Lava HD-8008 Omnipro Omni Directional HD TV Antenna Review

This is my review of the Lava HD8008 Omnipro Omni-directional Amplified Outdoor TV Antenna. This antenna is designed to pick up signals from all directions but how well does it work compared to other directional antennas I’ve reviewed in the past?

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[RobbieStrike]

My Grandparents had the best camper trailer as a kid there was a crank on the ceiling that allowed you to erect and point the antenna! They had a directional antenna and it showed me at a young age how a directional antenna is better for far away channels! Good video Tyler keep up the good work!

[wildwestunlimited]

I do love your "NO BS" review!!!.... Thanks for that!!!!

[jamesward]

I've had a Lava 8008 Omnipro for over a year, works great, All you have to do is install it and forget it. Pulls in all my local stations in my area and some in another state 85 miles away. I guess every area is different.

[tacomaken]

I just recently bought this antenna. Let me tell you about my experience. I live in the 08075 area area in nj. I mounted mine on a 10 ft aluminum pole. First test i did just what u did on ground picked up about 8 channel's. Then mounted on roof on chimney 40 ft in air were it currently resides. With the power for the amplifier hooked up i only recueved 14 channel's, then removed the power amplifier and hooked antenna direct into the tv. Now getting 44 channel's. I believe it is because the tv amplified the signal as well. I get every local channel in perfect hd. Along with great uhf. Bottom line is im very very happy so far with this antenna. Try raising your test anntena against and re test.

[markshiflett]

I can testify to picking up from behind. Turned my cm 4228 toward Roanoke 80 miles away and still picked up harrisonburg 30 miles behind me!! Gained 16 additional stations by doing this!! Great point Tyler

[stevenfranks]

Thanks so much for these informative videos! The signal comparison segments are great. I've gone from being clueless to being able to make an informed decision for product selection and proper installation. You're a fantastic resource. Thank you for your time and effort!

[philmiska]

I bought one of these last month bc I was tired of trying to get the old rabbit ear type powered indoor antenna to work. The signals come from 40 to 60 miles away from 3 directions & I was never able to get the ABC channel & to get NBC the antenna had to be pointed in just the right direction & put on top of the tv. The only reliable stations I got were the Fox stations. With this Lava Omnipro antenna I get 84 stations including the CBS & NBC stations & all are very clear. Very happy with it.

[startrek]

I have a Lava HD-8008 that I attached to my old Dish antenna pole on the north side of my house and it picks up lots of Chicago stations because I am only 30 miles SE of Chicago and the land is flat around here. It is doing a good job for me and I have been happy with it.

[Untamedgorillaz]

I felt like you were talking directly to me! A thanks for that great information Tyler!

[dewainejeske]

I have this antenma. We have had it up for about 9 years now, no problems with it at all.
We get 56 channels, no blinking, and it's only roighly 25 ft off the groung on a chimney mount on our house.

[mattshell]

Thank you Tyler for the review that is the identical antenna that I finally settled with after trying four directional antennas I'm in southwest Missouri pick up 42 channels of course some are duplicates I get them from Springfield Missouri Joplin Missouri in Fayetteville Arkansas I am very happy with this antenna thanks again. I have quite a few Rollinghills small mountains as I live on the lake down below works good

[bondjovi]

Really great antenna. Especially for VHF. My home-built didn't even pick up CW, FOX, ANTENNA TV. This one picked up those three.

Arnold Sez: "Get in the Choppa!"

[nellof]

Thank you for your review. I had only just recently seen this antenna lava for sale and was wondering if it was any good I'm glad to see that you are up-to-date

[gauge]

The very best antenna is the log-periodic-yagi array, these have the very best forward gain with widest bandwidth, plus the forward gain stays much more consistent across the antennas bandwidth.

[americanpirate]

I have an omni antenna and it works great, I pull in about 35 to 40 channels . I'm not in a major city either, I live outside a smaller town with the bigger cities at least 90 miles in any direction maybe over 100 .

[ful]

I have the same antenna for 3years now its relatively good. I live in Toronto area and receive 41 channels with sub channels stabled. some do pixel at times but are pretty stabled. . I never received FOX in the years having this antenna. Strangely I am getting FOX and ION TV regularly . used to get WNYB in Jamestown CH 26 but no more. I have it outside on my balcony  facing south east . As being   high up so, Weird times I got Detroit Michigan Fort Wayne Indiana. I wouldn't say its true omnidirectional antenna but its doing its job for now. Thanks for the review Tyler Its nice to see a review on the antenna I own.

[mariagil]

I live in the city and I connected and old antenna that I have from my portable tv 7 inch, and Eureka! I had all the local channels, like 40. Great reception !!

[stevejohnson]

Thanks for reviewing this, as I was always curious. Meanwhile my intuition was telling me it's nothing special. This time my intuition was trustworthy.

[thewhip]

Mine is pointed east towards Harrisburg but Hagerstown is so strong that I still get their stations from the back.