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"But, holy crap, the Leaf works like magic. In my aforementioned basement, my TV picked up every local station and tuned them in at nearly full signal strength. Your mileage may vary, of course, but I'm absolutely astonished by how well this thing works. And you don't have to take my word: nearly a thousand users on Amazon rated the Leaf 4.5 stars out of 5 on average."
"The $40 Mohu Leaf is your best choice if you care about how your living room looks."
We have discovered probably the best thing you’ll ever plug into your HDTV. Its the paper thin HDTV antenna made by MOHU. We have tested plenty of antennas, both indoor and outdoor, in our six years of doing this show. Many have made claims of being the best. Let the HT Guys be the first to tell you that the MOHU Paper Thin Leaf HDTV antenna is THE best indoor antenna we have tested!
"Why New Mohu Leaf is Worth the Hype The company touts that the antenna is as easy to set up as changing a light fixture, and it’s true...Overall, the biggest advantage is that the cost of the Mohu Leaf is less than one month’s cable bill. Even if you don’t want to eliminate cable all together, it’s the perfect device to keep around when you want to watch certain shows and sporting events such as the Super Bowl in [pure] HD."
"Cutting the cable and switching to streaming video doesn't mean you have to miss out on the wealth of free, local, over-the-air HD TV channels in your area. All you need is an antenna—but if you're like me and live in an area where reception is spotty, you need an antenna that can bring in those local channels as clear as day without putting an ugly, boxy antenna on or behind your TV. The Mohu Leaf is the perfect antenna for the job."
"We were skeptical, since previous indoor HDTV antennas required more positioning and repositioning than a first time yoga student, all for a minimal amount of channels. And like the name implies, the Leaf is paper thin (it literally feels like a sheet of laminated paper), so we were shocked to discover this antenna was somehow able to yank more channels than any other indoor antenna we've ever tried."
"The resulting channel programming was an astounding 28 channels and sub-channels received without the black screen error message, “signal too low”. My dad fell in love; not only were the local stations coming through clear, but so were channels we never knew existed."
"Bottom line: $74 dollars retail buys you one sweet deal for watching HD television stations and the cost will never go up. The setup for the MOHU Leaf Plus HDTV Indoor Antenna is so easy that Grandma can come over and connect it up for you, instead of the other way around. But either way you’ll be good to go for high-def broadcasts, and maybe Grams brought along some just baked cookies too…"
"The Leaf was unfazed by placement or direction. Any orientation pulled in signal, with no blips in picture. The only way I could flummox the thing was by spinning it around in my hand, which, as you can imagine, is ridiculous. So instead, I held it still and spun myself around. Surprisingly, no change.
I slid The Leaf into a nearby bookcase. Other than the protruding coax cable (easily hideable, if a clean install is your goal), it was invisible and still pulled in perfect signal."
"Made in America, it has high quality cable and connectors and is a breeze to set up. Most folks will use it with a TV set, but I tested my Leaf with an EyeTV Hybrid (and Eye TV software) on a 27-inch iMac. It was a breeze to install."
Every entrepreneur dreams of building a better something - think mousetrap, app or gee-whiz gadget. One local team set its sights on antennas.
The team's efforts, which started as research at N.C. State University, have been aimed at designing new antennas for the military. That's still a top goal, but in March they began selling an indoor antenna that receives free over-the-air, high-definition digital TV signals.
The $44 Mohu Leaf debuted way down (No. 600+) on Amazon.com's ranking of "HDTV antennas," but recently reached No. 1."
"Cutting cable doesn't have to mean eliminating broadcast TV. With the addition of an antenna, you can receive many over-the-air channels including those broadcast in HD. Today's antennas are a fraction of the size of yesterday's rooftop monstrosities or rabbit ears eyesores.
A new antenna, called the Leaf, is a simple plug-and-play that screws into the antenna/coaxial jack on a TV, mounts to the wall and then just scans for free over-the-air channels. It is as slim as a piece of paper and can be concealed behind a picture, bookcase or just about anything placed against a wall within six feet of the TV connection, making rabbit ears an eyesore of the past."
Netflix Has Bandwidth Cap Sufferers Covered
Netflix is now letting U.S. users dial down the quality of streaming videos to avoid hitting bandwidth caps.
Users can choose from three quality settings by visiting the "Your Account" page on Netflix's website and looking for the "Manage Video Quality" link. "Good quality" consumes up to 0.3 GB per hour, "Better quality" burns up to 0.7 GB per hour, and "Best quality" consumes up to 1 GB per hour for standard definition or 2.3 GB per hour for HD. The settings apparently apply to computers and televisions.
Netflix isn't hiding its reason for offering the quality options: "We know that some of you have Internet data caps and we want to make it easier for you to manage how much data you use," the quality management web page says. Most recently, AT&T instituted a 150 GB cap for DSL subscribers and a 250 GB cap for U-Verse subscribers.
WHY YOU SHOULD CARE
Are you tired of paying way too much for TV every month? Then watch our weekly web series Cord Cutters, read first-hand survival stories of real-life cord cutters and check out our product reviews if you’re in the market for cord cutting gear like the Apple TV, the Boxee Box or the Roku media streamer.
5 Steps to Cutting the Cord: A Guide to Canceling Cable
Are you tired of paying $80 or $100 per month to your local cable company for the three networks you watch, and for hundreds you don’t? You’re not alone: Hundreds of thousands of people canceled their cable or satellite TV subscriptions in 2010, and many use Netflix, Hulu & Co. as a cheaper and more convenient ways to get their TV fix.
Making that call to your cable company can admittedly be scary. However, there are plenty of options out there to get TV programming. Give them a try, and you might find that you’ll not only save money, but also watch TV on your own terms.
We compiled a list of five steps to help you ease into your cable-free future. Follow them, and you’ll be a happy cord cutter in no time:
1. Get an antenna... Let’s face it: We all like to sit back and flip through the channels sometimes, and we also like to watch our local news to keep up with what’s going on in our community. That’s what over-the-air TV is for. Rabbit ear antennas may bring back memories of snowy pictures on your grandmother’s TV, but a lot has change since the transition to digital broadcast in 2009. Viewers nowadays have access to dozens of channels, many of which are broadcast in full HD. And we’re not talking about those crummy compressed HD pictures you’re used to seeing from your cable TV provider...
You don't have to pay for cable TV
The average cable subscription costs $900 a year, but you can radically reduce that amount and still watch everything you want. Over 99% of U.S. TV househods can receive at least one local station over the air, while 89% can watch five or more. The picture is perfectly clear thanks to the switch to digital TV completed on June 12, 2009.
Why cable is going to cost you even more
Your cable bill is going up this year -- and next year, and the year after that -- with no end in sight..."There will always be an increase in cable bills," said Miller Tabak & Co. media analyst David Joyce. "Times are changing and providers have to make up losses somewhere, so consumers bear the brunt of it."
Rabbit ears perk up for free HDTV
Julie and Anthony Bayerl of St. Paul, Minn., love watching prime-time shows on the sleek 50-inch television in their bedroom. They also love that they pay nothing for the programming. Some viewers who have decided that they are no longer willing or able to pay for cable or satellite service, including younger ones, are buying antennas and tuning in to a surprising number of free broadcast channels. These often become part of a video diet that includes the fast-growing menu of options available online.
Big Cable Is Bleeding: 500k + Subscribers Lost in Q3
There’s now even more evidence that subscribers are cutting the cord and opting out of paying for cable: By adding up subscriber losses from four of the top five cable companies, we found that more than half a million users have ditched their cable companies.