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Stan Horaczek
The switch from cable and satellite to streaming services has led to a surprising comeback for a certain older piece of gear: the humble TV antenna, like our best overall, the Antennas Direct 8-Element Bowtie TV Antenna. Digital streaming platforms like Netflix and Max may have all the hot shows you want, but not your local network affiliates for regional news and sports. Fortunately, if you have an antenna, these stations are still broadcast for free. If you own your home or otherwise have safe access to bolt down a larger, fixed antenna. In that case, you will absolutely get better performance and more bang for your buck, which could be essential if you’re in a rural area and need that extra juice to pull in distant signals clearly. Choosing the best outdoor TV antennas can seem like an overwhelming task meant for technicians, but we’ve done…
