Customer Reviews:
 Works very well and is a good value July 15, 2010
Electro-Kid
For the past year, I've been struggling with the Artec. I thought that the Artec, which is flat and blue in color and looks rather weird, might be using a revolutionary new technology. Wrong! On the positive side, I did get a lot of exercise jumping in and out of my chair constantly adjusting it.
To be fair, I do live in a valley with large trees and a huge hill between my house and two stations. For only a few dollars more, this antenna is a far superior product. I still have some problems with one of the stations on the other side of the hill, but once it's pointed in the right direction, I can watch that station without any further adjustments. Vehicular traffic near my house is no longer a problems as it was with the Artec. This antenna is less affected by windy weather too. The low-flying police helicopter causes signal problems momentarily, but that's to be expected.
If you live 15 miles or less from the transmitters, I recommended the Channel Master 4040. One reviewer said glue was used to attach the base properly. This is not necessary. It takes a lot of force to snap the two parts together. Once they are joined, the unit is very solid and the two parts will not separate.
Of course I won't get as much healthy exercise with the 4040. Oh well.....
 Not bad, but not great April 5, 2010
Michael Aherne (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
The good:
- When it receives channels, they are clear, crisp, and in HD.
The bad:
- There's no such thing as channel surfing with this. You pick a channel, then sit there and twist and point the antenna until it comes in. Don't like what's on the channel? Oh well, pick another one and repeat. It's like the days of rabbit ears all over again.
If you only watch a few channels, or only need this for big events (like the SuperBowl), it's a great antenna at a great price. But if you're looking for something that receives a lot of channels, and if you're like me and live about 40 miles from the stations, you'll need something bigger on the roof.
Excellent value! February 22, 2010
KARL LEWIS (Ann Arbor, MI USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm renting an apartment in the city, so I can't easily add an antenna in the attic or outdoors. I purchased the Channel Master 4040 and parked it on a tall bookshelf, facing a sliding glass door. I receive very strong HD signals from both Detroit, MI and Toledo, OH, with very little adjustments necessary.
 Good Little Antenna July 16, 2009
Christopher Henrici (Washington, DC United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This Antenna is an indoor log periodic similar to a "Silver sensor". With antennas each situation is different, I'm only reporting my experience with DTV and with the Channel master 4040 antenna in combination with a Digital stream DTV box using coax connection. It is recommended for urban areas, which suited my needs. I found it likes to be as high in the room as you can get it and on a flat steady surface (I would'nt suggest just sticking it on top of TV like you might do with rabbit ears). I Adjusted the angle and direction of the antenna awhile to learn what works best. Although this antenna is specified as UHF, I got all broadcast channels in my area with it, from 4 on up to 66. A total of about 20 channels in all. The picture quality is better than I had with cable, and better than before the DTV transition. The truth is any antenna and capable reciever can get free HDTV broadcasts. Eventhough my box only puts out 480i (which is technically "standard definition") and I use a Trinitron CRT, the picture on HD broadcasts is comparable to and sometimes exceeds watching a DVD- for hardcore HDTV and bluray people that might not seem like much, but the results I got were really beyond my expectations. I still have to move the antenna a little bit to optimize a couple channels, but I can get all to come in at 80 or higher signal strength according to the signal meter of my DTV box w/ the majority coming in at 90 or more. This a good way to find the sweet spot, pull up your DTV box signal strength indicator meter on the screen and move antenna around while looking at the meter- by doing this I took the signal strength from below 50 (weak) to 80 or higher (good). Some people report frequent splotching and drop outs with DTV, I had only minor issues with that, if very windy or raining sometimes (which btw can happen even with satellite or cable services), but most times the picture was rock solid. One note, for assembly the base of this antenna snaps into place and it is not the sturdiest joint, if you un-snap and apply a little glue judiciously you'll fix my only complaint about this antenna. This thing is a good product and a total bargain considering it gave a better picture than cable and cost about as much as a week or two of cable service. This one is a good option for people who for whatever reasons can't use an outdoor antenna.
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