Price Paid:  $50.00 from best buy

Summary:
as some other reviewers have said, the performance of this antenna is laughable. my rca rabbit ears actually perform better, after having tried the rca amplified one also, i can say the terk 25 is worse, and this one cost more. will return it for a different one. don't waste your money.

Strengths:
good looking

Weaknesses:
bad reception, costs too much.

Similar Products Used:
rca amplified antenna, rca unamplified

Price Paid:  $50.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
I purchased this antenna after being tried of paying for basic cable to get local channels with my DirectTV. After trying a set a rabbit ears I thought I was stuck with the basic cable. I decided to go and find an amplified antenna to see if one work any better than the standard rabbit ears. I purchased the Terk TV-25 and a RCA amplified antenna at about the same price. The TV-25 out performed the RCA unit. Once the loops were rotated to lock in a station, I was amazed at how not just the one station, but every staion, came in so clear without having to adjust the loops. Needless to say the RCA went back to Best Buy. I purchased another unit for the TV in basement. Works just as good in the basement.

Strengths:
No ugly rabbit ears to adjust. No need to adjust antenna to bring in other stations, they all come in.

Weaknesses:
The layout of the antenna loops are a little big. Takes up more room on top of an entertainment center. But well worth the extra space needed.

Similar Products Used:
RCA amplified and standard rabbit ears.

Price Paid:  $50.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
I am GLAD I Got the Terk TV25. I just got it today, but if this is any indication of what to expect as time goes on, I Recommend it. It was a hard choice between that and a Jensed with dual amplifiers. But the Best Buy Guy told me several of his co-workers use Terk products at their cabins and were satisfied, so I that helped me make the choice, as both are up to 45db gains. I decided to give up Time-Warner Cable, as I don''t want to pay the sky high prices. 49.95 for the first few months, then 59.95 is insane for a bunch of repeating programs. SO I got the Terk TV25 since other indoor amplified antennas were just fair.

Strengths:
Nearly all stations come in clear, even channel 2 comes in halfway decent. 41 is also decent, and the rest seem outstanding so far.

Weaknesses:
The coax on the antenna side is internally fixed. In other words, you can''t take it off the antenna, so it took a little more maneuvering to get the coax from the top of my entertainment center down the back and throug the hole behind the VCR.

Similar Products Used:
Optima and Magnavox

Summary:
For me the TV20 was a clear improvement over the rabbit ears I had. Stations that were fuzzy are now better, though not perfect. The improvement is not as dramatic as I'd hoped but probably worth the money.

I think the value of this will depend on your circumstances. If your problem is you live far from stations or have a weak TV, then a powered antenna is probably just the thing. On the other hand, if your problem is interference from competing stations or from buildings etc., then a powered antenna may be useless and painstakingly-adjusted rabbit ears will likely do better if you have the patience. I notice an unsatistfied customer from NYC and a satisfied one from AZ, which would make sense.

Strengths:
low profile, ease of use

Weaknesses:
none in particular

Similar Products Used:
Also tried their round AM/FM antenna. Didn't work.

Price Paid:  $60.00 from online vendor, can't remember

Summary:
Sharper Image recommended this as the "best indoor TV antenna". I ordered it online for much less than Sharper Image's price and still got ripped off. The Terk's cheap plastic amplifier setting knob broke as soon as I used it and no combination of position, switch settings or amplifier produced a pleasing TV picture. At best after 10 minutes of agonized twiddling I got a picture that looked like abstract expressionist art. And each channel needed to be tuned individually--there was no one optimal setting as the box promised. I have seen other folks cheap RCA or Optimus rabbit ears work vastly better than the Terk. Maybe the cable companies own Terk and market this frustrating junk to drive customers into the arms of Time Warner Cable so they can see recognizable objects on their television screens...
This company should be renamed "Jerk" in honor of all of us suckers who wasted money on these chunks of scrap metal and plastic.

Strengths:
can be used as club against intruders in a crisis

Weaknesses:
does not work, terrible build quality, frustrating in it's complete inability to do what it's marketed to do

Similar Products Used:
Radio Shack & RCA rabbit ears