michael here and today how to stop paying for free broadcast tv it starts with one of these
indoor antennas like this one hook up to the back of your tv set and they can pick up abc
cbs fox nbc and more all of this for a one-time cost of about 50 bucks and that's equal to only
three months of the typical broadcast tv fee i purchased a mohu leaf antenna and tested it out
in a location where some channels are challenging to receive so our mohu antennas really worth it
keep watching number one indoor antenna versus outdoor antenna outdoor antennas are typically
better it's true but some people should start with an indoor antenna first let me explain indoor
antennas may work best for people who live close to broadcast towers in an apartment or condo plan
to move soon or people trying to save money and if you're watching this video you may be familiar
with tyler the antenna man in a lot of his antenna reviews he holds up a cheap generic indoor antenna
that he calls a piece of junk but when he does that he's not referring to the mohu antennas
that i'll be talking about today in fact i found a couple of pretty favorable mohu antenna reviews
from tyler the antenna man and i'll drop links below number two choosing a mohu antenna straight
to mohu's website you see more than a handful of antennas are available for sale so which one
is best start here enter a zip code directly on mohu's website and it'll recommend antennas based
on your proximity to the broadcast towers that'll work but there's a website that i like even better
this is nocable.org enter your address and this website provides more detail than the mohu website
for example here are the results based on my address and you see it'll list channels that i'm
likely to receive 50 50 to receive challenging to receive and don't even try and coming up in this
video you'll see me test out a mohu leaf antenna and compare it to the results from nocable.org
number three pricing out your options now indoor antennas are cheaper than outdoor antennas and
they do not require bringing someone to your house to professionally install them and that's one of
the key reasons why i think they're a good place to start if you live close to broadcast towers and
have limited obstructions like mountains you may be fine with a forty dollar mohuli 30. that's the
model that i've used for the past seven years or so it worked great for me when i lived in atlanta
and washington dc both cases i lived within about five miles of broadcast towers but it
didn't work quite as well when i was in miami and further away from the towers let's say you're in a
location where broadcast tv stations are harder to pick up such as my current location you may want
to try the mohu leaf plus that's the antenna i bought most recently and the regular price
is 60 now you're gonna want one indoor antenna per tv set so if you've got multiple tvs in your house
buy one antenna first try it out make sure that it works before you buy additional ones and if
your antenna from mohu or any other brand doesn't work you can always return it and get your money
back number four installing your mohu leaf indoor antenna this is the mohu leaf plus inside the box
you're gonna find the antenna with an amplifier a 16 foot cable and a power adapter now some
less expensive models like the mohu leaf 30 don't have the amplifier hooking up the antenna is
simple the cable goes into the antenna jack on the back of your tv and the power adapter goes into an
available wall outlet and your antenna should have come with accessories to attach it to the wall for
some reason mine didn't but that's okay because i had some command adhesive strips that worked just
as well if you live in an area that's ideal for an indoor antenna you're not going to have to think
too hard about where to place your new antenna but if you're in a challenging location like mine
give yourself about 30 minutes to test out multiple locations right on the box a few
recommendations behind a picture by a window and above your tv before i got started testing
different placements i went back to nocable.org to see which direction the broadcast towers
are located in my case it's to the northeast which is to the left of where my tv is located in the
room one more tip before i show you the results go to your tv settings and run a channel scan
for every location that you test now to the results let's start by a window and this works for
a lot of people but in my case the window faces to the south and away from the broadcast towers
look here only 34 channels moving on to nearby the tv i conducted tests at three different levels
first was behind the tv and this has worked for me in other locations i prefer it too because
you don't see the antenna while you're watching tv but from this challenging location not much better
than the window only 40 channels an improvement though when i moved the antenna slightly higher on
the wall for two more tests i picked up 56 and 59 channels let's see what happens behind a picture
i got even better results when i put the antenna out of view behind a canvas 92 channels and one
last test the best yet with the antenna high on the wall and facing toward broadcast towers
120 channels cbs nbc fox and many more all with great picture quality what's missing abc not a
big surprise since that is one of the stations that nocable.org said was challenging for me to
receive from my location you get the idea by now if you live in a location with strong signals my
hope is that you won't have to do all the testing that i did but this just shows you that moving
that antenna even just a little bit can make a big difference in the channels that you receive
and mohu's website backs me up in general it says you can get better reception by placing the
antenna high up in a window or on a wall facing the direction of the towers so if you think an
indoor antenna will work where you live consider a mohu antenna instead of one of those cheaper more
generic brands that you see online and i'll drop a link below to the antennas i mentioned today