GE Pro Long Range Attic Outdoor TV Antenna 29884 Review

This is my review of the GE Pro Outdoor/Attic TV antenna. It runs about $35 and claims reliable reception within 70 miles of the broadcast towers. It's marketed as an attic antenna but how well does it work?

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[AntennaMan]

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[R-L-D]

I kid you not, I just installed this antenna for shits and giggles about 2 weeks ago. I live in a rural area with some pretty large old growth trees blocking my optimal direction. The rabbit ears this replaced were pulling in about 15 channels with 2 that were troublesome. I mounted the GE antenna in the attic, ran the line to the basement and hit a four way. No pre-amp, no booster, nothing. I now get 52 channels and not a single channel with issues. One channel is around 68% the rest are all at least 80%. I couldn't be happier with this antenna. What turned out to just be a test to see how well it would receive in the attic, turned out amazing. I get several crystal clear channels out of Detroit which is about 65 miles away. Never thought for a second that I would give a $39 antenna a 10/10.

[jimkinner]

I have the GE roof mounted. It does pretty well. It pulls in 45 channels or so reliably and 59 in perfect conditions. I've had it up about a year and a half with no issues yet. As you mentioned, it probably won't last 25 years but for $40 its fine. I liked it because its not huge and obnoxious looking up on the roof.

[charlesdahmital]

You should do an 'antenna board' like Top Gear did for cars.
Have it in your videos and as you test new units you can place a placard for that antenna on the board
in order of over all value.

[karwendelman]

Just connected this antenna on our roof in the suburban SF Bay Area. It works perfectly. I didn't connect a pre-amp and patched together the cables left hanging from two old satellite antennae. Still, the antenna pulled in over 100 channels, more than twice what I expected. Yes, there are some far-away stations that suffer from clipping audio but I hadn't expected to receive these at all. Picture and audio quality of our local channels are absolutely perfect.

Thanks to Antenna Man for all the sound advice around over-the-air TV reception.

[whaler]

Have installed a number of these for friends and family in the Las Vegas area. We get great reception and around 80 channels. They work fine for us out to about 40 miles (that's as far as I've installed them from the transmitter site). We'll have to see how they hold up with the sun out here, but so far so good after 4 years. In three installs these have replaced satellite dishes and used the old mounting poles. The size is perfect for that. Not every situation works for large antennas, but as always, go with as large as fits.

[riverraisin]

Last weekend I attended a wedding. I couldn't decide if I should hang around afterwards or go home and install my new PingDingBing antenna.
To make a long story short, the reception was great.
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week!

[MisterUptempo]

"Yes, this antenna is marketed as an attic antenna, but you could use it anywhere you'd like." Looks like the best place to use this would be the bathroom. That way, one could use it for TV reception while also utilizing it to hang wet bath towels on.

Great review as always, sir.

[dougb]

I would like to add that some new homes have "Radiant Barrier" roof sheathing. There is an aluminum foil layer on the inner surface that will block signals to the attic.

[Xmarduk]

I love that this guy is so sick of the BS.

[nighthawkvca]

I have the GE 33692, which looks identical to the 29884 reviewed in this video at nearly the same price (I bought at around $25 with a Chase card promo 2 years ago, but it's currently $35). It replaced the $100 Antennas Direct ClearStream 4 that my parents had before it. With the ClearStream 4, the signal would always be briefly scrambled whenever a car passed by the house (radio or cellular interference is my guess) but with the GE 33692 my family has been very happy so far with no interference from passing cars. Signal quality for the majority of channels also improved by about 10-15% overall.
We live approximately 25 miles from the broadcasting stations in southern California.

[leonardrice]

I think the way you always open up describing how there is no such thing as a digital antenna, and the VHF/UHF frequencies is outstanding.👍

[MF-meyi]

Tyler, I watch some of your videos on antennas. I owned a GE model like this one. I got great reception with a piece of cardboard slightly bigger that the antenna, then covering it with aluminum foil. Then I mounted it behind the antenna. It improved the reception a lot. Keep up your great work! Mike

[scallywag]

That's the exact one I have, I live 45 miles from a big city and pull in 41 channels. Works great for me.

[glenngore]

I bought one of these antennas a while back, Tyler, and it was all it could do to bring in a couple of stations that are only 25 miles away....and that is WITH a pre-amp installed. Signals from a translator 3 miles away were iffy at times without the pre-amp. Take all the "miles" claims with a HUGE grain of salt. Love your videos, keep up the good work!

[Tom-xpdl]

I have this antenna, I mounted it high above the roof, never got it to work, 2 days with this antenna and I DROPPED it off the roof...hung it over a chain link gate, not mounted, just hung it over to get it out of the way, thats 4 to 5 years ago I guess, , , , still works great. I never mounted it, , , I just have to move the gate a bit after a rain or high wind event. Antennas aggravate me SOOO much. I love to see how calm you are. But this is a good antenna, the plastic is doing well here in north east Texas, 50 to 60 mile range .

[happyjack]

I ordered this antenna and received it a few days ago. Took about 20 minutes to assemble. I intend to put it in my attic but temps are in the high 80's so I'll delay that until fall. Anyway, I placed the antenna on a top shelf of a second story closet (on an outside wall) and pointed it due south toward Indianapolis (37 mi, flat terrain). I am receiving 26 channels, crystal clear, from the Indy area and a CBS affiliate station from Lafayette, IN which is due west of me (26 mi). I may not even put it in the attic after all. Well worth the $35 I paid for it.

[billyshepard]

I have this antenna on my attic and have it connected to a channel master amp and splitter. I can get channels 100 miles away. It works great

[jimkinner]

I have this antenna on my home. Roof mounted. I'm pulling in about 48 channels (subs included) All UHF. It's been up for over a year with no issues to date. I like the built in matching trans.as I've had issues with them on my past ant. Agree that I might be looking for another several years down the road, but its been good so far.

[ClassicGuy]

One dislike!!! Who is responsible for that? Come on! Tyler spends hours to make ONE video! Shame on you. Tyler, you are great and keep doing what you do.