RGTech Monarch 50 Indoor Freeview HDTV Aerial - Black

I ordered this on Christmas Eve night and it arrived as forecast early on the 27th December. I bought this for an elderly bed bound relative who doesn't have broadband in the house. The TV was already tuned into Freeview channels via a roof aerial in a different room. So I took the tv upstairs and plugged in this aerial fully expecting I would have to retune. No I didn't it picked up all the channels already there. Picture is amazing as is the sound quality and the aerial is actually positioned on a shelf in a fitted wardrobe.... I remember the days of portable tvs with aerials like coat hangers and was envisioning similar picture and sound quality. This aerial is far superior and I am amazed by how good it is. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who needs a tv without broadband. The price was extremely good for the quality of the product. I would buy now, before they put the price up ;-) I should mention that there is a nice long cable connecting the tv to the aerial. Giving you lots of positioning capabilities. You just connect it into the back of the tv and Bob's your uncle. the stand is simple to assemble, it just clips together and takes seconds to do. Again I am amazed by this product and cannot recommend it strongly enough. It certainly saved the day for me and my elderly relative.

On 21st March 2018 and directly following a compulsory retune to our YouView box, we lost 9 x HD channels, which despite countless retunes, never returned. These lost nine channels were 106 (BBC4 HD), 107 BBC News HD, and up to and including 114 (Quest HD) resulting in the channels on my Guide jumping from 105 (C5 HD) directly to 201 (CBBC). From 21st March onwards I had numerous conversations with BT (my TV provider) but not once did they suggest an aerial issue. On the 20th July 2018 a BT engineer, armed with a new YouView box, came to investigate and tested the strength / quality of the signal (perfect) and carried out various retunes and tried the new box, all to no avail….but again, no mention whatsoever of a potential aerial issue. I finally contacted the technical department at Freeview who explained that the problem was indeed with my roof aerial which according to them was now the wrong type and that following the 21st March retune, would no longer function properly and needed replacing. This, despite the fact that we have a very large professionally installed roof aerial and are in direct line to the transmitter mast at Crystal Palace, just a few miles from our house in South East London. I was very upset by Freeview’s advice because up till then, I was completely unaware of any aerial issue as no one had brought it to my attention and on the YouvVew box itself there was never any message displayed suggesting contacting Freeview, even though this retune must have affected many tens of thousands of YouView users. I then registered a complaint with BT, who insisted they had never heard of any issues and that any aerial problem was not their responsibility, even though Freeview had told me that BT were only too aware of the problem and that they would have received many complaints from customers like myself. So in October I had a new state of the art roof aerial fitted, and guess what? It still did NOT fix the problem and all those same HD channels remained missing! I then researched online and as a last resort recently purchased the very inexpensive, small, thin and flimsy looking RGTech Monarch 50 Transparent Indoor Freeview HDTV Aerial. It took me only a couple of minutes to fix it with the attached sticky pads to the top of a window (hidden away behind a curtain), plug the aerial into the YouView box, re-tune and YES!! IT WORKED PERFECTLY! At long last we have our missing channels back and are so happy! What a superb piece of kit. Genius! Thank you. Richard

Ordered this as a quick solution to get a Freeview signal after our Freesat box gave up on us. Just wanted a low cost, easy to fit aerial that would allow us to get the basic channels. Initially struggled to get a signal despite only being 13miles from the transmitter but with a coaxial extension lead and a signal booster/amplifier that I already had, I managed to pick up a decent reception from the window on the far side of the room. Had previously tried other aerials that failed to get anything at all. You will likely have to try a number of different locations to get the best reception. Initially, rather than stick it to the window with the sticky tabs provided, just use a short strip of tape for a temporary fix. Then use the sticky tabs once you've found the best location. Also be careful to make sure you try the aerial in both horizontal and vertical positions as which of the two positions works will depend on your transmitter. Try to avoid putting it too close to the window frame as any metal elements in the frame could disrupt the signal. It found 137 Freeview channels including the HD versions of BBC, ITV, Ch4, Ch5 etc. I think the signal would have been better if I didn't need to use a 15m extension lead in addition to the already generous built in lead. For neatness I ended up having to route the cable all the way around the back of the room to get from the window to the the TV on the opposite side. For some reason I could not get a signal from the window on the other side of the room despite it facing the same direction. Overall pretty happy with this. We have a decent TV reception without much cost or hassle. It also looks pretty unobtrusive on the window.

Item returned. Live in decent signal area and tried this in window in several locations. Retuned it multiple times, it at best picked up 7 channels, 3 tv and 4 radio. These were intermittent in signal. Added an extra booster to it and made no difference. I had great hopes for this when I read about it, but like so many indoor aerials, just another very poor result. If you have tried other indoor aerials and got poor results, this one will be no better. Pretty useless.

Instalada en la ventana de un 2º piso y rodeado de edificios cercanos y la verdad es que la recepción es notable. No recuerdo exactamente el número de canales tdt detectados, pero anda por los 50. Todos con calidad notable en un tv fulhd. Ha superado con creces mis expectativas.

Un oggetto bello a vedersi e molto utile. Mi ha permesso di captare canali TV che l'antenna condominiale non mi dava. Inoltre i colori di tutti i canali risultano molto più belli, cioè utilizza una gamma colore estremamente variegata. Con la precedente antenna i colori erano tutti sparati, con poche differenze di tonalità. Ora ogni canale ha colori MOLTO REALISTICI E MOLTO DIFFERENZIATI. E' un oggetto molto leggero, fornito con una base d'appoggio in plastica bianca ben fatta. E' molto carina a vedersi (praticamente è un foglio di plastica trasparente QUADRETTATO dalle linee e colonne della ricerca di banda) ed è fornita di un cavo antenna lungo 4,5 mt. Dimensione: 40X20 cm circa. Prende ottimamente, avendola posizionata ad un'altezza di circa 2,20 mt, di fronte ad una finestra distante circa 2 mt. Arrivata con la solita PRECISIONE Amazon, GRAZIE.

ne fontionne pas dans ma region

Nie polecam. Odbiera fatalnie - połowę kanałów. Niczym nie różni się od innych anten. Żałuję, że kupiłam.

J'avais des problèmes de réception avec la radio en FM. Il y avait des stations que je n'arrivais pas à recevoir. Depuis que j'ai mis cette antenne, je n'ai plus de problèmes. La différence est impressionnante, c'est tres nette en réception et elle n'est pas perturbée par des interférences. Le plus c'est sa simplicité d'installation et pas de branchement électrique.