Why Rabbit Ear Antennas Still Work! #Shorts

Those old rabbit ear antennas from many years ago still work just fine on modern TVs! #Shorts

[TheQuickSilver]

My grandmother had a huge antenna on top of her house for broadcast TV with a wire running to where the TV would sit. She hadn't used it much in probably many years when broadcasts went digital. A few years ago I hooked it up to her TV. It was shocking how many digital channels she could get with it!

[HeisenbergFam]

Legend has it wearing rabbit ear antennas gives you +50% hearing

[Weneedaplague]

My grandparents used antenna out in the country where the cable company wouldn't go. Big enough antenna with some knowledgeable direction can get you so many free channels

[Kochiha]

I remember my mom telling me I was wasting my time holding onto those things, so I managed to blow her mind when I used double-sided tape to hook the rabbit ears onto my flatscreen TV and then tune into local channels. The converter box was mounted onto the back of the screen in a similar way, out of sight.

[justindunlap]

The best reception ive ever got was using a 7x30 foot piece of garden fence, that i just atrached a coaxial cable to.

[cirkus]

i put a paperclip in the hole on the back of my tv once and surprisingly it worked

[DavidsDead]

The old rabbit ears seemed to work way better than any of these flat antennas or powered ones.

[japzone]

More specifically, the loop is the most important part of the antenna, as it picks up UHF which is the frequencies most IS TV stations use these days. The actual "rabbit ear" rods are for VHF, which might be still useful for some people living near one of the remaining VHF TV stations.

[TriangIe]

My 2017 Samsung TV actually has the ability to tune analog despite the FCC prohibiting analog transmission since 2009.

[Mr.Morden]

To say that it works is relative. In order to receive broadcast tv from towers 30+ miles away you're gonna need something way better than rabbit ears. Sounds like a job for LTT labs.

[thumpbutter]

The "ya dig" was amazing!! 😂😂

[EpicWolverine]

Yeah the marketing around “HD antennas” is wack. The old ones still work, and often work better. A collab with the Antenna Man on YouTube would be cool. He knows his stuff but doesn’t have much reach.

[perkiousmusic]

Yes I install these quite often the biggest advantage to this over a cable box is you pay for 1 and never have to pay past that the disadvantage is that you can only get local channels nothing that isn't broadcast nearby

[BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

My uncle got a nice big 75" but mostly does streaming services so he needed a way to watch the local news. So I just stuck the old rabbit ears from his old CRT he never used. Was funny seeing that low res staticky image on the massive screen.

[someusername]

I haven’t watched TV-TV in over 10 years. I was around when Hulu was founded and Netflix was DVD rentals.

[PlaceholderforBjorn]

The HD versions of antennas usually differ in one way. They have filters that are tuned for the DVB-T frequencies. At least here in Europe. So using them for common radio receiving isn't the best option.

[idesofmarchUNIAEA]

Disco Sudeera was late 70s to early 1980s, they were actually use three decades before that in the 1950s

[WT.....]

Moved house a few years back, the new place was an old house without any proper Radio antenna, but had a big set of those rabbit ears. For the first few weeks, had to watch grainy TV on my big flat screen.

[saysbadman]

The antennas were designed to pick up certain frequencies not certain content. The radio towers haven't changed frequency (terribly much) only the info they send over that frequency. So antennas still work as they should, but you may just need a new tuner.

I got one of those flat wall antennas from Amazon basics, and it works great! I think they may have been made by mohu. I would look for one that allows you to change cables. I changed my cable to a short high quality one for minimal signal loss. Don't use an amplifier if you can. Those don't "pull down the signal" any better. They're for boosting whatever signal you get through a long stretch of cables and splitters. Amps will reduce the signal a little before amplifying it. They can also amplify noise. If you just have a short run of 10' or less you don't need an amp, and if you do have an amp it needs to be as close to the antenna as possible for the best signal.

[ej_tech]

At least with my experience with ISDB-T digital TV, a regular "Rabbit Ear" antenna doesn't perform that well anymore. An amplified antenna is preferred.