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Your cart is empty.A better signal means better TV with the GE-branded Indoor Antenna Amplifier. Increase your reception quality by strengthening the signal from channels in your area. PureAmp™ Technology features a built-in 4G/5G LTE filter that blocks unwanted cell phone interference and amplifies VHF and UHF broadcast signals for crystal-clear reception of in-range HDTV channels. This low-noise amplifier boosts signal strength to compensate for cable loss and minimizes reception dropouts to strengthen the signal of available channels that your antenna is already receiving. The number of channels and the reception quality will vary based on distance from broadcast towers, antenna position and obstacles, including hills, buildings and trees. Compatible with all brands, the amplifier easily connects to the coax cable from your antenna and then attaches directly to your TV—twist-on connectors mean no tools are required for installation. This amplifier is perfect for any indoor passive antenna and is powered using the included AC power adapter. Seeing is believing with the GE-branded Indoor Antenna Amplifier.
Ricky
2025-08-08 11:29:56
I live about 25 miles west of Philadelphia, and have a GE Attic Antenna (29884-PK1), GE 50-ft RG6 Quad Shield Coax (33532), this GE Antenna Amplifier (42178), and a three way splitter (-3.5db, -7db, -7db). The -3.5db tap is connected to an HDHomeRun Flex 4K quad tuner/DVR. The -7db outputs go to a TCL Roku TV and a Vizio TV. I pick up about 30 channels (100 sub-channels). This includes two unencrypted ATSC 3.0 stations (6abc and Fox 29) . Without the amplifier, some of the weaker stations were unreliable. This amplifier shored things up. And the ATSC 3.0 stations work fine.The amplifier increases the signal strength measured on my HDHomeRun by about 25%. Based on the information provided by the "OTA DTv Television Minimum Signal" web site, I used a conversion factor of 0.6 db/percent, which puts this amplifier's gain at about 15 db. Not sure if the 4G/5G LTE filter is helping, but it might be, because the signal quality was slightly better. On four of the weaker stations, the changes in the signal quality were 7%, 16%, 0%, and 2%. Physically, the device is nice and compact and consumes very little power. The DC power adaptor is rated for 0.9 watts (6 volts @ 150 ma). The amp also has a red LED to show that it is powered.An alternative to this device on Amazon would be the "RCA Indoor Antenna Amplifier by Audiovox". This includes an amplifier and 4-way splitter, and provides 10db of gain. Given the -7db loss of a 4-way splitter, the RCA amp must be about 17db, which is similar to the 15db provided by this GE amplifier. However, the RCA amp does not have an LTE filter.
Waits
2025-08-01 20:10:17
I bought this amp to use with antenna in hopes of improving my TV reception. Unfortunately I'm right on the edge of the broadcast area of a major city and the reception can be inconsistent to say the least. A little online research said an amp could help with my problem so I landed on this one. After lots of trial and error, I've come to the conclusion that my reception was better without this thing. I tried this amp on multiple antennas in different rooms and was never able to get better reception with it than I was without it. It's a completely useless piece of junk to me. I strongly urge you to go in a different direction if you think this amp will be the solution to your problems.
sseverus
2025-05-31 11:22:29
My OTA antenna is on the opposite side of the house of my primary TV. I connected this amplifier close to my antenna and the signal travels through a coaxial cable to my ATSC 3 NextGen tuner TV. It improved my signal significantly. The TV tower is approximately 32 miles away. Channels lock on more quickly and stations I’m primarily interested in watching no longer pixelate. I did have to purchase some coax connectors and build some coax cable with the proper connectors to connect this amplifier. Not hard to do and was a good learning experience. And will certainly pay for itself quickly no longer paying for cable TV.P.S. Don't forget to rescan for channels after connecting the amplifier.
Serious Honest Reviewer
2025-04-28 17:23:57
As noted at the end of this review, I did not receive the pigtail tv 75 ohm cable that was shown in the description attached to the amp and shown on the box itself. This meant that I needed a short piece of 75 ohm cable with connectors which I had, so no big deal to me but it may concern other buyers.I wanted to be able to get a good signal from my antenna for a channel that was just out of range. Before I put this on, the channel was cutting in and out (pixelating) by the minute depending on the day and season (tree leaves or no tree leaves). Sometimes I could watch it for an hour but usually just lost it altogether. Added this to my antenna and got a good signal from that weak station. Since it’s digital, the picture looks great. Digital signals are basically either great, pixelating, or gone so I went from pixelating or gone to great!You only get the amplifier and power cord , even though a pigtail cable is shown in the description so you will need another small length of 75 ohm cable with 2 male connections to get from the antenna to the amplifier then use your original 75 ohm cable from the amplifier to the tv. You also could put the amp at the tv end so you have convenient ac power but you take the risk of more signal loss from the length of un-amplified cable to the tv. Probably not too much difference though and it would be much easier. My antenna is in my attic and I have an ac outlet up there so I did it that way.One more thing, I did pull in another station that I never had before but it is pixelating but not a problem for me since I didn’t even know it was there before the amp.Very easy to install, unscrew the cable from the antenna the screw in the short cable to the antenna and the amplifier. Screw the original cable into the amp and plug in the power cable. The amp is marked on ends as to which is for the TV and ANT, so don’t hook it up backwards (that’s why there should have been a pigtail to keep that from happening).Very happy with it for cheap price. However this will not get you tv stations in the next state, lol. Just those that are on the very edge of your antenna without the amp.I gave it a 4 star instead of 5 since there was no pigtail cable as described and most buyers will have to go somewhere to buy that extra before installing.
Customer
2025-03-11 13:31:55
Did not help get weak signals
Robert Marston
2024-12-19 18:49:12
Was dubious whether this would really work. We have an old aerial antenna on a pole just above the roof line. 50ft coax from antenna directly to our smart TV worked great for a long time -- strong signal, plenty of channels. Then we introduced a 2nd TV by running 10ft of coax from the antenna to a Y splitter, then the 50ft coax to the smart TV. As we feared, this resulted in a weaker signal, and fewer channels. It still worked OK, but the slightest wind would sway the antenna and we'd lose several channels. Before replacing our old antenna with a modern (expensive) one in a better location, I decided to try this much cheaper option. And it works! We now have all the channels back on that TV, and more. Buying another amplifier for the 2nd TV (per instructions, one amp per TV -- not just one amp split to many TVs)
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