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being someone that lives in Brooklyn, what kind of channels would I get if i hook it up to my Tv?

As someone who owns one of these, I have to say it's a pain in the ass.
The base is narrow and the antenna cord goes in the BOTTOM of it (WTF?) so it's very, VERY hard to keep upright. The slightest brush from a cat or toddler will send it tumbling. It's also not small, and there's no way to conveniently put it in your living room with the large front fin on it.

I'd also like to point out that you don't need an "HDTV" labeled antenna to pick up HD channels. It's just a digital broadcast over an analog waveform, and the ol' rabbit ears still work if you're close enough to the signal. (http://www.dennysantennaservice.com/2029710.html) The amplifier in this model doesn't help much, we ended leaving ours unplugged and just use it as regular antenna.

This is a fraud. These are obsolete now that half the stations are back on VHF. A UHF antenna is not an HDTV antenna, it's just an antenna and it's no better than a rabbit ears. Save your money and get a $1.99 rabbit ears if you live in the city, otherwise you still need a full size roof antenna to get good reception.

I'll enthusiastically amplify (no pun intended) what @catbertthegreat has said. I actually own this exact antenna, and came to it only after trying three others. It works excellently and pulls in a great signal for my apartment, crystal clear HD over-the-air television - looks better than other people's compressed cable signals. However, @jyelle was correct in noting that the antenna is quite unstable and can be knocked over easily. All I can suggest is to be careful, but I haven't found anything that works as well as this one yet. I disagree with jyelle about the plug-in amplification - I notice a massive difference in my reception when the antenna is "powered" versus when it isn't.

I should also note that jyelle is correct when implying that you don't need to buy an "HD" or "HDTV" antenna to get high-def television over the air. An antenna is an antenna. It's the design of this one and its amplification that makes it especially effective.

This is actually $10 cheaper here:

http://www.electronics-expo.com/make-a-store/item/TRKHDTVA/1.html

@woottj: Funky lookin! So crazy that it just ... might ... work. How did you "mount" that or stand it up, though? Looks like it was intended to be attached to a roof, but the description nevertheless says "indoor/outdoor".

@pluckyduck: Just think of all the channels you would be able to get with a "real" antenna!

@icarususa: I have this one and I live in Brooklyn.

I get
1 CBS
2 FOX (sometimes different shows)
3 NBC (1 regular, 1 sports, 1 surprisingly not bad NY local programming)
2 ABC (always the same show)
CW 11
3 PBS (1 kid, 1 spanish, 1 regular)
3 ION channels (Sometimes they play reruns of shows from the 90s/2000's that are all right)
2 NY channels that are pretty ok, lots of travel programming and cooking shows as well as some crafting shows I watch a lot of.

A ton of telemundo and televangelist in the upper channels.

The picture is clear (I'm in Ditmas Park) and all around pretty awesome for free TV.

@gwintner It's possible that I don't need the amplification because I only live 1.5 miles from the broadcast tower :) I didn't factor that in.

Correction: I don't have this brand, but the Terk model that looks exactly like this.