B00APPDX86/

I have awesome results with this amplified flat "leaf antenna from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Mohu-Paper-thin-Reversible-Performance-MH-110584/dp/B00APPDX86/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1473648430&sr=1-1&keywords=mohu+50

I'm about the same distance from you from my local stations' broadcast towers and I can pick up everything just fine with a Mohu Leaf 50 stuck in a window with some 3M command strips.

Of course, the topography can have a hand in things too. If you've got a mountain or something breaking up line of sight that can't really be overcome by a terrestrial antenna.

I have one of these and it works pretty well. The local TV stations are about 35-40 miles from me. The downside is that I get stations that are useless to me like religious stations and Spanish stations which there are a lot of. I can get two major networks though and the only reason I bought it was so I can watch the news. I also have Hulu Plus.

How far is yours? I have this one from amazon rated for 50 miles...

No problems for me. I use this antenna: http://www.amazon.com/Mohu-Leaf-Indoor-HDTV-Antenna/dp/B00APPDX86/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1410891390&sr=8-2&keywords=leaf+antenna

This was the last one I bought. I'm sure I could eventually find one that works in the $100+ range but it's just simpler to pay the $25 a month to Comcast for the few months of the year I actually need it.