Antennas Direct CLEARTV Clearstream TV Over-The-Air WiFi Tuner, Connects to Any TV Antenna, Use The Free App to Record and Pause Live TV, Watch Recordings On-The-Go, No Monthly Fees, Black

If you love the frustration of attempting to work with partially tested technology that sounds great but doesn't actually deliver on it's advertised functions and features, Clearstream TV is for you.While the promise of this product sounds like a great solution to cut the cord and save on payments to the cable company, the lack luster engineering, design and production of this unit leave a lot to be desired. The wi-fi radios combined with the application programming code in the module are highly inefficient and glitchy causing continual set up problems. If you are lucky enough to get to the point of scanning channels and then watching one of your local stations, don't get comfortable. You may get two or three sessions out of the unit, but it will eventually lose connectivity and you get to start the fastidious and frustrating set-up process all over again.Would love to see the designers of this product redesign the module to have an ethernet cable connection from the Clearstream stick to the users home network router. That way you'd be eliminating one of the wireless connections that the wi-fi radios on the main board struggle to negotiate. This would also require a rewrite of the software code for the application, but it would be worth it in the long run. A review and quality check of all the components used in the manufacturing process would also be worth the effort as the product has great potential in a future rebuild.

It installed very easily and works great. We have a home were running wires to the tv can't be done without tearing walls apart. So this device is great! Works great on the roku! The video qaulity on it is good also!

Does it work? Yes but VERY LOUSY.Presentation is great much like an IPhone good sturdy box, neatly and carefully packed with care to protect the product giving the impression the makers are proud of this product. Then it’s on an express elevator to the piece of junk it truly is.1. The instruction manual is absolutely GARBAGE and as useful as a used tampon2. The setup is painstakingly glitchy3. It’s only about as 1/3 as good as antenna4. Couldn’t get it work on apple4k kept freezing/locking app5. Worked on Roku but only got 7 of 16 channels appleTV got (standard antenna pulls in 71 channels)So I’m using a Clearstream 2Max antenna outside with a Televes preamp, going 35’ through rg6 coax to a channel master powered 8 way splitter to feed a Samsung 4k smart tv 50’ further away, a Samsung HD tv 10’ away, a DishNetwork OTA tuner 3’ away. Smart TV made in 2015 pulls in 71 channels, HD TV made in 2019 pulls in 71 channels. DishNetwork tuner obtained in 2009 pulls in 62 channels. THEN THIS BEAUTY on 18” RG6 obtained today (February 2024) pulls in 16 channels on Apple4k but don’t work and locks up and a pitiful 7 on the Roku but the Chanel’s actually work. Even the mohu leaf mounted in my closet pulled in 30 channels. Oh and everything pulled in 30+ channels in 3 minutes but this fecal stick took 15 minutes to get 1/2 of mohu leaf, 1/3 or 1/10 of Samsung depending on app used but with before mentioned issues. So it gets 2 stars (1 star for brand history and 1 star for packaging/presentation) and absolutely 0 for product yes it works….sort of….well not really. I’m going to return this because I despise throwing hard earned money into the garbage.

In theory, the item/service is great. In practice however; not so much. When operating correctly, the product barely works and only if the T.V. or device is in very close proximity. [It should be noted that I'm a tech nerd, my wifi and antenna are both top of the line and in perfect working condition] The app is somewhat generic in appearance, and could use some functionality adjustments, but otherwise it's alright but it does load slowly. Performance was an issue. It had to be reset several times only one hour after being installed and when I went to conduct a physical reset (because it stopped working altogether), the item was extremely hot to the touch. I noticed other reviewers mentioned overheating being an issue, also.Needless to say, within 90-minutes of unboxing and installing, the item was back in the box and the return was initiated. I will look for a different brand or for other options to cast my antenna's signal. The heat emanating from the item alone was enough concern to me, that I would not recommend this item to anyone.

Using a ClearStream TV to turn your TV antenna into a Wi-Fi antenna is an interesting idea. Streaming your antenna to a Roku so you can use the app to watch local channels, is an interesting idea itself. Setting up a ClearStream TV is easy. I had to wait until the device updated it’s firmare Before I got good results. It does stream your antenna as specified, but as the device operated, I noticed the device getting pretty hot. There is nothing really to help with cooling other than if you had a fan nearby. I have a fast Internet connection so my network is pretty fast. Watching TV using clear stream, the signal seem to drop every so often. It was a little annoying after a while. It works, but I think if you really wanna watch local channels, attaching your antenna into the back of the TV is the best way. You can buy a Roku TV and yes, you can connect your antenna to Roku in the back of TV. I only wish this option was available for External Roku users. In my opinion, clear stream TV is an option to make a Wi-Fi antenna for external Roku users, but in the execution falls flat. Perhaps with the firmware upgrade, you will have a better connection and performance. But because you can just hook onto the back of the TV, I don’t think too many people will be interested in this type of antenna. I’m pretty sure with a little hacking you probably could use Clearstream for another purpose. I do not see a reason why Clearstream could not be used with other signals other than TV...

I purchased this item as a gift, it was so easy my father could set it up and he's not good with any technology. That speaks to how easy it is to install this product.